Dhaka deploys troops to quell ethnic unrest

Troops and extra police were patrolling the streets of Khagrachhari and all public gathering were banned after several homes were set ablaze by the opposing groups, who are involved in a decades-old land dispute, said Ashraf Ahmed, a police official. Tribal activists from the United People's Democratic Front blocked roads and waterways in the area to protest the deaths of two tribal people they say were killed last week by security officials during clashes with the settlers, local police Chief Amir Zafar said. The government has said it will investigate the deaths as well as a series of arsons attacks.