UPDF member Milon Chakma dies of ‘heart attack’

March 16, 2022

Staff Correspondent: A member of the United People’s Democratic Front or UPDF has died in custody. An accused in multiple cases like murder, extortion, arson and firearms, Milon Chakma, 44, ‘died of a heart attack’ around 9:00am on Tuesday, law enforcers have said quoting doctors. A patrol team had arrested him earlier in morning. While […]Continue Reading

UPDF member shot dead in Bandarban

March 16, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Bandarban: A member of the United People’s Democratic Front or UPDF has been shot dead in Bandarban. The deceased was identified as Jwalanta Chakma, 40. Jwalanta Chakma came under a gun attack in the Punorbashopara area of the hill district’s Tonkaboti union around 5:30pm while going home in his motorcycle, and died on […]Continue Reading

UPDF members torch three vehicles in Rangamati protesting fellow’s death

March 16, 2022

Desk Report: Members of the United People’s Democratic Front (Prasit) or UPDF have set fire to three vehicles in Khagrachhari in protests of the death of their fellow Milon Chakma aka Sourav. The incident took place at Babuchhora in the hill district’s Dighinala around 5:00pm on Tuesday, police have said. Fire fighters rushed to the […]Continue Reading

BSF arrests four ‘members’ of UPDF with Indian currency, automatic weapons and ammunition

March 16, 2022

  Baghaichhari Correspondent: India’s Border Security Force or BSF has arrested four suspected members of Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts or CHT group United People’s Democratic Front or UPDF in possession of Rs 6.1 million, three automatic firearms and huge amount of ammunition, BSF sources have said. They were detained just across the border of Sajek, […]Continue Reading

CHT turns into safe haven for extortionists

January 9, 2017

Ahamed Ullah, back from Chittagong Hill Tracts: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]C[/dropcap]hittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) has become a safe haven for extortionists, who are allegedly getting patronage from three regional political groups — United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS-Santu) and Jana Continue Reading

Tribal armed gangs looting trees in CHT

January 6, 2017

Reza Mahmud : [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]T[/dropcap]The tribal armed gangs are looting thousands of trees from the reserve forests in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), leaving a very adverse impact on the environment. Besides, the terrorists have burned many hills to prepare those for Jhum cultivations. But the officials of forest department Continue Reading

Smuggling of firearms into country rampant thru CHT

January 6, 2017

Ahamed Ullah, back from Chittagong Hill Tracts: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]M[/dropcap]any sophisticated arms are being smuggled into Bangladesh from neighbouring Myanmar and India through porous borders in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Sources in law enforcement agencies and many locals gave the information during this correspondent’s visit Continue Reading

Tribal militants also ruining social harmony in CHT

July 16, 2016

parbattanews report: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]D[/dropcap]ateline 29 May last. A 17-year old teenage Chakma girl entered in a computer center owned by Bengali youth for doing some urgent tasks. This incident irked the members of Santu Larma-backed Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP). The PCP armed cadres dragged out the girl from the shop and Continue Reading

Chittagong Hill Tracts a sanctuary for extortionists

July 5, 2016

People claim the districts under triple rule virtually parbattanews report: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]T[/dropcap]he Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), the one-tenth territory of the country’s total area, has been turned into a sanctuary for extortionists. Like tax and levy, imposed by the constitutional government, extortion is open and Continue Reading