Bandarban

Illegal logging ravages Bandarban’s Dim Pahar forests, streams dry up

Illegal logging in Bandarban’s Dim Pahar has destroyed protected forests, dried vital streams and threatened wildlife, leaving Indigenous communities...

Solar water project in Bandarban fails amid corruption allegations

A donor-funded solar water project in Bandarban has collapsed within months, raising corruption and construction quality concerns while forcing...

Timber syndicate accused of razing 200 acres of forest in Bandarban hills

Illegal logging, hill cutting and blocked streams in Bandarban’s remote Alikadam-Thanchi area have devastated forests, dried water sources and...

Two-month-old elephant calf dies from head injury, not fall from hill in Bandarban

A two-month-old elephant calf found dead in a pond in Bandarban bore injury marks, with a post-mortem indicating assault...

Elephant pair mourn dead calf for three days in Bandarban

In Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari, two wild elephants stayed beside their dead calf for three days, as forest officials kept watch...

Hill water crisis deepens as unsafe ‘wells’ become main source

Severe dry-season water shortages in Bandarban hills push communities to depend on unsafe streamside pits, exposing health risks and...