Healthcare, education still elude them
Many residents of Remakri union in Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila still lack access to healthcare and education, this correspondent observed after visiting 18 villages in ward 6 and 9 of the union recently.
Healthcare, education still elude 300 indigenous families
Residents of 18 remote villages in Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila have no access to healthcare and education
Cattle smugglers swing into action ahead of Eid
Amid a ban on cattle import, smuggling from Myanmar and India continues unabated ahead of the Eid.
Of illegal logging and reign of terror
A gang has allegedly been cutting trees for years in different neighbourhoods of the indigenous Mro community in Bandarban’s Lama upazila.
Villagers fleeing homes in fear
Over 400 indigenous people of six villages have been fleeing from their residences ever since eight people were killed during a “shootout” between two armed groups at Rowangchhari upazila in Bandarban on Thursday night.
From dropout to role model in five years
He was a youngster with big dreams, hailing from Tangpru Para of Bandarban. Thoai Sing Hla Marma came to Dhaka in 2014, to pursue his goal of becoming a civil engineer, and got admitted to the National Polytechnic Institute.
Bandarban’s Thanchi: Rab arrests 17 militants after daylong gunfight
Rapid Action Battalion arrested 17 members of newly formed militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya and three members of Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) following a daylong gunfight in Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila yesterday.
Amid cold with no food, shelter
At least eight families of the Mro community, whose houses were allegedly set ablaze and vandalised by people of a rubber plantation in a village in Bandarban’s Lama upazila, are now living under the open sky, in the chilling winter cold.
September 30, 2023
Healthcare, education still elude them
Many residents of Remakri union in Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila still lack access to healthcare and education, this correspondent observed after visiting 18 villages in ward 6 and 9 of the union recently.
September 28, 2023
Healthcare, education still elude 300 indigenous families
Residents of 18 remote villages in Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila have no access to healthcare and education
June 24, 2023
Cattle smugglers swing into action ahead of Eid
Amid a ban on cattle import, smuggling from Myanmar and India continues unabated ahead of the Eid.
May 13, 2023
Of illegal logging and reign of terror
A gang has allegedly been cutting trees for years in different neighbourhoods of the indigenous Mro community in Bandarban’s Lama upazila.
April 11, 2023
Villagers fleeing homes in fear
Over 400 indigenous people of six villages have been fleeing from their residences ever since eight people were killed during a “shootout” between two armed groups at Rowangchhari upazila in Bandarban on Thursday night.
February 15, 2023
From dropout to role model in five years
He was a youngster with big dreams, hailing from Tangpru Para of Bandarban. Thoai Sing Hla Marma came to Dhaka in 2014, to pursue his goal of becoming a civil engineer, and got admitted to the National Polytechnic Institute.
February 8, 2023
Bandarban’s Thanchi: Rab arrests 17 militants after daylong gunfight
Rapid Action Battalion arrested 17 members of newly formed militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya and three members of Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) following a daylong gunfight in Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila yesterday.
January 4, 2023
Amid cold with no food, shelter
At least eight families of the Mro community, whose houses were allegedly set ablaze and vandalised by people of a rubber plantation in a village in Bandarban’s Lama upazila, are now living under the open sky, in the chilling winter cold.
January 3, 2023
Over a dozen Mro houses torched in Bandarban
Attackers torched and vandalised at least a dozen homes in Mro community in a village in Bandarban’s Lama upazila early yesterday.
December 15, 2022
High-value exotic fruits make a splash
The production of some high-value exotic fruits in Bangladesh has increased significantly in the past several years as many farmers have jumped on the bandwagon of growing them commercially since they fetch higher profits.
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