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Armed groups won't be tolerated, RAB chief warns KNF

Dhaka, April 17 -- M Khurshid Hossain, director general of the Rapid Action Battalion, has warned the Kuki-Chin National Front or KNF that armed groups will not be indulged in Bangladesh. "We're cond... Read More


13 more Myanmar Army, BGP personnel take refuge in Bangladesh

Dhaka, April 16 -- Another 13 personnel of Myanmar's army and Border Guard Police have taken shelter in Bangladesh amid fighting with rebels. They crossed the border through three points in Banarban'... Read More


Joint forces operation: Thanchi, Ruma and Rowangchhari again under travel ban

Dhaka, April 12 -- The district administration has restricted travel to three Upazilas in the backdrop of an operation launched by the law-enforcing agencies against the ethnic separatist group Kuki-C... Read More


Another Bawm man arrested in Bandarban for 'aiding KNF'

Dhaka, April 10 -- Police have arrested a Bawm resident of Ruma Upazila in Bandarban on charges of aiding separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front or KNF. The 57-year-old suspect Lal Lian Siam Bawm ... Read More


52 Bawn men, women sent to jail over bank heists and arms looting

Dhaka, April 10 -- The 52 men and women arrested on charges of robbing banks, looting arms and assaulting officials in Bandarban's Ruma and Thanchi Upazilas have been sent to jail pending trial. Chie... Read More


Peace Establishment Committee urges KNF separatists to give up arms, reintegrate into society

Dhaka, April 8 -- The Peace Establishment Committee, formed to foster dialogue and reconciliation between the Kuki-Chin National Front or KNF and the government, has implored the separatist group to r... Read More


RAB arrests 'chief coordinator' of the KNF

Dhaka, April 7 -- The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a member of the Kuki-Chin National Front, also known as the Bawm Party, from his home in Bandarban following attacks on three banks by armed m... Read More


'Won't let KNF go unchallenged': Bangladesh minister issues stark warning to separatists

Dhaka, April 6 -- Separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front or KNF will not be allowed to get away with brazen bank robberies in Bandarban last week, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has warned. "Law a... Read More


Five cases started over bank robberies in Bandarban

Dhaka, April 5 -- Police have launched separate investigations into the three bank robberies in Bandarban in two days. They initiated three cases at Ruma Police Station and two at Thanchi Police Stat... Read More


'I am fine, grateful for rescue,' says bank manager Nezam

Dhaka, April 5 -- Nezam Uddin, the manager of the Ruma branch of Sonali Bank in Bandarban, has expressed his gratitude to law enforcers and his colleagues for rescuing him from abduction unharmed. "I... Read More