UPDF announces road and waterway blockade in Rangamati

April 24, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) Rangamati District Unit has announced a blockade on roads and waterways scheduled for next Thursday, April 25. The decision was made at an emergency meeting held on Tuesday, April 23, involving leaders and representatives from the UPDF Rangamati District Unit and its allied organizations: the Hill Continue Reading

Three women sent to jail in Bandarban for alleged links to KNF

April 23, 2024

Three women were detained on Saturday night in Bandarban’s Ruma area, accused of affiliating with the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), and were later sent to jail, according to officials. Identified as Lal Ruat Fel Bawm, 20, Lal Nun Pui Bawm, 19, and Lal Eng Kol Bawm, 26—all residents of Ruma’s Giryapara—the suspects appeared in court […]Continue Reading

Family mourns as army corporal killed by KNF fire is laid to rest

April 22, 2024

STAFF REPORTER The funeral of Corporal Rafiqul Islam, who was killed by a KNF gunfire, has been completed under full military honors. Corporal Islam died in the KNF attack on Friday afternoon in the Yatri Chhauni area, which lies midway between Boro Tholi Para under the Ruma Upazila Army Camp. The attack also left two […]Continue Reading

KNF urged to return to normal life

April 20, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Leaders of various small ethnic groups have urged members of the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF), a regional armed group in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, to end their armed activities. This appeal came during a Saturday views exchange meeting at the Cultural Institute for Small Ethnic Groups in Bandarban. Community leaders at the […]Continue Reading

Three drones downed after explosions heard in Iran’s Isfahan: State media

April 19, 2024

Iran’s air defences have brought down three small drones over the central city of Isfahan, state media reported, hours after United States broadcasters, quoting senior US officials, said Israeli missiles had hit an Iranian site. Iranian state television reported explosions in Isfahan as air defences were activated and flights across several areas, including the capital, Continue Reading

24 more Myanmar border guard members enter Bangladesh

April 19, 2024

NEWS DESK Amid ongoing conflict between the Arakan Army insurgents and junta forces in Myanmar, 24 more members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) sought refuge in Bangladesh on Friday, 19 April. “Three BGP members entered through Teknaf’s Jhimongkhali border and eight through Naikhongchhari’s Hatimara border this afternoon,” said Shariful Islam, Continue Reading

52 KNF suspects remanded in Bandarban

April 18, 2024

NEWS DESK A court in Bandarban remanded 52 members of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) for four days in connection with two cases involving bank robberies, firearm looting, and the kidnapping of a bank manager. The individuals, apprehended for recent criminal activities in the area, were presented in court under stringent security. The Bandarban Chief […]Continue Reading

Nathan Bawm’s wife hasn’t reported for duty after transfer

April 17, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Lal Samkim Bawm, wife of Nathan Bawm, has not reported for duty at Lalmonirhat’s 250-bed General Hospital despite her transfer from the Ruma Upazila Health Complex in Bandarban on April 8. Additionally, she is not residing at her home in Ward No. 2 of Ruma Sadar, raising questions among locals and authorities about […]Continue Reading

46 more Myanmar border troops, army personnel enter Bangladesh

April 17, 2024

NEWS DESK Forty-six more members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) and military have taken shelter at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar amid the ongoing conflict with the Arakan Army insurgents in Rakhine State. “The BGB has taken them into custody after confiscating their weapons. They are currently being kept at the 11 BGB headquarters in […]Continue Reading

Iranian military says it is ready to deal with any Israeli attack

April 17, 2024

Iran said on Wednesday its military was ready to confront any attack by Israel, with the air force saying it was prepared for action, Reuters reports. Iran’s navy commander said also that it was escorting Iranian commercial vessels to the Red Sea. Iran carried out its first-ever direct attack on Israel last weekend in retaliation […]Continue Reading