Bangladeshi man loses leg in landmine blast near Bandarban border
A 35-year-old Bangladeshi man lost his leg in a landmine blast along the Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Tuesday...
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ARSA chief Ataullah denied bail, sent to jail
A court in Bandarban on Monday sent Myanmar鈥檚 Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army chief Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi to jail after rejecting his bail petition in two separate cases filed over the death of a member of DGFI....
HC sues 25 brickfield owners for forging court order to operate in hill districts
The High Court has filed a case against 25 brickfield owners for allegedly forging its November 26, 2024, order to falsely claim permission to continue operations in Khagrachari and Bandarban...
26 kidnapped rubber plantation workers released
Twenty-six workers who were reportedly kidnapped from remote rubber plantations at Lama upazila in Bandarban were released in the early hours of Tuesday....
26 rubber plantation workers kidnapped at Lama
An unidentified armed group reportedly kidnapped 26 workers from remote rubber plantations in Murungjhiri area of Lama upazila in Bandarban district in early hours of Sunday.
33 Rohingyas held for illegal trespassing
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh detained 33 Rohingyas from Alikadam in Bandarban district early Saturday while they were entering Bangladesh illegally...
7 workers abducted in Bandarban
Seven workers have reportedly been abducted by armed miscreants in Lama upazila of Bandarban district on Sunday.
Four-day fair promotes culture, cuisines of CHT
A four-day Hill Fair and Youth Festival 2025 began on Wednesday to promote the products and culture of the national minorities residing in the Chattogram Hill Tracts region, comprising Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachari, of Bangladesh.
Two KNF suspects detained in Bandarban
Security forces detained two suspected members of ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front during a special drive at Keplongpara area under Ruma upazila in Bandarban district Monday morning...
Elephant attack kills worker in Bandarban
A worker was killed as a wild elephant attack him in Lama upazila of Bandarban district early Saturday...
3 motorcyclists killed in Bandarban road accident
Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Alikadam upazila of Bandarban Saturday afternoon....
CHT adviser inspects burnt houses in Lama聽
Adviser to the ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs Supradip Chakma on Friday visited arson damaged Tripura houses at Purba Betchhara Para of Sarai Union in Lama upazila of Bandarban...
Four arrested over arson attack on Tripura Christian community houses at Lama
At least four people were arrested on Thursday in a case filed over an arson attack on the homes of Tripura Christian families at Lama upazila in Bandarban early Wednesday, on the eve of Christmas.
Ronger Gaari organises 3-day art camp in Bandarban
The three-day art camp of art organisation Ronger Gaari concluded at Nilambari Resort in Bandarban on Tuesday.
Three KNF members killed in gunfight with Army personnel in Bandarban
At least three armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front suspects were killed in a reported gunfight with the Bangladesh Army in the forest of Ruma upazila in Bandarban on Sunday.
Huge cache of arms, ammunition recovered from KNF den in Bandarban: ISPR
Members of the Bangladesh Army have recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition during a drive in a hideout of armed organisation Kuki-Chin National Front in the hilly area of Ruma upazila in Bandarban, according to a press release of the Inter-Services Public Relations on Thursday...
Tourism restrictions lifted in Bandarban
The local administration has lifted restrictions on tourism in four upazilas of Bandarban district, signaling a cautious return to travel in the area.
Two arrested over rape of Marma girl in Bandarban
Two men were arrested early Friday in a case filed over raping a 15-year-old girl from the Marma community of Baishari union under Naikhyangchari upazila in...
3 female KNF suspects鈥� bail denied
A senior judicial magistrate court in Bandarban on Wednesday rejected prayers of three Bawm women, arrested in joint drives in April and May this year suspecting them to be members of Kuki-Chin National Front, seeking bail...
Unresolved Adivasi questions and state reforms
AT LAMA upazila in Bandarban, different companies have been active for a long time in their attempts to grab jum lands and hill ecosystems to establish rubber gardens. One such hill is called 鈥榮oroi hung鈥� 鈥� soroi hill 鈥� in the Mro language. The Lama Rubber Industries Limited exists on 400 acres of forcefully grabbed jum land and hill forest of soroi hung...
2 KNF members killed in Bandarban: ISPR
Two members of the Kuki-Chin National Front were killed in a drive conducted by joint forces at Saikat Para in Ruma upazila of Bandarban district on Wednesday....
Man killed in Bandarban 鈥榞unfight鈥�
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight between members of Border Guard Bangladesh and drug peddlers along the bordering area at Naikhyangchari upazila in Bandarban early Monday...
Blanket arrest, harassment of Bawm people must stop
THE blanket arrest of Bawm people and their harassment in Bandarban as part of a joint security operation for their suspected involvement in the Kuki-Chin National Front, said to be responsible for attacks on banks and security facilities...
Release of Bawm people demanded
Speakers, including academics, on Monday demanded release of detained 鈥榠nnocent鈥� ethnic individuals from the Bawm community in Bandarban and withdrawal of cases against them...
KNF's women wing 鈥榗hief coordinator鈥� held in Bandarban
Rapid Action Battalion on Friday claimed to have arrested a top coordinator of the ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front鈥檚 women鈥簊 wing during the ongoing joint operation in Bandarban following the incidents of bank robberies, arms snatching, and abduction...
71-yr-old man detained in KNF case
A 71-year-old national ethnic minority person was arrested for his alleged connection with ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front and bank looting incident in Ruma upazila of Bandarban in early April, the officials said on Monday...
End to mass arrests of Bawm people demanded
A group of ethnic youths on Wednesday demanded stopping mass arrests and harassment of people of Bawm community in Bandarban in the name of joint operation for their alleged involvement with the armed hill group Kuki-Chin National Front.....
2 KNF men killed in army operation
The Inter Services Public Relations said on Sunday that two members of ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front, who were involved in...
6 killed in Sajek road accedent
At least six people were killed and eight others were injured after a truck carrying over a dozen construction workers fell into a roadside ditch at Sajek in Rangamati鈥檚 Baghaichari on Wednesday...