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Khumi parents care for their child in the isolation ward at Ruma Upazila Health Complex amid a measles outbreak that has killed seven children in Bandarban's remote Ruma upazila. Photo: TBS
Health

Seven Khumi children die as Measles outbreak strikes Bandarban's Ruma

Farmers participate in a training session under the ILO's PROGRESS project. 
Tales from the Edge

Can cashew become the next cash crop in Bandarban?

Large stacks of freshly cut timber lie scattered across the slopes of Dim Pahar. Photos: U She Thowai Marma
Panorama

Forest felled, streams buried: Illegal timber trade devastates Bandarban’s Dim Pahar

In a house in the remote Kurukpata Union of Badarban, four children affected by measles-like symptoms are being given primary treatment. Photo: TBS
Health

Measles outbreak now spreads to remote Ctg hill tracts

Into the hills: A journey through the heart of Bandarban
Explorer

Into the hills: A journey through the heart of Bandarban

A tunnel meant to connect now isolates: rain seeps through its walls, debris seals one end, and a parked microbus clogs the other. The Tk11 crore Bandarban Bus Terminal tunnel lies dim and forgotten, its promise buried beneath neglect. Photo: U She Thowai Marma
Infrastructure

Tk11 crore tunnel turns hazardous within 2 years, poor maintenance blamed

In Galanggya union of Ruma, a lone hut rises at the heart of a Jhum field. Built for rest after a long day’s toil, it will soon serve another purpose—sheltering the harvest once the golden rice is thrashed. Photo: U She Thowai Marma/TBS
In Focus

Jhum cultivation: A vanishing hillside harvest heritage

A monkey in a cage at the "mini zoo" located in Bandarban's Meghla Tourism Centre. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Bandarban court orders closure of 'mini zoo', wildlife to be transferred to Dulahazra Safari Park

The Chakma people celebrate Fulbiju and Tanchangya people celebrate Fulbishu to welcome the new year. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Welcoming new year, Boisabi festival begins in the hills with 'Fulbiju'

An area clear-felled for tobacco cultivation on the bank of the river Sangu in Bandarban. The chemicals used in tobacco farming also pollute the creeks – the main source of drinking water for hill communities. Photo: Syed Zakir Hussain
Panorama

How tobacco farming is speeding up deforestation in the hills

Deforestation and land erosion have resulted in reduced flow of the Sangu River, which is making lives even harder for people living in the river basin. PHOTO: SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN
Panorama

Vanishing forests, receding waters and impending disaster in the Sangu river basin

Nizam Uddin, the abducted manager of Sonali Bank's Ruma branch.
Bangladesh

Sonali Bank manager released as Tk15 lakh ransom paid to KNF

Representational Image
Bangladesh

Three bank robberies within 16 hours rock Bandarban, manager kidnapped