Rangamati
A crime beyond comprehension
A 10-year-old girl was strangled to death as she resisted a rape attempt by her tutor at Kaptali upazila in Rangamati on Saturday.
3 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Tasty fruit, hefty profit
Madhusudan Talukder started planting orange saplings on two acres of land in Rangamati's Naniarchar upazila in 2007. By 2014, half of his 700 trees yielded fruits ready for sale.
22 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Rambutan starts rocking Rangamati
Rambutan, a tropical fruit closely related to the litchi, has started making its bright colourful appearance in Rangamati.
22 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Warning falling on deaf ears
A signboard on a corner of Simultoli ominously declares: “Identified as a landslide-prone area. Settlement prohibited.” A sudden clap of thunder increases the sense of foreboding.
12 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Gun attack kills 5 in Rangamati
Just a day after the killing of Shaktiman Chakma, chairman of Naniarchar Upazila Parishad in Rangamati, another five people were shot dead in the hill district yesterday.
The five, including a Bangalee driver, were on a microbus full of political leaders and activists headed for Hugurmara area of the upazila to attend the funeral of Shaktiman.
4 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Upazila chairman shot dead in Rangamati
The vice president of Parbattya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samity's MN Larma faction Shaktimaan Chakma, 55, was killed in a gun
3 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Rangamati upazila chairman shot dead
An upazila parishad chairman is shot dead in Naniachar upazila of Rangamati.
3 May 2018, 05:44 AM
3 cottages gutted in Sajek fire
At least 3 tourist cottages are gutted in a fire at Sajek valley in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati.
16 April 2018, 04:50 AM
Pineapples in March
Usually associated with the monsoon months, the sweet taste of pineapple has arrived early in Rangamati. The district's pineapple farmers are currently busy harvesting, enjoying the additional income benefits of selling the fruit out of season.
4 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Marma girls taken to ex-UP chairman's house: cops
The two Marma sisters released from hospital on Thursday have been taken to the house of a former union parishad chairman in Rangmati.
16 February 2018, 18:00 PM
BCL men beat 2 more journos in Rangamati
A day after assaulting a journalist, Chhatra League men yesterday beat up two more reporters in Rangamati, police and witnesses said.
13 February 2018, 18:00 PM
'Rape' of Marma Girl: Questions aplenty
The two Marma sisters, one of whom was allegedly raped and the other sexually assaulted by members of security forces last week, are undergoing treatment at Rangamati Sadar Hospital under tight security.
31 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Dawn-to-dusk hartal underway in Rangamati
A dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by district unit of Jubo League protesting the killing of its Jurachhari unit leader is going on in the district.
7 December 2017, 06:47 AM
Longadu Fire: 3 months on, they're still homeless
More than three months after the burning down of indigenous people's houses in Longadu upazila of Rangamati, it now seems to be a
21 September 2017, 18:13 PM
Kaptai, Rangamati: Villagers suffer as bridge damaged
A bridge connecting Dulonnye to the rest of Kaptai upazila in Rangamati has remained damaged for around one and a half months,
28 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Disaster warning falls on deaf ears
It is a glaring example of how ineffective measures by the local administration and people's carelessness can lead to loss of lives.
Only five weeks ago, rain-induced landslides killed over 170 people in the hill districts, 120 of them in Rangamati alone.
Such a high death toll should have been an eye-opener both for the administration as well as for those living precariously in the hill slopes. But yesterday's deaths of five people in a Sitakunda landslide are evidence that last month's warning fell on deaf ears.
21 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Landslide again in Rangamati, no casualty
A portion of a hill falls down in Rangamati amid heavy rainfall and fresh fears of landslides.
3 July 2017, 11:06 AM
Army recovers arms, ammo in Rangamati
The army recovered two AK-47 rifles and other arms and ammunition in a drive in Rangamati's Longadu upazila early yesterday.
29 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Nobody to blame for the landslides
As the landslides wreaked havoc over Chittagong division in the last two weeks, there was one thing that everyone was at a consensus about – this was a man-made disaster.
22 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Live from a ghost town
Landslides in Rangamati is a wake-up call for the country.
22 June 2017, 18:00 PM