Myanmar fighters agree China-brokered pull-out from ruby town
One of Myanmar鈥檚 most powerful ethnic armed opposition factions has agreed to a China-brokered withdrawal from a lucrative ruby mining hub, the group said on Wednesday.
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Bangladesh to host Nepal after Myanmar refuse to play
Bangladesh national football team is likely to play a FIFA friendly against Nepal on November 13 instead of Afghanistan, who were supposed to visit Dhaka in early November to host Myanmar at a neutral venue in the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers fixture at the Kings Arena on November 18...
ASEAN not sending monitors to Myanmar polls
Southeast Asia鈥檚 ASEAN bloc will not send observers to Myanmar鈥檚 elections in December, diplomatic sources said Monday 鈥� a setback to the junta鈥檚 push for international legitimacy...
Stray bullet from Myanmar pierces Teknaf House, sparks panic in border
A bullet fired from across the Myanmar border pierced the tin roof of a house in Teknaf鈥檚 Whykong union on Sunday morning, triggering panic among residents living near the frontier.
1,000 enter Thailand from Myanmar after scam hub raid
More than 1,000 people, mostly Chinese, have fled from Myanmar into Thailand this week, Thai authorities said on Friday, after the Myanmar military raided one of the country鈥檚 largest scam centres.
Myanmar scam centre raid sends hundreds fleeing to Thailand
More than 600 people fled one of Myanmar鈥檚 most notorious scam centres and crossed into Thailand, a Thai provincial official said on Thursday, after a military raid on the compound...
Import of 1 lakh tonnes of rice from UAE, Myanmar approved
The advisory council committee on government purchase in a meeting on Wednesday approved two separate proposals to import of around 100,000 lakh tonnes of rice at around Tk 721.49 crore...
SpaceX disables 2,500 Starlink devices at Myanmar scam centres
SpaceX has cut service to more than 2,500 Starlink devices at Myanmar scam centres, a company executive said Wednesday, after AFP revealed that their use had exploded in the illicit industry...
Myanmar junta recaptures town on China trade route
Myanmar鈥檚 ruling junta said Saturday that it had recaptured a town on a trade highway to China from an ethnic armed group in the country鈥檚 war-wracked north...
ASEAN must push for change in Myanmar: EU
The European Union will not send observers to Myanmar鈥檚 upcoming election, its top human rights official said Friday, dismissing the vote as neither free nor fair and urging Southeast Asian nations to push for change.
BGB member injured in mine blast along Myanmar border airlifted to Dhaka CMH
Border Guard Bangladesh on Monday airlifted its member, Nayek Mohammad Akter Hossain, who was injured in a landmine explosion near the Myanmar border on Sunday, to Dhaka and admitted him to Combined Military Hospital for advanced treatment.
BGB member injured in landmine explosion along border with Myanmar
A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member was injured in a landmine explosion on Sunday while on patrol in the Tumbru area of Naikhongchhari Upazila, Bandarban, near the Myanmar border, which has been ravaged by armed conflict.
Malaysia to observe Myanmar polls: junta
Myanmar鈥檚 junta said Friday that Malaysia would send observation teams to its long-delayed election, as it battles multiple rebel forces opposed to the poll.
Myanmar junta says it targeted rebels in deadly attack on protest
Myanmar鈥檚 military confirmed on Thursday that it had attacked a protest, where dozens were killed according to residents, with the junta saying rebel fighters were among the crowd...
Myanmar junta strike kills 40 at festival protest
A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told AFP on Tuesday...
Myanmar military strike on festival event kills 40: residents
A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told AFP on Tuesday...
Myanmar citizen gets life term for Yaba trading
A Chattogram court on Monday sentenced a Myanmar citizen to life imprisonment for trading yaba pills under Bakalia police station...
Solution to Rohingya crisis lies with Myanmar: UNHCR
Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has warned that the plight of the Rohingyas will not end without bold action inside Myanmar, saying that the solution to the protracted crisis lies in Myanmar...
Rohingya tell UN of Myanmar bloodshed, suffering
A Rohingya refugee who fled ethnic violence in Myanmar along with 7,50,000 others in 2017, spending seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence and exile facing the mostly Muslim minority...
US, UK announce fresh aid commitment of $96m to Rohingyas
The United States and the United Kingdom announced fresh aid commitment of $96 million in the first ever high level conference on the Situation of the Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar at the UN headquarters on Tuesday...
World must act to resolve Rohingya crisis
The high-level conference on the Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, convened on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, once again brings into attention a crisis that the world has allowed to aggravate for far too long. More than 1.3 million Rohingyas remain stranded in Bangladesh, with little hope for repatriation...
7-point proposal unveiled to end Rohingya crisis
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus once again called upon the international community to exert pressure on Myanmar and the Arakan Army to immediately stop persecution of the Rohingyas...
Yunus calls for exerting pressure on Myanmar, Arakan Army for Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has once again called upon the international community to exert pressure on Myanmar and the Arakan Army to immediately stop persecution of the Rohingyas and repatriate them to the Rakhine State for a sustainable solution to the protracted crisis.
China sentences 16 Myanmar-linked gang members to death
A Chinese court sentenced to death on Monday 16 members of a family-run criminal gang that established deadly scam centres in Myanmar鈥檚 Kokang region on the border with China, among other crimes.
Rohingya repatriation 鈥榗atastrophic鈥� under current conditions: Amnesty
Amnesty International on Monday said that the repatriation of over a million Rohingya people from Bangladesh to Myanmar would be 鈥榗atastrophic鈥� under current conditions in the military-ruled country鈥檚 northern Rakhine State...
China navigating ways for solution
China is navigating ways as to how the protracted Rohingya crisis could be resolved ensuring peace in conflict-ridden Myanmar through negotiations with the parties concerned...
Rohingyas keen on safe return to Myanmar: OHCHR report
A just published United Nations report has found that the ultimate goal of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is to return to Myanmar.聽
No voting in dozens of constituencies: Myanmar junta
Myanmar鈥檚 junta acknowledged Monday its long-promised election would not be held in about one in seven national parliament constituencies, as it battles myriad rebel forces opposed to the poll.
Air strike kills at least 19 school students in Myanmar
A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group said Saturday that a junta air strike killed at least 19 students, including children, in western Rakhine state...
Myanmar鈥檚 poll results due end of Jan: official
An official from Myanmar鈥檚 junta-stacked election commission said on Thursday that the results of its upcoming and widely disputed national poll were expected by the end of January next year...
