NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said a process to send back 14 Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar are underway who fled their country due to heavy gunfights there. “They are now in the custody of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) and process is underway to send them back to Myanmar through foreign […]Continue Reading
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BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Two Bangladeshis, including one Prodip Chandra Dhar, in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari have been injured by gunfire emanating from Myanmar. Mahfuz Imtiaz Bhuiyan, in-charge of Ghumdhum Police Investigation Center, confirmed the injuries and reported damage to homes in Konapara due to the shooting. Myanmar has been witnessing conflict between the Continue Reading
BAGHAICHHARI CORRESPONDENT In a violent encounter in the Sajek region of Baghaichhari, Rangamati hill district, two individuals associated with the UPDF-Prasit faction lost their lives to gunfire from a rival group. The confrontation occurred near Machalong Bridge in Baghaichhari Upazila on Sunday. The victims have been identified as Dipayan Chakma and Ashish Chakma. The Continue Reading
UKHIYA CORRESPONDENT A stray bullet from Myanmar hit a CNG autorickshaw in motion, shattering its front windshield, on a road at Uttara Para near the Tumbru border in Naikhongchhari, Bandarban. The incident, which occurred at 2:40 pm on Saturday, 3 February, has raised concerns over border security and civilian safety. According to reports, the autorickshaw […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A Rangamati court on Tuesday ordered that five members of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF-Prasit Group) arrested in Rangamati’s Baghaichari upazila be sent to jail. The arrestees are Biplap Chakma, 33, Mithun Chakma, 28, Riton Chakma, 33, Ratoe Chakma, 23, and Padma Ranjan Chakma, 42. The security forces arrested them in a […]Continue Reading
Four members of the Myanmar security services including a brigadier-general were shot dead by sniper fire on Monday as their helicopter prepared to land, a military source told AFP, AFP reports. Brigadier-general Aye Min Naung, his personal security officer and two pilots were shot by a “sniper” as their helicopter prepared to land at eastern […]Continue Reading
Bangladesh has welcomed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order to take action to prevent the acts of genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinians as the country wages an offensive in the Gaza Strip. It also promised support to South Africa, which filed an appeal with the top UN Court, alleging that Israel was […]Continue Reading
The World Court ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by South Africa, Reuters reports. While the ruling denied Palestinian hopes of a binding order to halt the war in Gaza, it also represented […]Continue Reading
PARBATTA NEWS REPORT Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samity (PCJSS, or JSS), a signatory to Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, is reportedly again preparing for an armed warfare . This information has come to light through various reports in India media, suggesting that the PCJSS is setting up multiple armed training centres in different areas of […]Continue Reading
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that Israel would not stop fighting in Gaza until “absolute victory” after it sustained its highest single-day death toll in the Palestinian enclave. Twenty-four soldiers were killed on Monday as intense fighting raged in the southern and central Gaza Strip, where Israel has been attacking remaining strongholds Continue Reading