Bangladesh Army along with Border Guard Bangladesh has reinforced their drive against ‘terrorists’ in remote hills in Khagrachari and Rangamati following a ‘gunfight’ that killed five ethnic minority people on Saturday, officials said. ‘We also remain alert following Saturday’s incident and it’s a kind of regular operation but now reinforced,’ said a senior official involved
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Five hill people killed in ‘gunfight’ with Army
At least five ethnic minority people were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with army personnel at a remote village of Baghaichari upazila in Rangamati hill district on Saturday morning. The deceased – Rupayan Chakma, 24, Jackson Chakma, 26, Kathumoni Chakma, 26, Kanti Marma, 28, and Babul Chakma, 20, – were in combat uniform, the
Blast at paper mill kills 2 workers
Two workers of Karnaphuli Paper Mills (KPM) were killed and another was injured when a hydrogen tank exploded at the mill in Kaptai upazila of Rangamati yesterday. The dead are Obaidul Haque, 55, and Rabiul Islam, 30, from Noakhali. Co-workers said the blast occurred at the chemical plant of the mill around 11:30am when
School dropout rate higher in three hill districts: Study
Due to linguistic barriers and improper academic curriculum, school students of the three hill districts are being deprived of quality education, which causes high dropout rate in the region compared to the national level dropout, a study has revealed. While the average dropout rate is around 30 percent at primary schools at national
Down with the hills!
Probir Kumar Sarker Though Bangladesh is prominently a plain land, its Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban and Sylhet have hilly areas with forests and rich biodiversity. These areas are full of natural resources fulfilling needs of the people and other living species. But at present, the destruction of hills in every area has become ... Read more
Elephants vs people
Kurkuttipara offers a classic case of human-animal conflict. In this remote place beyond Barkal of Rangamati, villagers cannot hate anything more than the herd of nine elephants. Even the mind boggling beauty of the place, surrounded by rippling crystal blue waters of Kaptai Lake, could not hide the deep-seated anger and enmity of the conflicting ... Read more
Bomang Raja passes away
Raja Aungshoi Prue Chowdhury, the chief of Bomang Circle, is no more. He passed away yesterday morning due to old-age-complications at his palace. He was 98. Father of six sons and two daughters, the indigenous leader left unnumbered relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death
Unity in diversity
Indigenous Cultural Festival in Rangamati At the inaugural function of the three-day 11th Chittagong Hill Tracts Indigenous Cultural Festival, chief guest Chakma Raja Devasish Roy said that the 11 ethnic communities living in the hill tracts have distinct cultures and languages. The opulent traditions of the indigenous people have enriched the national culture. So, they ... Read more
Green desert in the hills
Inam Ahmed All around us is a green desert. What was supposed to be reserved and forest is now just denuded hills. Welcome to Kasalong Reserve Forest. As our Chander Gari — a Second World War Willy’s Jeep fitted with a Mitsubishi engine — rolls on the topsy-turvy narrow herringbone road, tossing madly from one ... Read more
Gunmen kill 3 in Kaptai
PCJSS blames UPDF Gunmen killed two villagers and an activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti, a regional political party in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, in Kaptai of Rangamati on Friday. The PCJSS claimed that all three deceased were its supporters and blamed its rival United People’s Democratic Front for the killings but the UPDF ... Read more
Teenage girl abducted, gang raped
Three miscreants allegedly abducted a 16-year-old ethnic minority girl from Rangamati hill district headquarters on Thursday, repeatedly raped her for 14 hours, before returning her home on Friday morning. The victim filed a case of abduction and gang rape with the Kotowali police station of Rangamati at 9pm on Friday. She named Md Manik, son ... Read more
Rangamati gunfights kill 4
At least three were killed and a score others were injured in a gunfight between supporters of two hill political parties in remote forests of Jurachari in Rangamati early Friday. Another hill man went missing. Another was killed at Gabachhara of Kaptai by unnamed armed people and a schoolboy was injured with bullet in Khagrachari