Bangladesh authorities impose movement ban at Ghumdhum border amid Myanmar clashes

December 19, 2023

NAIKHONGCHARI AND GHUMDHUM CORRESPONDENTS In the wake of continued clashes in Myanmar, authorities have implemented a public movement ban at the Ghumdhum border’s zero line in Naikhongchhari, Bandarban. The Union Council has enforced this restriction through precautionary loudspeaker announcements. Local sources said that on Tuesday (19 December), around 11 AM, Continue Reading

Four ARSA terrorists arrested following gunfight with RAB in Rohingya camp

December 19, 2023

UKHIA CORRESPONDENT An intense exchange of gunfire between the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) terrorist group occurred during an anti-sabotage operation in the Rohingya camp in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar. On Monday, 18 December, from 9 PM to 12:30 AM, RAB personnel conducted a high-stakes operation at the […]Continue Reading

Terrorists fire at Sajek-bound tourist vehicles in Rangamati

December 18, 2023

STAFF REPORTER, RANGAMATI Terrorists fired shots at and vandalised Sajek-bound tourist vehicles in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati. Sajek is one of the most popular tourist spots in Bangladesh. The incident took place on Monday (December 18) morning in Shuknachari area of Dighinala-Sajek road. According to local sources, the four-day hartal called by UPDF was being […]Continue Reading

UPDF enforces blockade protesting murder of 4 leaders

December 18, 2023

NEWS DESK United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) is enforcing blockade in Khagrachhari district protesting the killing of four leaders of the organisation. Picketers burned tyres in support of blockade at Narankhaiya, Swanirvar, Perachara, Gachban on Panchhari-Khagrachhari road on Chengi Bridge in the town. Movement of all vehicles including long haul buses remained Continue Reading

US to increase resettled Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh in 2024

December 17, 2023

NEWS DESK The United States has recognized the Rohingya situation as a “priority” and pledged to continue to increase the number of Rohingyas, including those from Bangladesh, resettled through the USRAP in fiscal 2024. The US also encouraged third countries to expand Rohingya resettlement, said the US Department of State on Friday. New pledges from […]Continue Reading

UPDF launches month-long market boycott in protest of leaders’ murders

December 15, 2023

STAFF REPORTER, KHAGRACHHARI In Khagrachhari, the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) Prasit group has launched a month-long boycott of the Panchari market, echoing a 2018 market boycott by the same group. The boycott, starting on Friday, is in response to the brutal murder of four leaders, including Bipul Chakma, a key figure in the Democratic […]Continue Reading

Security forces rescue 3 abducted UPDF leaders in Khagrachhari

December 15, 2023

STAFF REPORTER In a dramatic late-night operation, Bangladesh Army personnel have successfully rescued three leaders of the UPDF Prasit Group, who had been abducted by the Democratic faction of UPDF. The decisive operation, conducted around midnight in the Tarabonchhara area of Lathiban Union No. 4 in Panchhari Upazila, resulted in the safe rescue of UPDF […]Continue Reading

Four killed, three missing in UPDF factional gunfight in Khagrachari

December 12, 2023

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI AND KHAGRACHHARI CORRESPONDENT A fierce gunfight between two factions of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) in Khagrachhari’s Panchhari has left four top members dead and another four missing, in a clash attributed to a dispute over territorial control. The conflict erupted late Monday night, around 10 PM, when armed Continue Reading

Two world-class coffee strains developed in Bangladesh’s Kaptai, signaling farming breakthrough

December 10, 2023

In the verdant hills of Kaptai, a quiet revolution is brewing. At the Raikhali Agricultural Research Center in the Bangladeshi hill district of Rangamati’s Kaptai, after half a decade of dedicated research, a breakthrough has emerged in the form of two new coffee varieties. These aren’t just any coffee varieties; they are improved strains of […]Continue Reading

DGFI Officer Murder Case: Bangladesh court issues arrest warrants for ARSA chief Attaullah, 48 others

December 5, 2023

DESK REPORT A court in Bangladesh has issued arrest warrants for Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) chief Attaullah Ahammar Jununi and 48 others in connection with the killing of a DGFI officer in a drug raid in November 2022. The warrants were issued on Monday, December 4, 2023, after the court accepted the investigation report […]Continue Reading