UNB, Bandarban :
The 140th Rajpunnah festival, the biggest traditional festival of tribal Bomang community to pay annual land tax to the king, will begin in Bandarban on Thursday.
To mark the three-day occasion, a folk fair will also be held.
The 17th Raja (chief) of Bomang circle Engineer U Chaw Prue will formally collect tax from the inhabitants in a traditional way.
The king along with the Royal guests will arrive at the Raj Durbar amidst sound of bugle. His courtiers and other token soldiers, all attired in traditional dresses, will formally receive the king.
The much-awaited festival, introduced in 1875, is organised mainly for collecting land tax from the inhabitants after harvesting ‘jhum’ crops.
Awami League General Secretary and also Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will attend the inaugural ceremony as chief guest while State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Bir Bahadur U Shoi Shing is expected to join the function.
Two BCL men jailed over attack on police in Bandarban: Two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were sent to jail on Saturday in a case filed over attack on police in the district town.
The accused are Ariful Haque, organising secretary of ward No 4 unit of municipal BCL and its activist Saifuzzaman.
BCL men, riding on motorbikes, hit a plain-dressed police official and then locked into a scuffle with the law enforcers in Rajar Matt area around 6pm on Friday, said Golam Sarwar, officer-in-charge of Sadar Model Police Station.
As a sequel to the brawl, an organsied group of BCL men attacked police with sticks, leaving four constables – Shariar, 20, Shakhawat Hossain, 22, Hasan Al Mamun, 21 and Nazmul Habib – injured.
The injured were admitted to Bandarban Sadar Hospital.
A case was filed against 30 people, naming five men. Later, police arrested Ariful from Rajar Matt area and Saifuzzaman from his house.
On Saturday, they were produced before a court and the court sent them to jail custody.
The 140th Rajpunnah festival, the biggest traditional festival of tribal Bomang community to pay annual land tax to the king, will begin in Bandarban on Thursday.
To mark the three-day occasion, a folk fair will also be held.
The 17th Raja (chief) of Bomang circle Engineer U Chaw Prue will formally collect tax from the inhabitants in a traditional way.
The king along with the Royal guests will arrive at the Raj Durbar amidst sound of bugle. His courtiers and other token soldiers, all attired in traditional dresses, will formally receive the king.
The much-awaited festival, introduced in 1875, is organised mainly for collecting land tax from the inhabitants after harvesting ‘jhum’ crops.
Awami League General Secretary and also Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will attend the inaugural ceremony as chief guest while State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Bir Bahadur U Shoi Shing is expected to join the function.
Two BCL men jailed over attack on police in Bandarban: Two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were sent to jail on Saturday in a case filed over attack on police in the district town.
The accused are Ariful Haque, organising secretary of ward No 4 unit of municipal BCL and its activist Saifuzzaman.
BCL men, riding on motorbikes, hit a plain-dressed police official and then locked into a scuffle with the law enforcers in Rajar Matt area around 6pm on Friday, said Golam Sarwar, officer-in-charge of Sadar Model Police Station.
As a sequel to the brawl, an organsied group of BCL men attacked police with sticks, leaving four constables – Shariar, 20, Shakhawat Hossain, 22, Hasan Al Mamun, 21 and Nazmul Habib – injured.
The injured were admitted to Bandarban Sadar Hospital.
A case was filed against 30 people, naming five men. Later, police arrested Ariful from Rajar Matt area and Saifuzzaman from his house.
On Saturday, they were produced before a court and the court sent them to jail custody.
