STAFF CORRESPONDENT In Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila, unknown terrorists targeted a truck carrying bricks on the border road. The incident occurred around 3:30pm on Wednesday (24 April) along an eight-kilometer stretch. A worker reported that during the construction of the Thanchi-Baklai border road, five armed terrorists, concealing their identities with red cloths, Continue Reading
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In a coordinated early morning operation on Thursday, Bangladesh repatriated 288 members of Myanmar’s security forces who had sought refuge across the border. This group included members from the Border Guard Police (BGP), army, and immigration units. According to Shariful Islam, a public relations officer for the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), the operation Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The death toll in the truck accident in Rangamati’s Sajek increased to nine on Wednesday night. Earlier, six people were killed and several others injured after a truck fell into a ravine on the Udaipur border area in Rangamati’s Sajek upazila around 6:00pm. Abdul Awal Chowdhury, assistant superintendent of police (Baghaichhari circle), said […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK One hundred seventy-three Bangladeshi nationals will return home on Wednesday from Sittwe Prison in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The returnees will be transported by the ‘Myanmar Naval Ship Chin Dwin’, which is visiting Bangladesh to bring back members of the Myanmar defense force who were forced to cross the border into Bangladesh due to […]Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER A member of the Kuki Chin National Army (KNA), the armed wing of Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), has been killed during a Bangladesh Army operation in the Ruma upazila of Bandarban district. The army also recovered weapons, ammunition, and other equipment from the scene of the operation, which took place in the remote […]Continue Reading
COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT Two Bangladeshi fishermen have been hospitalised after being shot by the Myanmar Navy on the Naf River, near the Shah Porir Island border area in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The shooting incident occurred on the morning of Sunday, April 21. The victims have been identified as Mohammad Ismail and Mohammad Faruq, residents of […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Bangladesh at the 23rd session of the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous People at the UN headquarters here has highlighted the progress of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord Implementation and the development of small ethnicities, ethnic groups and communities undertaken by the government. Bangladesh delegation led by Hill Chittagong Affairs Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud has announced that Dhaka has authorized the repatriation of Myanmar security personnel on Saturday (April 22), contingent on weather conditions and internal factors in Myanmar. “We have given our clearance for April 22. Whether they can take back their citizens on that day will depend on the […]Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER At a seminar held in Dhaka, General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of the Bangladesh Army, emphasised the dual role of the military in learning to fight as well as preventing conflicts, underscoring a comprehensive approach to national and international security issues. “The Bangladesh Army does not only learn to fight in wars but […]Continue Reading
BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT RAB Director General M Khurshid Hossain stated Wednesday that there is still an opportunity for the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), a newly emerged armed terrorist group, to return to peace. He invited them to surrender and said his organization is prepared to facilitate their transition. “We cannot accept illegal arms holders in a […]Continue Reading