45 Bangladeshis to return home from Myanmar on Sunday
Forty-five Bangladesh nationals are expected to reach Cox鈥檚 Bazar from Myanmar on early Sunday by Myanmar Naval Ship UMS Chin Dwin...
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Two Chakma youths missing for 21 days
Two Chamka youths were yet to be traced 21 days after their disappearance while catching crabs in the sluice gate area of the River Naf along the Bangladesh鈥揗yanmar border at Whykong of Teknaf Upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar...
UN chief condemns Myanmar military attacks on civilians
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Thursday recent attacks by Myanmar鈥檚 military that reportedly killed scores of civilians in western Rakhine state...
UN chief 鈥榮trongly condemns鈥� Myanmar military attacks on civilians
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Thursday recent attacks by Myanmar鈥檚 military that reportedly killed scores of civilians in western Rakhine state.
Battered, empty Myanmar town shows price of victory against junta
Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by the western Myanmar town of Pauktaw for victory against the junta in the country鈥檚 civil war...
Bangladesh FM calls for coordinated int鈥檒 efforts to resolve Rohingya crisis
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has called for addressing the ongoing conflict in Rakhine state and taking a coordinated international action to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar from Bangladesh....
Battered, empty Myanmar town shows price of victory against junta
Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by the western Myanmar town of Pauktaw for victory against the junta in the country's civil war.
2 Myanmar citizens arrested with crystal meth
The members of the Border Guard Bangladesh arrested two Myanmar nationals with more than three kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (crystal meth) in Teknaf of Cox鈥檚 Bazar...
FM seeks OIC鈥檚 continuous support in Rohingya repatriation
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud sought continuous support from the member states of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for ensuring the safe and sustainable repatriation of nearly 1.3 million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar....
Bangladesh not to allow any more Rohingya from Myanmar: Asaduzzaman
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday said that no more Rohingya or Myanmar national would be allowed to enter Bangladesh....
World Bank approves $700m for Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh
The World Bank鈥檚 board of executive directors on Wednesday approved two projects totaling $700 million to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for both the host communities and displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh...
US, UK, EU call on all states to cease flow of arms, aviation fuel to Myanmar
Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States reiterated their call on all states to prevent or cease the flow of arms or military and dual-use material, including aviation fuel to the Myanmar military....
EU, US, others alarmed at 鈥榠ncreasing harm to civilians鈥� in Myanmar
The EU, United States and other countries jointly voiced alarm on Friday at the worsening conflict in Myanmar and the 鈥榠ncreasing harm to civilians鈥� it was bringing...
Myanmar鈥檚 junta revives plans for China-backed mega-dam
Myanmar鈥檚 junta has revived plans for a $3.6 billion Chinese-backed dam in the north of the country that was suspended more than 10 years ago following huge public opposition.....
45,000 Rohingyas have fled fighting in Myanmar: UN
The United Nations warned on Friday that escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State had forced around 45,000 minority Rohingya people to flee, amid allegations of killings and burnings of property....
UN investigators investigate mass displacement in Myanmar
UN war crimes investigators said on Thursday they were tracking the escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State, and were probing...
Bullet-injured BGP member, Rohingya youth enter Bangladesh
A Border Guard Police member of Myanmar and a Rohingya person entered Bangladesh with bullet-wounds on Wednesday afternoon...
UN warns of further 鈥榓trocities鈥� in Myanmar
The UN human rights chief said on Sunday he is 鈥榙eeply alarmed鈥� by a resurgence of violence in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state and warned of further 鈥榓trocities鈥�...
Global, regional pressure on Myanmar urged
Speakers, including policymakers, journalists, and academics, at a discussion in the city on Sunday, stressed the need for creating more international and regional pressure on Myanmar to take back displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh by ensuring their civil rights...
Myanmar ethnic armed group claims control of western town
A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group on Saturday claimed its fighters had seized control of a town in western Rakhine state, in what would be...
No alternative to quick repatriation of Rohingyas: JS body
The chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of foreign affairs AK Abdul Momen said that there was no alternative to quick repatriation of the displaced Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar...
Myanmar air strike wounds 20 at clinic
A Myanmar military air strike on a medical clinic wounded around 20 people in western Rakhine state, according to an ethnic armed group, a resident and local media on Wednesday...
Myanmar junta presses conscription
Myanmar鈥檚 embattled junta is pressing ahead with military conscription, state media said on Tuesday, with video footage showing new recruits being marched to training centres across the country...
Washington鈥檚 proxy war in Myanmar continues along China鈥檚 borders
OVERSHADOWED by ongoing fighting in Eastern Europe and the Middle East as well as growing tensions between the US and China, the ongoing conflict in Myanmar nonetheless constitutes a critical component of what is a larger global conflict...
Myanmar displaced now at 3m: UN
The number of displaced people in Myanmar has reached three million, the United Nations said, the vast majority forced to flee their homes by conflict unleashed by the military鈥檚 2021 coup...
Hun Sen asks junta for Suu Kyi talks
Cambodia鈥檚 former leader Hun Sen said on Tuesday he has asked the head of Myanmar鈥檚 junta for a video meeting with jailed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
PM urges IOM to raise more funds for Rohingyas
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the International Organisation for Migration to raise more funds from newer sources for...
Myanmar armed group captures hundreds of junta personnel
A Myanmar ethnic armed group said on Monday it had captured a military command and taken hundreds of junta personnel prisoner in...
88 more Myanmar soldiers seek shelter in Bangladesh
Eighty-eight members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police entered Bangladesh on Sunday morning as fighting between the armed ethnic group Arakan Army and...
Two Bangladeshis injured in 鈥榣andmine explosion鈥� near Myanmar border
Two Bangladeshi nationals suffered serious injuries in a landmine explosion near border pillar number 47-48 on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Saturday evening...
