Myanmar conflict prompts closure of five border schools in Bangladesh

January 29, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Amidst escalating tensions in Myanmar, authorities in Bangladesh have announced a temporary closure of five government primary schools along the Naikhongchhari Ghumdhum border in Bandarban. This measure comes in response to intensifying clashes between Myanmar’s military forces and rebel groups, which have instilled fear among local border Continue Reading

Security beefed up along Myanmar border

January 28, 2024

NEWS DESK Security along the Myanmar border has been beefed up after the ongoing conflict in Rakhine state of Myanmar intensified along the Bangladesh border in Cox’s Bazar. Meanwhile, 34 Border Guard Bangladesh Battalion in Cox’s Bazar, in a press release, said 13 mortar shells and one bullet from Myanmar were found on Bangladesh’s side […]Continue Reading

MNP threatens war against JSS in Chittagong Hill Tracts

January 27, 2024

PARBATTA NEWS REPORT Marma National Party (MNP) has threatened to wage war against the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS), alleging the deployment of three platoons of armed terrorists in the Chittagong Hill Tracts regions of Kaptai, Bilaichhari, and Bandarban. The MNP has set a deadline of February 1st for the withdrawal of these forces, […]Continue Reading

BGB on high alert amid tensions near Myanmar border

January 27, 2024

NEWS DESK Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is on a state of high alert to prevent any new infiltration as heavy gunfire has been intermittently heard on the Myanmar side of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border from Friday afternoon till Saturday morning. The heavy gunfire has once again caused fear and anxiety among the locals in the border […]Continue Reading

Over 700 JSS members trained in Mizoram, MNF claims

January 26, 2024

PARBATTA NEWS REPORT Over 700 members of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) have undergone armed training in camps along the Bangladesh-Mizoram border, a source from the Mizo National Front (MNF) told Parbatta News. The source also mentioned that JSS members, from the Chittagong Hill Tracts, have started businesses in Mizoram’s Chakma-majority areas, Continue Reading

Mizoram launches investigation into suspected JSS terrorist camps along border

January 25, 2024

PARBATTA NEWS REPORT The Mizoram Home Department has mandated the Superintendents of Police (SPs) in Lunglei and Mamit districts to verify the presence of suspected terrorist training camps along the border areas of Mamit and Lunglei. This directive follows assertions from the Peace Accord MNF Returnees Association (PAMRA), claiming the existence of training facilities for Continue Reading

Two UPDF members killed in Khagrachhari rival attack

January 24, 2024

STAFF REPORTER, KHAGRACHARI In Mahalchari upazila of Khagrachhari, a shooting by a rival faction resulted in the deaths of two United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF-Prasit) members and left another injured. The incident took place on Wednesday (January 24) around 7:30 AM in Dugom Durschari, Mahalchari Upazila, where attackers fired indiscriminately at a residence, Continue Reading

Rohingya death toll at sea in 2023 worst for almost a decade: UN

January 23, 2024

At least 569 Rohingya were reported to have died or gone missing while trying to flee Myanmar or Bangladesh in 2023, the highest toll since 2014, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, calling for urgent action to protect the ethnic minority group, Reuters reports. The deaths or disappearances occurred during attempted crossings of the […]Continue Reading

Panic in Bandarban as gunshots heard from across Myanmar border

January 22, 2024

GHUMDHUM CORRESPONDENT Residents near the Ghumdhum border in Naikhongchhari Upazila, Bandarban, were alarmed by the sounds of numerous gunshots coming from across Myanmar on Monday (22nd January) morning. Local reports indicate suspected clashes between rebel groups near the border’s Pillars 35/36. Nurul Absar, a resident of Headman Para, said bullets struck several Continue Reading

Bangladesh moves to boost security on Myanmar border

January 20, 2024

The Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) chief on Thursday visited the frontier with Rakhine State where the Arakan Army (AA) has seized a town and several of Myanmar’s junta outposts, The Irrawaddy reports. The BGB headquarters said Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan visited troops at Bandarban, Palangkhali, Tekhnaf and Saint Martin Island in Cox’s Bazar, inspected […]Continue Reading