Bandarban
‘Will starve to death, but won’t take aid from those who set jhum land on fire’
People from Mro and Tripura communities in Bandarban, who were affected by the fire on Jhum land, have refused aid from the local administration as the relief was being distributed in presence of those allegedly involved in burning the gardens at Langkompara, under Bandarban’s Lama upazila.
2 AL leaders shot dead in Bandarban, Satkhira
Unidentified criminals have gunned down two top local leaders of Awami League in Bandarban and Satkhira.
Another PCJSS man shot dead in Bandarban
Another supporter of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) is shot dead by a group of armed men in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari upazila.
Autistic girl, 15, raped in Narayanganj
Two girls, including an autistic teenager, were allegedly raped in Bandarban and Narayanganj on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Wild elephant found dead in Bandarban lake
A wild elephant has been found dead in Bandarban after it drowned in a lake, a forest official says.
This year's Raj Punnah with no fair
Raj Punnah, an annual traditional festival of the Bohmong circle, began with frustration and agony in Bandarban town yesterday as local administration didn't give permission this year for holding any fair, an integral part of the festival.
Destruction of forests, stone theft send hill creek to death throe
Unabated destruction of forests coupled with stone theft and use of deep tubewells at tobacco plantations have dried up the once mighty Roambo jhiri (a creek or small stream) in remote hills of Bandarban's Alikadam upazila.
Bandarban fire leaves 75 families homeless
A fire originating from an “electric short-circuit” destroyed at least 80 houses and six shops in Madhyam Para area of Bandarban town yesterday.
Hill Cutting in Bandarban: 3 labourers killed in landslide
Three labourers, including a woman, were killed in a landslide while cutting a hill to dig a drain in Ghumdhum area of Naikhongchhari upazila yesterday.
The silent spirit of the skies
We awoke before sunrise to the sound of rain and the smell of wet earth, slightly worried about the trail that we were taking for the
Buddhist monk hacked dead in Bandarban
An elderly Buddhist monk is hacked to death allegedly by a novice monk inside a temple in Bandarban Sadar upazila.