Bandarban

Couple’s throat-slit bodies found in Bandarban

Throat-slit bodies of an elderly couple are found inside their house at Lama upazila of Bandarban.
25 March 2017, 04:56 AM

Hunger stalks life in remote Thanchi

The very existence of indigenous people deep inside Thanchi upazila of Bandarban remains shrouded in dense jungle; local representatives and other authorities remember them on rare occasions, like elections, and seldom pay heed to their problems.
13 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Mro life turned upside down

Jhum cultivation is what Kumrao Mro did for a living until recently he has lost his land in Lama upazila of Bandarban to the relentless
28 May 2016, 18:00 PM

146 tonnes of rice allotted for Thanchi

The Relief and Rehabilitation Department in Bandarban allotted 146 tonnes of rice to the people who have been hit by a food crisis in
28 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Unplanned road washed away

Road communications between Rowangchhari upazila and Bandarban town have remained snapped since Saturday when a portion of a newly
26 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Thanchi people suffering from food shortage

Rui Mon Mro, aged over 80, began to worry about her five grandchildren after her family living in a remote area of Bandarban had run out of food.
26 May 2016, 18:00 PM

2 remanded over Buddhist monk killing

A Bandarban court yesterday placed three men on ten days remand in the case of a Buddhist monk killing in remote
16 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Demo in Dhaka protesting monk killing

Bangladesh Buddhist Federation forms a human chain in Dhaka protesting the gruesome killing of a monk in Bandarban two days ago.
16 May 2016, 06:35 AM

3 arrested over monk murder

Police yesterday arrested three people in connection with their alleged involvement in the killing of a Buddhist monk in Naikkhangchhari upazila of Bandarban.
15 May 2016, 18:00 PM

3 held over Bandarban monk killing

Law enforcers detain three people in suspicion of their involvement with Saturday’s murder of a Buddhist monk in Naikkhangchhari upazila of Bandarban.
15 May 2016, 04:52 AM

Buddhist monk murder is an isolated incident: Minister

Hours into the Buddhist monk murder in Bandarban, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal terms the killing as an isolated incident and points finger at the relatives of the victim.
14 May 2016, 12:47 PM

Buddhist monk murdered in Bandarban

Unidentified miscreants kill an elderly Buddhist monk by slitting his throat in Naikkhangchhari upazila of Bandarban. Body of the victim -- Mong Shwe U Chak, 75, -- was found near Baishari Bihar at Uppar Chak Para village in the upazila.
14 May 2016, 04:17 AM

Bandarban BGB camp comes under mortar attack

A camp of paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) came under mortar shell attack in Thanchi upazila of Bandarban.
12 May 2016, 10:16 AM

Bangladesh's last Great Hornbills

If you have been to Bandarban town, you have probably seen a sculpture of a massive bird with a large bill sitting proudly in
21 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Hartal progresses in Thanchi over killing of 3 cattle traders

The daylong hartal, enforced by Bangali Byabasaye, an organisation of businesspeople from Bengali settlers, protesting the killing of three cattle traders, who were kidnapped by miscreants here on Friday, is going on peacefully in Thanchi upazila.
19 April 2016, 06:09 AM

3 abducted Bandarban traders found murdered

Three men were found dead in remote Thanchi upazila of Bandarban yesterday two days after they had been abducted.
18 April 2016, 18:00 PM

3 abductees found dead in Bandarban

Three abductees are found dead at a remote place in Thanchi upazilla of Bandarban.
18 April 2016, 12:53 PM

Bandarban UP chairman candidate shot dead

Masked miscreants brandish guns and pick up an independent chairman candidate of the Union Parishad polls from his house before killing him in Bandarban’s Ruma upazila.
21 March 2016, 04:44 AM

Ramu mayhem’s prime accused detained in Dhaka

Law enforcers pick up the prime accused in a case filed over 2012’s mindless communal attack on the Buddhist community at Ramu in Cox's Bazar.
11 January 2016, 11:43 AM

2 'criminals' shot dead

Two members of an alleged criminal gang were found dead near Thanchi-Alikadom road in the district's Alikadom upazila yesterday.
31 December 2015, 18:00 PM