World reacts to the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi

May 20, 2024

World leaders have expressed their condolences on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Al Jazeera reports. Rescue teams began searching for Raisi on Sunday afternoon after his aircraft, which also carried nine other officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, went missing in Iran’s mountainous northwestern region near the Continue Reading

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash, official says

May 20, 2024

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday, after search teams located the wreckage in East Azerbaijan province, Reuters reports. “President Raisi, the foreign minister and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash,” Continue Reading

Bawm community protests against KNF terrorism

May 19, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The Bawm community organised a human chain protest condemning the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) for its involvement in bank robbery, kidnapping, and looting of weapons in Ruma and Thanchi upazilas of Bandarban. On Sunday afternoon, men, women, and children from the Bawm community gathered in front of the Ujani Para ICC Complex […]Continue Reading

Myanmar rebel group claims control of town, denies targeting Rohingya

May 19, 2024

A powerful armed ethnic group in Myanmar said on Sunday it had won control over a town in the western state of Rakhine after weeks of fighting, denying accusations it had targeted members of the Muslim-minority Rohingya during the offensive, Reuters reports. Khine Thu Kha, a spokesman for the Arakan Army (AA), said its soldiers […]Continue Reading

Helicopter carrying Iran’s President Raisi crashes, search under way

May 19, 2024

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident, Reuters reports. The official said the lives of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were “at […]Continue Reading

Two sent to jail, including chief coordinator of KNF Women’s Wing in Bandarban

May 18, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The Bandarban Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court has sent Akim Bawm, a chief coordinator of the women’s wing of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), and member Lal Siyam Lom Bawm to jail. Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Nurul Haque issued the order on Saturday, a day after their arrest by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) […]Continue Reading

NSI detains 32 Rohingyas from secret meeting in Ukhia

May 17, 2024

UKHIA CORRESPONDENT The National Security Intelligence (NSI) detained 32 Rohingyas from a secret meeting in Ukhia, handing them over to the Ukhia police station later. The detentions took place on Friday morning (May 17) at the Global Training Center, a multi-story building in Rajapalong, Ukhia. According to reliable sources, the secret meeting was part of […]Continue Reading

Drive against ARSA continues: RAB

May 17, 2024

NEWS DESK The RAB’s intelligence-based drive against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is continuing and operations are being launched as soon as any information is received. Commander Arafat Islam, director (legal and media wing), said this in a press conference at Karwan Bazar Media Center on Friday. He said that ARSA members were involved in […]Continue Reading

Eight firearms, weapons-making materials seized in Naikhongchhari raid

May 16, 2024

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A counter-terrorism unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has seized eight firearms and a substantial amount of weapons-making materials during a raid on a hideout in the dense forests of Naikhongchhari, Bandarban. The raid was conducted on Wednesday evening in the Sagolkhaiya area of Naikhongchhari Upazila, near the residence of Md. Continue Reading

Body of missing tripura woman recovered in Khagrachhari

May 16, 2024

KHAGRACHHARI CORRESPONDENT Police have recovered the body of Ishwari Bala Tripura (58), who went missing in Khagrachhari. The body was found on Wednesday, May 15, around 11 am, on a high hill in the Kalabagan area of Bhaibonchhara Union in the district headquarters. It was later sent to the district headquarters hospital for an autopsy. […]Continue Reading