The Times Of CHT

11/09/2022

24/02/2022

An innocent Jumma was arrested and physically abused by the army at Sajek in Rangamati, read more:

http://chtnewstoday.rf.gd/.../an-innocent-jumma-was.../

CHT News Today, 24 February 2022, Rangamati: An innocent Jumma was arrested and physically abused by the army at Sajek in Rangamati.

24/02/2022

Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan is due to meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow during a visit that began hours before Russian forces attacked Ukraine.

They are set to discuss a gas pipeline to be built by companies from both countries.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/world/europe/pakistans-leader-is-in-moscow-to-meet-with-putin-about-a-gas-pipeline.html

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s long-planned visit began hours before Russian forces attacked Ukraine.

24/02/2022

24/02/2022

“President Putin, stop your troops from attacking Ukraine, give peace a chance,” Secretary-General António Guterres urged Wednesday evening at the start of an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, the body's second late night session this week.

24/02/2022

22/02/2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said the gas pipeline project cannot go ahead now in these crisis circumstances. He said the approval process has been halted.

https://www.dw.com/.../ukraine-crisis-germany.../a-60867443

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said the gas pipeline project cannot go ahead now in these crisis circumstances. He said the approval process has been halted.

15/02/2022

15 February 2022, Bandarban News: The army have filed a case against 22 persons including members of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) with Ruma police station in connection with the shootings between the army and alleged armed groups at Bathi Tripura Para in Ruma upazila of Bandarban. Read More:
http://chtnewstoday.rf.gd/.../case-filed-against-22.../

Hill Voice, 15 February 2022, Bandarban: The army have filed a case against 22 persons including members of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti

14/02/2022

Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma (Santu Larma) has turned 80 years old
http://chtnewstoday.rf.gd/.../jyotirindra-bodhipriya.../

Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma (Santu Larma), President of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) and Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

08/02/2022

Tankabati Union Villagers allege that Awami league leader Abdur Rahim is smuggling trees and stones.

http://chtnewstoday.rf.gd/news/climate-and-environment/allegations-of-smuggling-of-forest-trees-and-jhiri-stones-in-bandarban-2/

Tankabati Union Villagers allege that Awami league leader Abdur Rahim is smuggling trees and stones.

06/02/2022

One of India's favorite legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who provided soundtracks to hundreds of Bollywood films, has died at the age of 92.

http://chtnewstoday.rf.gd/cht-news/khagrachari-news/mourning-news/lata-mangeshkar-dear-indian-legendary-singer-has-died-at-the-age-of-92/

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away today at the age of 92.

03/02/2022

Four people, including an army member, were killed in a shootout between members of the Jana Sanghati Samiti (Unknown) and the army in Ruma, Bandarban.

26/01/2022

The newly elected four chairmen of the four union councils under Nanyachar and Sadar upazila of Rangamati were arrested by the police on the premises of the deputy commissioner's office after taking oath. Read more: https://cutt.ly/bOquZzf

Rangamati News: Four newly elected chairmen of four union parishads under Nanachar and Sadar Upazilas of Rangamati have been arrested by the police on the

20/01/2022

United Nation: Ban Abusive Bangladesh Unit Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Peacekeeping, 12 human rights Groups have called on the UN. Read More: https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/20/un-ban-abusive-bangladesh-unit-peacekeeping

The United Nations Department of Peace Operations should ban Bangladesh’s notoriously abusive paramilitary Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from UN deployment, 12 organizations said in a letter to Under Secretary General Jean-Pierre Lacroix made public today.

16/01/2022

Tsunami triggered by a huge volcanic eruption under the Pacific ocean left towns across Tonga damaged, say reports

https://news.yahoo.com/tsunami-triggered-huge-volcanic-eruption-124421210.html

The Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption has left towns flooded and the capital Nuku'alofa clouded by plumes of thick volcanic ash.

13/01/2022

Informal comments to the media by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations on Afghanistan and other issues.

https://youtu.be/iGpCQjVmDOM

Media Stakeout: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Afghanistan and other issues.

10/01/2022

করোনাভাইরাস: "ডেল্টাক্রোন" নতুন স্ট্রেন যা ডেল্টা এবং ওমিক্রনকে একত্রিত করে, সাইপ্রাসে পাওয়া গেছে. আরো পড়ুন: https://cutt.ly/YIwiWRU

07/01/2022

Fresh gunshots have been heard in Kazakhstan's largest city, as the president claims order has been largely restored after a violent crackdown to days of anti-government demonstrations.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59900037

Kazakhstan unrest: Troops ordered to fire without warning
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59907235

Kazakhstan: Why are there riots and why are Russian troops there?
https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-59894266

Security forces have killed dozens of suspected rioters and Russian troops have been called in.

05/01/2022

Two indigenous school girls gang-r**ed in Mymensingh, no arrest
By Hill Voice -January 4, 2022

Hill Voice, 4 January 2022, Mymensingh: Four days after the case of gang r**e of two Garo school girls at Haluaghat in Mymensingh, the police could not make any arrest.

Haluaghat Police Station OC (Investigation) Imran Al Hossain said a case has been registered against 10 people for ra**ng two Garo school students on December 30. The accused are between 20 and 22 years of age.

Referring to the case statement, he further said, “On December 26, two school students went to a relative’s house in a nearby village for a function. The accused r**ed them on the way home threatening to kill them.

Unable to communicate with the girls, the family members went out to look for them. Both of them were later rescued injured. “

The OC said, “The accused fled immediately after the incident. An operation is underway to arrest them.
https://hillvoice.net/two-indigenous-school-girls-gang-r**ed-in-mymensingh-no-arrest/

03/01/2022

First of all, red salute the heroic martyr Piren Snal and all those who were martyred in the Indigenous struggle.

02/01/2022

: In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to save her daughter.

Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed his family of five children. Without that money, he told her, they would all starve. He had to sacrifice one to save the rest.

Many of Afghanistan’s growing number of destitute people are making desperate decisions such as these as their nation spirals into a vortex of poverty. Read More: https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-poverty-marriage-taliban-6edf1acfd3849773b3cf6be1c2eb61fa

SHEDAI CAMP, Afghanistan (AP) — In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to save her daughter. Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so ...

31/12/2021

On Friday 31/12/2021, An army team of 20 people from Jurachhari Upazila Army Camp searched the houses of innocent people in Sakrachhari village of Aima Chhara Union of Barkal Upazila and cooked rice and ate chicken of innocent people. Is this a sample of the peace agreement between the government and the army in the CHT?

We Chakma Human Rights Community Of Rangamati - CHRCR strongly condemn this.

30/12/2021

The Times Of CHT News: Hasan Fayez Siddiqui: He is going to be the 23rd Chief Justice of the country. He will take charge on the first day of the new year. The law ministry will soon publish a gazette in this regard.

His Excellency President Abdul Hamid signed his appointment letter on Thursday afternoon and will take oath at Bangabhaban after the formal notification.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hasan-fayez-siddiqui-going-new-23rd-chief-justice-bangladesh-/

26/12/2021

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, Today has died aged 90.
Read More: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59793726

Tributes are paid to Archbishop Tutu, the Nobel peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa.

25/12/2021

25/12/2021

Washington (CNN) US intelligence agencies have assessed that Saudi Arabia is now actively manufacturing its own ballistic missiles with the help of China, CNN has learned, a development that could have significant ripple effects across the Middle East and complicate the Biden administration's efforts to restrain the nuclear ambitions of Iran, the Saudis' top regional rival.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/23/politics/saudi-ballistic-missiles-china/index.html

US intelligence agencies have assessed that Saudi Arabia is now actively manufacturing its own ballistic missiles with the help of China, CNN has learned, a development that could have significant ripple effects across the Middle East and complicate the Biden administration's efforts to restrain the...

23/12/2021

A Jumma garment worker arrested by army and Mog Party in Kaptai
By Hill Voice -December 22, 2021

Hill Voice, 22 December 2021, Rangamati: It has been alleged that a Jumma garments worker has been arrested by the army and Mog Party members putting an arm with the arrestee from Raikhali Union in Kaptai Upazila of Rangamati District.

The detainee was identified as Anumong Marma (38). He is son of Chingsamong Marma of Jagannachari Para (Panchhari) of Ward No. 1 of Raikhali Union in Kaptai upazila.

According to local sources, on Monday (December 19) at 4:30 am, 15 army personnel led by Subedar Md. Quddus (56E Bengal Regiment) along with Awami League and army-backed Mog Party’s two terrorists led by its third-in-command Uthowai Ching Marma (Sabuj) conducted the patrolling operation.

During the operation, army and the Mog Party members surrounded the house of Anumong Marma in the dark of night. Upon entering the house, members of the army and the Mog Party ransacked household items and verbally abused Anumong Marma’s wife and children. It is learnt that Anumang Marma was later arrested and taken to the camp where he was severely beaten.

The next day, around noon on Tuesday (December 20), the army handed Anumong Marma over to the Chandraghona police station putting a country-made gun with the arrestee.

According to local sources, Anumong Marma was once an active member of the Parbatya Chattagram Juba Samiti (Chittagong Hill Tracts Youth Association). He is currently inactive. He was working as a laborer in a garment factory in Chittagong city for a year.

He came home because of his wife’s illness. At that time, he was apprehended by the army and terrorist members of the Mog Party. It is learnt that there was no case in his name in the police station.
Photo : Garments worker Anumong marma
https://hillvoice.net/a-jumma-garment-worker-arrested-by-army-and-mog-party-in-kaptai/

21/12/2021

SWAT: The archaeologists have discovered the most ancient Buddhist apsidal temple of Pakistan in Bazira area of Barikot tehsil in Swat. The site was discovered by archaeologists of Ca’ Foscari University and Italian Archaeological Mission in collaboration with the provincial department of archaeol...

21/12/2021

Hill Voice, 22 December 2021, Special Correspondent: A report titled “What is happening to the Land of the indigenous Mro peoples?” was published on 15

19/12/2021

Village doctor shot in the firing of army-backed terrorists in Bandarban
By Hill Voice -December 19, 2021

Hill Voice, 18 December 2021, Bandarban: A village doctor was reportedly injured in the firing of army-backed UPDF (Democratic) armed terrorists at Punarbashan Chakma Para area of Tonkaboti Union in Bandarban Sadar upazila of Bandarban district.

The incident took place at 8 am today (Saturday) on 18 December at Punarbashan Chakma Para of Ward No 7 of Tonkaboti Union under Bandarban Police Station.

The victim was identified as Ritu Chakma (50) son of Mihab Chakma. He is a resident of Chakma Para, Ward No. 7 of Tonkaboti Union under Bandarban Sadar Upazila.

According to local sources, the UPDF (Democratic) armed terrorists fired a few rounds this morning to kill Ritu Chakma, leaving him unconscious after being injured.

His family members and neighbors rescued him from the scene and rushed him to Amirabad Hospital. He was later taken to Chittagong Medical College hospital for better treatment.

Chairman of Tonkaboti union Flukal said “UPDF (Democratic) armed terrorists shot at Ritu Chakma. I came to know that his family members took him to the hospital.”

Confirming the matter, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bandarban Sadar Police Station Rafiqul Islam said, “I have heard the news of a person named Bodhipriya Chakma Ritu being shot. However, neither his family member nor anyone else has lodged a written complaint in this regard.”
https://hillvoice.net/village-doctor-shot-in-the-firing-of-army-backed-terrorists-in-bandarban/
Photo: Injured Ritu Chakma