Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary visits Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar

April 26, 2022

Ukhiya Correspondent: Crown Princess of Denmark Mary Elizabeth visited a Rohingya camp at Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. She talked to Rohingyas and inquired about them, particularly their living conditions at the camp. On Tuesday morning (April 26), Princess Mary arrived at the Kutupalong Rohingya Camp. She first visited the Camp No 5. And […]Continue Reading

BGB recovers 6.5 lakh yaba tablets in Ukhiya; four held

April 23, 2022

Border Guard Bangladesh has arrested four people in possession of 650,000 pieces of yaba tablets at Karbunia under Ratnapalang Union Parishad in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila. The arrested are Md Mahbub, 30, son of late Md Kabir Ahmed, hailing from Painashya Charparha area under Jaliapalang Union Parishad of Ukhiya; Sufia Sultana Sumi, 26, wife of […]Continue Reading

Two key accused held in murder of motorcyclist in Naikhyangchhari

April 23, 2022

Baishari Correspondent: Police have arrested two main accused in the murder case of motorcyclist Shahidul Islam in Bandarban’s Naikhyangchhari. The accused Razia Begum (18) and Anwar (30) were arrested from Eidgarh Market area on Thursday night. During the preliminary interrogation, both the arrested accused confessed to the murder said Shubash Roy, the investigation Continue Reading

Motorcyclist who disappeared 48 hours ago found dead in Baishari’s remote hilly area

April 20, 2022

Baishari Correspondent A motorcyclist has been found dead 48 hours after he disappeared in Bandarban’s Naikhyangchhari upazila on Sunday evening (April 17). The dead has been identified as Shahidul Islam, son of Ishaq of Char Para village under Idgarh Union Parishad of Ramu upazila. Police say they recovered his body on Tuesday afternoon (April 19) […]Continue Reading

Tribal girl missing for five days in Kawkhali

April 18, 2022

Kawkhali Correspondent: A Tribal school going girl has remained missing for the last five days in Rangamati’s Kawkhali upazila. Her family has lodged a general diary with local police about this on Sunday, said Md Shahid Ullah, officer-in-charge at Kawkhali Police Station. According to the case, Makhyaisa Marma (18), a schoolgirl, daughter of Chaithoyaipru Marma […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s ex-army officer calls Rohingya crackdown ‘genocide,’ offers to testify

April 17, 2022

Captain Nay Myo Thet served in Myanmar’s military for nearly six years in Rakhine state but defected in December and relocated to an area under the control of anti-junta Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) forces. In 2016, a military crackdown forced some 90,000 Rohingya to flee Rakhine state and cross into neighboring Bangladesh, while a larger one in 2017 […]Continue Reading

10 days on, Manikchhari businessman still missing

April 16, 2022

Manikchhari Correspondent: On the night of April 5, Md. Abdul Quader, 45, a small businessman, was abducted at Jogyachola in Khagrachhari’s Manikchhari upazila. Now 10 days into his abduction, Bengalis in the area have now become aggrieved at this and threatened to blockade the area permanently. As a result, panic has spread among the tribals. […]Continue Reading

NGO worker raped; UP member sent to jail

April 13, 2022

A Union Parishad or UP member has been sent to jail by a Cox’s Bazar court on charges of raping a non-government organisation or NGO worker and making her undergo an abortion when she became pregnant. The District and Sessions Judge Court passed the order after M Manzur Alam, the member for Ward No 1 […]Continue Reading

Two courier service staff freed after ransom paid in Ramgar

April 12, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Ramgar Two Sundarban Courier Service staff abducted by tribal miscreants in Khagrachhari’s Ramgar have been released, seemingly after paying ransom. Ramgar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Shamsuzzaman and Sundarban Courier Service, Feni Assistant General Manager Maruf Hossain confirmed this. Earlier on Saturday night, a covered van of Sundarban Continue Reading

Political evangelization and Chittagong Hill Tracts : Do we need to worry

April 11, 2022

Lt Gen Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman, PhD, Retd Choosing or following a particular religion is part of human rights. However, compelling, trapping or clandestine movement to convert people by taking advantage of a situation into a particular religion is utterly immoral or illegal. In early 20th century it was clear to the British Raj that their […]Continue Reading