Two KNF members arrested in Ruma; homemade guns recovered

April 9, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Two active members of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) have been arrested in a military-led operation in Ruma, Bandarban. The operation also uncovered a KNF hideout containing a cache of weapons and equipment. Recovered items include: 7 homemade guns, 20 rounds of ammunition, KNF uniforms, a laptop used for terrorist activities, two pairs […]Continue Reading

Myanmar military loses border town in another big defeat

April 7, 2024

The military regime which seized power in Myanmar three years ago has suffered another big defeat, this time on the eastern border with Thailand, BBC reports. Troops had suffered weeks of attacks by ethnic Karen insurgents, allied with other anti-coup forces. Hundreds of troops guarding the vital border town of Myawaddy have now agreed to […]Continue Reading

Arms from neighbouring country end up in KNF hands: Foreign Minister

April 6, 2024

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has stated that arms originating from a neighbouring country have found their way to the KNF terrorist group. “The arms used by terrorists in the neighbouring country have reached KNF,” he told reporters on Saturday afternoon (April 6) during a briefing at the WNT Center in Dewanji Pukur Lane area […]Continue Reading

500 families displaced by KNF attack in Bandarban return home

April 5, 2024

STAFF REPORTER Approximately 500 families who fled into the jungle during a militant attack in Bangladesh’s Bandarban district returned to their homes after the assailants withdrew, residents said. The attack on Thursday night, the fourth in the region by the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) since Tuesday, involved an attempted assault on Thanchi police station. Continue Reading

Misunderstanding led to Alikadam checkpost shooting : Police

April 5, 2024

STAFF REPORTER It was misunderstanding that led to a shooting incident at a joint security checkpost in the Dim Pahar area of Bandaraban’s Alikadam, police said on Friday. Two truck assistants, Mohammad Tarek (20) and Md Arafat (26), were injured after a truck carrying bricks and sand attempted to cross the checkpost barricade around 12:45 […]Continue Reading

‘Govt sees Bandarban incidents as warning’, says Home Minister

April 4, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has expressed the government’s belief that the recent incidents of bank robbery, arms looting, and kidnapping in Bandarban hill districts are “precursors to a more significant event.” He vowed to suppress the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNAF) separatist group. “Those behind these incidents will Continue Reading

Abducted Sonali Bank’s Ruma branch manager rescued

April 4, 2024

NEWS DESK Nizam Uddin, the manager of Sonali Bank’s Ruma branch in Bandarban, has been rescued 48 hours after his abduction. Director of the Legal and Media Wing of the Rapid Action Battalion Khandaker Al Moin confirmed the matter in Thursday evening. Nizam was rescued at about 7:15pm and he was taken to the local […]Continue Reading

Banks close in six Bandarban upazilas following robberies

April 3, 2024

DESK REPORT Banks in six upazilas of Bangladesh’s Bandarban district have suspended operations following recent robberies, with only branches in Sadar Upazila remaining open. Osman Gani, Deputy General Manager of Sonali Bank in Bandarban, confirmed the closures as a security measure. The decision comes after robberies in Thanchi Upazila on Wednesday and Ruma Upazila Continue Reading

Daylight robberies hit Thanchi’s Sonali and Krishi Banks following Ruma incident

April 3, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT After the Sonali Bank in Ruma Upazila was robbed, two more branches of the Sonali and Krishi Banks in Thanchi Upazila, Bandarban, fell victim to daylight robberies on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses say over a hundred armed individuals from the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), a separatist group, fired warning shots before storming the banks. They […]Continue Reading

World Court orders Israel to halt Gaza famine; fighting flares at hospital

March 28, 2024

The World Court on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel, accused by South Africa of genocide in Gaza, to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave’s Palestinian population and halt spreading famine, Reuters reports. The order came as Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters battled in close combat around Gaza’s Al […]Continue Reading