Joint raid against KNF from today: RAB
RAB organized a media conference on the rescue of bank manager Nezam Uddin today, Friday, at 11:00 am at the Bandarban District Council Auditorium. However, Nezam Uddin was not brought to the media briefing. Instead, he was brought before journalists at the RAB office, where the bank manager said he could return with everyone's cooperation […]
Nizam Uddin, the manager who was kidnapped during the robbery attempt at Ruma branch of Sonali Bank in Bandarban, has been successfully rescued from Ruma Bazaar area. Khandekar Al Moeen, director of RAB's legal and media wing, confirmed the development to Prothom Alo, saying they were rescued at around 7:15 pm on Thursday.
Armed men took 40 people hostage, including bank officials, two BGB members, nine police members and bank customers during a bank robbery at two branches in Thanchi, Bandarban. When the police team including the officer in charge tried to stop them, the armed people fired two rounds. The hostages were threatened to be shot if […]
The Home Minister said KNF members attacked Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Mamunur Rahman and Constable Tauhidul Islam and snatched two light machine guns and eight Chinese rifles and shotguns from Ansar members in the upazila complex. Local law enforcement sources said the terrorists also looted bullets.Meanwhile, Special Superintendent of Police, CID, Chattogram area, Shahnewaz Khalid […]
M Osman Ghani, regional director of Sonali Bank (Bandarban region), told Prothom Alo on Tuesday night that following the robbery at the Rumah branch, they have increased security at all banks in the region. Thanchi Sadar Union Council chairman Aung Prue Mro told Prothom Alo that the terrorists entered the market area in three vehicles […]
An eyewitness said that around 70-80 KNF men reached Hathimatha Para area of the upazila around 8:00 pm on Tuesday. Some of them went to the bank while some others went to the mosque and the upazila officer's quarters. They broke into the bank safe and looted the cash. Bank officials believe that more than […]
Earlier, around 330 Myanmar nationals, including BGP and Myanmar Army members and customs officials, had fled to Bangladesh through the Wykong border in Teknaf and the Ghumdhum border in Naikhongchari upazila. Later the BGB sent them all back to Myanmar on 15 February. Clashes between Myanmar's BGP and the Arakan Army began on 2 February […]
Mohammad Ghiyas Uddin of Paschimkul earns his living by fishing in Naf river. He told Prothom Alo that the situation has been calm for a week and they have resumed fishing in the river. There was no panic among the people of these areas when Ghumdhum Union visited Betbunia Bazaar, Nayapara, Mandalpara, Jalpaitali, Paschimkul, Chakmapara, […]
Local people say that today (Saturday) at around 6.30 am, Halima Begum had gone to work in her vegetable field. She found a mortar shell there and took it home. Locals said it was an “unexploded mortar shell” and was discarded on Tumbru Road. Later, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) of Tumbru Border Observation […]
Authorities have shifted 101 Myanmar security personnel from the bustling border area of Naikhongchari to Hanila in Teknaf. Most of them are members of the border security, army and other agencies of the neighboring country. Amid intense firing on the Bangladesh border, they fled Myanmar territory and infiltrated into Bangladesh through the Ghumdhum border seeking […]
Today again heavy firing was heard in the remote area of Naikhongchari on the Myanmar border. No firing was heard in the last two days, but the firing started again at around 2:45 pm on Saturday afternoon. Local sources said the firing has disturbed Bangladeshi residents along the border area. Several border sources said that […]
There were a total of 13 tourists in the jeep. The injured are – Rafan, Ushoshi Nag, Joba Roy Nag, Mahfuza Islam, Amina Begum, Tehmina Tanzim Talukdar, Tanim, Rizvi, Anjuman Haq, Itu and Shorna. Members of the fire service and army rescued the victims and took them to the upazila health complex of Ruma. The […]
