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Two drug peddlers held with liquor in Rangamati

Police arrested two drug peddlers along with 80 litres of liquor from Kaptai upazila in Rangamati district early Thursday.The arrested were Memi Prokash, 44 and Suing Mong Marma, 28, residents of Borokholapara area in the upazila. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Chandraghona Police Station condu...

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5 die of mystry disease in Rangamati

Five people have died of an unknown disease and 14 others have been affected in a remote village under Barkal upazila of Rangamati district.A medical team comprising seven members went to Thega Chandabighat village of Bhusanchhara Union and is providing treatment to the affected people.Meanwhile, an...

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Ekushey Book Fair ends in Rangamati

The two-day Ekushey book fair that began in front of the deputy commissioner’s (DC) office of the district Tuesday on the occasion of the Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day, ended Thursday.Rangamati district administration organised the fair on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and ...

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Road crashes kill 3 in Rangamati

Three people were killed and two others injured when a lorry hit a three-wheeler at Shalbagan on Rangamati-Chattogram road in Rangamati upazila on Thursday morning.Two of the deceased were identified as Nabir Hossain and Md Hafiz while the identity of another could not be known immediately.Quoting w...

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Capital punishment to killers of journo Nadim demanded

Protesting the killing of journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim, working journalists in Rangamati on Monday formed a human chain in the district town. Speaking at the human chain, they said, “In the country, our pressmen are being victimised of harassed and becoming under attack by the political...

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College student killed in road crash in Rangamati

A college student was killed and another was injured in a road accident at Naniarchar upazila in Rangamati on Saturday. The accident took place when a truck hit their motorcycle there. The deceased was identified as Nancy Chakma, 18, daughter of Jyotimoy Chakma of Karengatoli area of Baghaichha...

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Naniachar bridge named after artist Chuni Lal inaugurated

The Naniachar bridge, the first longest bridge in Chittagong Hill Tracts, was unveiled with a plaque named after artist Chuni Lal Dewan on Sunday in Rangamati. Local lawmaker Dipanker Talukder unfolded it as the chief guest. Additional police super (Rangamati circle) Md. Zahedul Islam, exe...

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Kathin Chibar Dan ends at Rangamati Rajban Bihar

Kathin Chibar Dan, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist people, was concluded on Friday at Rangamati Rajban Vihara amid offering prayers for peace, prosperity and religious harmony by hundreds of devotees in the hill town of Rangamati. Progya Lanker Mohathero, abbot of Rajban Vihara m...

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RTI can play significant role in establishing good governance

Right to Information Act (RTI) can play a vital role in establishing ‘Good Governance’ in the country. It’s only possible through ensuring transparency and accountability in a democratic country. In this aspect, RTI has paved the way for journalists to collect information in any si...

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Sufferings of justice seekers, judges, lawyers to be mitigated: Anisul

People in the country, particularly backward section has been suffering a lot for long for absent of court buildings across the country. Infrastructural facility is inevitable for making functional of judiciary. So, long standing sufferings of justice seekers, judges and lawyers in Rangamati du...

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Anomalies in ‘Employment for the Extremly Poor’ project at Rangamati

In Bhushanchhara Union No. 4 of Barkal Upazila, in the first phase of 2021-2022 Fiscal Year "Employment for the Extremely Poor" 40-day programme, various irregularities are taking place in the implementation of the project.It is learned that irregularities are taking place in all the wards...

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Timber worth 100 crores rotting in Rangamati

Valuable wood of various species including 3,01,963 cubic feet of teak stored in Rangamati district through legal alliance permits with a market value of around Tk 100 crore is being wasted under sun and rain in the open air for three long years at various depots in Barkal upazila of Rangamati distr...

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Bihari Chakma expelled from Barkal Press Club

Former president Bihari Chakma was expelled from Barkal Press Club for his alleged involvement in different irregularities through the proposal of non-confidence by the majority members of the club on Wednesday.The reasons for his expulsion were embezzlement of money, corruption, misbehavior with th...

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PCJSS rival group kills UP member in Rangamati

A Union Parishad (UP) member was shot dead in broad daylight allegedly by armed cadres of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS- Santu Larma faction) at the office of the Project Implementation Officer (PIO) in Baghaichhari upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased Sa...

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‘Establishing peace, amity among people in hills necessary’

Establishing peace, amity and rapprochement among the people living in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region is very vital for the greater interest. Sports are part of human life. It’s so important to keep our minds and body sound, and it also can play a conducive role in maintaining racial harm...

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Five-day Bangabandhu Adventure Festival begins in Rangamati

“We need golden people for creating Golden Bengal. We have to be golden people. Education is the big and main tools for making golden people for all of us. So, for achieving our goal of Golden Bengal, the young generation is the main force.”Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said this at...

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‘Conspiracy on against CHT’

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said vested quarters has been hatching a conspiracy against the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region from the very beginning similar to the conspiracy to destabilise the country’s peace.The conspirators are not happy with the peaceful environment a...

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Complete implementation of CTH accord vital for permanent peace

“Establishing standing peace is only possible through complete implementation of the historic Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) accord. For this reason, everyone from all communities has to come forward and work unitedly. We have to remained alert about to ensure racial harmony and peaceful co-exis...

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Arms, ammo recovered in Rangamati

Army personnel recovered arms and ammunitions after conducting a week-long drive from the deep forest at Bhuiyachhari area in Sajek union under Baghaichhari upazila of the district on Saturday, said ISPR press release on Sunday.Army members from Baghahat zone under Khagrachhari region operated the r...

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2 PCJSS men shot dead in Rangamati

Two activists of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) were shot to dead by the unidentified armed terrorists at Gorjaniya are in Wagga union under Kaptai upazila of Rangamati early hours of Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Suvas Tanchangya, 45, son of late Kalachan Tanchan...