EU provides €300 000 aid for country’s flood victims

In response to the floods in Bangladesh earlier this month, the European Union has released €300 000 to assist the flood-affected population in the Southeast region of the country. The aid will focus on the Bandarban region, as one of the hardest-hit districts. The funding will be used to provide emergency cash

17 militants, 3 KNF members held in Bandarban: RAB

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 17 members of the new militant group 'Jamatul Ansar Fil HindalSharqiya' and three members of armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in the ongoing anti-militancy drive in the district on Tuesday.They were arrested in a raid in the area adjacent to Remakri Bridge of

2,970 Rohingyas relocated to Ukhiya camp

At least 180 Rohingya people of 35 families have been relocated to a transit refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya area from their temporary shelter in Bandarban’s Ghumdhum Union Parishad office. The Rohingya families, along with 2,790 other Rohingya men, women and children, took refuge in the temporary shelter last

RAB recovers Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya’s video

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered a video that contains sensational activities of militant outfit 'Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya' and its several training camps in remote areas of Bandarban. "The recovered video showed several training camps of militants in remote areas of Bandarban. Amir Anisur Rahman alias Mahmud of 'Jamatul

Jamaat ameer involved in breeding new militant: CTTC chief

 Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Shafiqur Rahman was involved directly in providing assistance to the activists of new militant outfit Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya to take training in Bandarban and bear the expenses, chief of the Counter Terrorism  and  Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP Asaduzzaman said Tuesday.Briefing reporters at

Tourists leaving Bandarban amid drive against militants

Tourists have started leaving Bandarban district as local administration has imposed a temporary ban on tourism at Ruma and Rowangchhari upazilas from Tuesday morning as a security drive was going on to either arrest or remove suspected militants and criminals from the hilly region. The administration has also discouraged tourists to

BGB on high alert to block Myanmar civilians from entering

Bangladesh border guards have been put on high alert so that no Myanmar national can enter Bangladesh territory following an airstrike near the frontier region in Bandarban district, a senior minister confirmed. Reports coming out of Myanmar suggest a full-blown armed conflict has broken out between the country’s military, officially known

22 held over killing of 5 family members in Bandarban

Police arrested 22 people over the murder of five people of the same family in Ruma upazila of the district Friday night. They were arrested following a special operation last night, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mohammad Abul Qasim Chowdhury said. They were sent to the district court this morning, he said. On