Is JSS military commander Ranakaushal Chakma killed?

April 22, 2022

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Rumours have been going around social media for the last few days that Parbatta Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti or PCJSS Military Commander Ranakaushal Chakma has been killed. On Sunday afternoon, April 17, it was learned that the terrorists of the PCJSS (Santu) were engaged in fierce gunfights with those of Kuki-Chin National Army […]Continue Reading

Sufferings of passport seekers mount as brokers infest Khagrachhari Passport Office

April 19, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Khagrachhari Khagrachhari Regional Passport Office is so much infested with brokers and lobbyists that anybody going there would have an experience like it were the brokers and lobbyists that run the Passport Office –because they are everywhere. For this, passport service recipients suffer so much. If you do not turn to brokers and […]Continue Reading

New separatist group set to emerge in Chittagong Hill Tracts

April 11, 2022

Mehadi Hassan Palash: A new separatist group is poised to formally emerge as Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in the Chittagong Hill Tracts or CHT during the upcoming rainy season, which they believe to be auspicious for starting anything, Parbattanews has learnt. They aim at launching an armed movement for establishing a fully autonomous state in […]Continue Reading

Where development still remains a far-fetched reality

April 8, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Bandarban When Bangladesh is basking in its development glory, it is unbelievable that a part of the country could still remain untouched by the development itself. More surprisingly, it is 35 years. For the last 35 years since 1987, Shukna Jhiri Para, a neighbourhood under Tulachhari in Bandarban’s Boangchhari upazila has not received […]Continue Reading

BGB comes under attack in Ukhia

April 7, 2022

Ukhia Correspondent: Miscreants have snatched away a drug trader, attacking the Border Guard Bangladesh or BGB in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila. Cox’s Bazar 34 BGB Captain Lt Col Mehedi Hossain Kabir confirmed this incident around 3:00pm on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday night, he said, they detained drug trader Bakhtiar, son of late Nur Mohhamad, hailing […]Continue Reading

Teknaf labour market grabbed by Rohingya

April 6, 2022

Teknaf Correspondent: Rohingya have for the most part grabbed the labour market in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. They are making a living by driving TomTom, working as a tea worker or as labourers in the upazila town. Since they are not allowed outside the camp, let alone working outside, acting on a tip-off, police conducted […]Continue Reading

‘Minister to be annoyed if corruption reports come to surface’

April 2, 2022

Alikadam Correspondent: An upazila project manager or UPM has warned of reporting irregularities and corruption involving the construction of Para Kendra (centre) in Bandarban under the Sustainable Social Services in Chittagong Hill Tracts or CHT Project. “The honourable minister will be annoyed if irregularities and corruption involving the construction of Para centres in Continue Reading

Over 500 Bangladeshi families inside Rohingya camp fear for losing homes, lands

March 31, 2022

Ukhia Correspondent: More than 500 Bangladeshi families living inside a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia sub-district are in fear of losing their homes and lands. They have expressed such fear as a vested group is trying to evict them by erecting houses on their land. Palangkhali Nagarik Odhikar Parishad, a local citizens’ rights platform, […]Continue Reading

Six members of Bangladeshi separatist group held in India’s Mizoram

March 31, 2022

News Desk: Six suspected members of a Bangladeshi separatist group have been arrested from Parva under Lawngtlai district in the Indian state of Mizoram. They were arrested in possession of illegal equipment and a letter linked to the group, said India’s Border Security Force or BSF, who arrested them last week. The arrested were identified […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh Independence struggle gives us strength- Arakan Army

March 26, 2022

News Desk: The United League of Arakan or ULA has extended congratulations as Bangladesh is celebrating its 52nd Independence Day on Saturday. “Bangladesh’s independence inspires us,” they said in a statement, citing Bangladesh’s struggle for independence. In a statement sent today, March 26, the Arakan Army said, On 26 March 1971, the Father of the Continue Reading