India denies it will provide homes to Rohingya in capital

August 17, 2022

NEWS DESK Hours after a federal minister said Rohingya will be given apartments in the capital, India’s home ministry has denied giving such instructions, saying the refugees would be held at a detention centre and eventually deported, Al Jazeera reports. Earlier on Wednesday (August 17, 2022), Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, […]Continue Reading

One army man killed, three others injured in Bandarban road crash

August 16, 2022

THANCHI CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN An army man has died and three others have sustained serious injuries as an army jeep fell into a deep ditch on the Alikadam-Thanchi road in Bandarban on Tuesday (August 16, 2022). The deceased was identified as Shimul, 28, a soldier of 16 ECBs of the army and the injured were identified […]Continue Reading

Head majhi among two killed in Cox’s Bazar; three held

August 11, 2022

UKHIA CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR The Armed Police Battalion, or APBn, have arrested three people in connection with the killing of two Rohingya people, including head majhi, at Thaingkhali Jamtoli No. 15 Rohingya camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar. They were arrested in a raid at Jamtali camp in the early hours of Thursday (August 11), […]Continue Reading

Daughter of Bangladeshi-Rohingya couple caught trying to register as voter in Cox’s Bazar

August 8, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT A young woman has been caught trying to register as a voter showing fake and forged documents in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. She was identified as Kohinoor Akter, daughter of Bangladeshi man Mohammad Siddiq of Laturikhola area of Hoikong union of Teknaf upazila and Myanmar’s Rohingya woman Senwara Begum sheltering in Bangladesh. To […]Continue Reading

UPDF extortionist held in Khagrachhari

August 4, 2022

DESK REPORT The army has arrested a terrorist of the United People’s Democratic Front or UPDF in Khagrachhari. Named Amar Jyoti Dewaan, 48, he was arrested from Giriful area of the hill district during a raid on Thursday (July 3), sources said. Tipped off that four to five extortionists of the UPDF were spending night […]Continue Reading

JSS terrorist held with kata rifle in Bandarban

August 1, 2022

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT A JSS terrorist has been apprehended by the army in possession of a locally made (kata) rifle during a drive in front of the Bandarban Awami League office. The arrested was identified as Pulak Tangchangya, 45, a collector of Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS). Tipped off, an army team apprehended him in possession of […]Continue Reading

Yaba pills, crystal meth worth 26 crore seized in Cox’s Bazar

July 31, 2022

NEWS DESK Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized crystal methamphetamine and yaba pills worth Tk 25.89 crore during a drive in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Acting on a tip-off, Commander of Teknaf Battalion (BGB-2) Lt Col Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar said, a team of BGB-2 intercepted a boat in which three […]Continue Reading

Rohingya mother, son held with gold bars in Chattogram

July 30, 2022

NEWS DESK The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has arrested a Rohingya woman and her son in possession of gold ornaments including eight gold bars worth Tk 1.5 crore in Chattogram. The RAB arrested the Rohingya woman and her son in possession of the gold a drive at Jungle Salimpur in Chattogram’s Sitakunda, Lieutenant Colonel […]Continue Reading

JSS terrorist killed in gunfight with security forces in Rangamati

July 28, 2022

KAPTAI CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI A JSS (core) terrorist was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila. The incident took place in the Babita hillock area of Kaptai around 12:30pm on Thursday, 28, 2022. The slain terrorist was identified as Nikhil Kumar Das, 35, an associate of Jana Samhati Samiti (core), or JSS […]Continue Reading

Army helicopter crash-lands in Dhaka, pilots hurt

July 27, 2022

NEWS DESK Two pilots were injured as a training helicopter of the Bangladesh Army made crash landing on a waterbody under Nawabganj Upazila in Dhaka district on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The pilots- Lieutenant Colonel Ismail and Major Shams were shifted to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital by helicopter, according to Inter-Services Public Relations. Both the […]Continue Reading