Bandarban landslide
Bandarban landslides kill four
Four people, including a couple and their baby girl, were killed in two landslides amid heavy rain in Bandarban yesterday.
3 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Hills razed for housing
Hills are being ravaged in the south east district of Bandarban to make way for a housing project, much to the dismay of locals and environmentalists.
3 July 2018, 18:00 PM
4 killed in Bandarban landslides
Four people including a couple and their two-year old baby girl are killed in separate landslides amid heavy rain in Bandarban.
3 July 2018, 07:43 AM
Forsaken, they live in danger
Eleven years into the massive landslide in Chittagong that left 127 dead, the government is yet to rehabilitate those still vulnerable to the disaster.
10 June 2018, 18:00 PM
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.
21 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Latest Landslide: Rain disrupts rescue work in Bandarban
The search and rescue operation for the four people missing in Sunday's landslide in Bandarban was disrupted by heavy rain yesterday.
24 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Fresh landslide kills one in Bandarban
A teenage girl was killed and at least four others went missing in a landslide triggered by torrential rain in Bandarban yesterday morning.
23 July 2017, 18:00 PM
1 killed, 4 missing as fresh landslide hits Bandarban
A teenage girl is killed and at least four people are missing in a landslide triggered by torrential rain in Bandarban, police say.
23 July 2017, 09:23 AM
Tourism sector suffers loss due to recent landslides: JS
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday told parliament that tourism sector has incurred a loss of Tk 40 to 45 crore due to the recent landslides in Chittagong Hill Tracts.
9 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Two disasters, two countries, two peoples
Surprisingly, “baby boomers” (born between 1946 and 1960)—the generation that took part in the Liberation War—and “millennials” (born between mid-1980s and early 2000s) of Bangladesh (both supposed to be articulated, brave, and liberal), to put it mildly, also seem to be apathetic and opportunistic, even during times of national emergencies.
2 July 2017, 18:10 PM
Supplies, prices not normal yet
Four days after deadly landslides hit Rangamati killing at least 114 people, the supply of essentials, including food, was yet to become normal yesterday.
Most of the daily essentials were still selling at higher prices despite market monitoring by the district administration. However, the prices were lower than they were in previous three days.
17 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Struck by twin tragedy
In a matter of 10 days, Bikram Chakma, 47, has lost two homes and all of his belongings.
After his ancestral home, where he lived with his father, was gutted in an arson attack by Bangalee settlers earlier this month, he took refuge in a Buddhist monastery while his wife and daughter continued to live in their home in Rangamati town.
17 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Deadly landslide in pictures
So far 133 people are killed in landslides in Chittagong, Rangamati and Bandarban districts followed by incessant rain caused by the depression that formed in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday.
13 June 2017, 13:37 PM
Landslide triggered by rain kills 133 in hilly areas
At least 100 people including four army men are killed in Rangamati while 26 in Chittagong and seven in Bandarban in separate incidents of landslide after daylong rain on June 12, 2017, caused by a depression in the Bay.
13 June 2017, 03:54 AM