TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT At least 28 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) fled to Bangladesh early Tuesday, citing internal conflict. They crossed into Bangladesh through the Naf River’s Sabrang border point in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, officials said. Teknaf Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Md. Adnan Chowdhury reported that the BGP members arrived in a wooden Continue Reading
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STAFF REPORTER, RANGAMATI The United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF Prasit Group) lifted its blockade in Bagaichhari Upazila, Rangamati, after the Upazila Parishad election was postponed. The announcement came in a press release signed by Satchal Chakma, chief of the UPDF Rangamati unit, on Saturday afternoon. The press release warned that future occupation of Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI The Election Commission has postponed the Upazila Parishad election in Bagaichhari, Rangamati, due to concerns over deteriorating law and order and adverse weather conditions. Mohammad Monir Hossain, the Senior Election Officer of Rangamati, confirmed the postponement on Saturday. Hossain stated that adverse weather conditions had prevented Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT Police have arrested nine Chakma workers and one Bengali for allegedly kidnapping Chaihla Marma, 22, an employee at the Meghna Fresh Economic Zone in Narayanganj. The abduction took place on Wednesday night in the Tiprdi area. Authorities rescued Marma from the Goaldi area of Sonargaon Municipality on Thursday night. The suspects are: Jakmon […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI The United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) has announced a dawn-to-dusk strike in Baghaichhari on Saturday, demanding a fair election and protesting threats against agents of a chairman candidate and a female vice-chairman candidate in the upcoming Baghaichhari Upazila Parishad election. The announcement was made on Friday night in a Continue Reading
The number of civilians killed by Myanmar’s junta in Byian Phyu village in Sittwe Township, Rakhine State, has reached 76, the Arakan Army (AA) said on Tuesday, The Irrawaddy reports. The armed group updated the death toll and stated that the incident is still under investigation. During the raid last Wednesday, junta troops detained Byian […]Continue Reading
NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A gunfight erupted early Monday between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and a smuggling syndicate led by notorious robber Nizam at the Naikhongchhari border, leaving one gang member injured. The clash occurred around 6 am at Morichachor Malakata Ghona in the Gorjania Union, adjacent to the Naikhongchhari border in Bandarban. Lt Col Sahal Ahmed Continue Reading
Ethnic armed groups such as the Karen National Union have been the main beneficiaries of the fighting, according to Crisis Group [File: Ann Wang/Reuters] Myanmar’s military regime has lost control of more parts of the Southeast Asian country, particularly along its borders, since anti-coup forces formed an alliance to mount a renewed offensive at the […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENTS, KHAGRACHHARI, RANGAMATI In the interest of peace, stability, and development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the Vice-President of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) Central Committee, Nutun Kumar Chakma, has requested the government to take action against Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, also known as Santu Larma. Larma is the Chairman of the Continue Reading
Rohingya mother Sofura Begum has spent years in a squalid refugee camp after fleeing Myanmar. Now her teenage son has been taken to fight alongside the troops that put her there, AFP reports. Militant Rohingya groups in Bangladesh have forcibly recruited hundreds of young Rohingya men and boys to battle the Arakan Army (AA), a […]Continue Reading