40 Myanmar BGP members enter Bangladesh
Forty more members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police entered Bangladesh Friday night and Saturday morning seeking shelter amid fighting in the...
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Bangladesh, Gambia for speedy resolution of Myanmar case at ICJ
Bangladesh and the Gambia on Friday expressed hope to witness a speedy resolution of the case filed against Myanmar on the charge of Rohingya genocide with the International Court of Justice.....
Myanmar bans men from applying to work abroad
Myanmar鈥檚 junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country...
Myanmar鈥檚 Arakan Army abducts 10 Bangladeshi fishermen
Members of Arakan Army, a rebel group in Myanmar, reportedly abducted 10 Bangladeshi fishermen, while fishing in the Naf River in Rahmater Bil area of Palongkhali union in Cox鈥檚 Bazar鈥檚 Ukhia upazila Wednesday morning....
Myanmar temperature hits 48.2C
Myanmar recorded its hottest ever April temperature of 48.2 degrees Celsius, authorities said Monday, as the Southeast Asian nation bakes in...
Bangladesh parliamentary body fears Myanmar聽border situation may deteriorate
The ongoing tense situation in Myanmar, bordering Bangladesh鈥檚 Bandarban and Cox鈥檚 Bazar, is likely to worsen next month, and as a result, more Rohingya people and...
Two Rohingya youths held, bullets seized
Members of Highway Police on Saturday arrested two Rohingya youths at Whykhyang in Cox's Bazar and seized 17 bullets from their possession.....
Myanmar junta minister heads to China for security talks
The Myanmar junta鈥檚 home minister has left for China for security talks with Beijing鈥檚 minister for public security, state media said on Thursday.....
288 Myanmar army, BGP members repatriated
At least 288 Myanmar army and border force members who had crossed the international border and sought shelter in Bangladesh amid fighting in the Rakhine state were repatriated on Thursday morning...
Govt swaps 173 nationals for 288 Myanmar forces
The Myanmar junta regime on Wednesday deported 173 Bangladeshis, including released prisoners and inmates from their prisons, on a naval ship that would ferry on Thursday 288 who took shelter in Bangladesh amid...
Myanmar BGP shoots at 2 Bangladeshi fishermen
A Myanmar Border Guard Police logistics ship on Sunday morning fired shots at a Bangladeshi fishing trawler, wounding two fishermen along the international water boundary in River Naf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar...
Clashes resume near Myanmar border town
Clashes between the Myanmar junta and armed ethnic groups have broken out again near a vital trade hub close to Thailand鈥檚 border, an armed group...
UN sounds alarm on violence in Rakhine State
Intense fighting in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State poses a grave threat to civilians, the United Nations warned on Friday, as it urged international pressure to prevent more 鈥榟orrendous persecution鈥� of ethnic Rohingya...
24 more Myanmar troops enter Bangladesh聽
At least 24 more personnel of Myanmar鈥檚 Border Guard Police crossed international borders with firearms and ammunition and sought shelter in Bangladesh amid...
We can鈥檛 appease one friend antagonising another: army chief
Chief of army staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Thursday said that Bangladesh was engaged with Myanmar and was on right track in the present situation...
In a rebel-held Myanmar town, fragile unity pushes junta to brink
Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted military reels from battlefield losses...
Myanmar junta pardons 3,300 prisoners
Myanmar's junta on Wednesday announced a pardon for more than 3,300 prisoners under a regular amnesty to mark the country's traditional new year festival.....
Jailed Myanmar leader Suu Kyi moved to house arrest
Myanmar鈥檚 junta has moved jailed democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest, a source said on Wednesday.....
46 members of Myanmar BGP take shelter in Bangladesh again
Amid a conflict between the Myanmar military and the armed rebel group in Myanmars Rakhine, 46 members of Border Guard Police took shelter again in Bangladesh on Wednesday, the authorities said...
68 more BGP personnel, Myanmar civilians enter Bangladesh
At least 68 more聽 personnel and civilians have sought shelter to the Bangladesh authorities after crossing the international border on Tuesday amid the...
Northern Irish Nobel Laureate nominates Myanmar activist for 2024 Peace Prize
Renowned Northern Irish peace activist Mairead Corrigan Maguire, also recipient of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, has nominated the UK-exiled Myanmar human rights activist and genocide scholar Maung Zarni for the prestigious prize.....
16 more Myanmar troops enter Bangladesh
At least 16 more Myanmar Border Guard Police and army personnel have sought shelter to the Bangladesh authorities after crossing the international border last couple of days amid...
Myanmar rocket attack kills four
A rocket attack by Myanmar anti-coup fighters killed four people and wounded 12, including cadets from the military鈥檚 elite officer academy, junta officials said on Monday...
9 more Myanmar border guards enter Bangladesh
Nine more members of Myanmar Border Guard Police fled conflict and entered Bangladesh through Jhimongkhali and Kharankkhali border of Whykong at Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Sunday morning amid their ongoing conflict with the ethnic rebel group Arakan Army...
Thailand鈥檚 FM visits border town following clashes in Myanmar
Thailand鈥檚 foreign minister arrived for a visit to the Myanmar border on Friday, the ministry said, following days of clashes that have dislodged junta troops from their positions in a vital trade hub in the neighbouring country....
Myanmar troops withdraw from border hub, ethnic rebels say
Myanmar junta troops have withdrawn from their positions in a major trade hub near the Thai border following days of clashes. AFP reporters in Thailand heard shelling on the border near the vital trading town of Myawaddy early Thursday after witnessing hundreds of people queuing the night before to seek safety in Thailand...
Thai soldiers on alert as Myanmar border clashes enter second day
Thai armoured cars patrolled the town of Mae Sot Wednesday as the deep boom of artillery thundered across the border in Myanmar, where the junta and an ethnic armed group fought for a second day near a vital trade hub.
Myanmar border hub clashes continue for second day
Myanmar鈥檚 military and an ethnic minority armed group clashed for the second day around a trade hub on the Thai border Wednesday, with residents hiding or fleeing and Thailand beefing up security on the border...
Military forcibly recruiting Rohingyas in Mayanmar: HRW
The Myanmar military has abducted and forcibly recruited more than 1,000 Rohingya Muslim men and boys from across Rakhine State since February 2024, Human Rights Watch has said in a statement....
Myanmar junta slams UN鈥檚 鈥榦ne-sided鈥� human rights claims
Myanmar鈥檚 junta on Tuesday slammed the UN鈥檚 鈥榦ne-sided allegations鈥� about its human rights record and said that it had received no official communication regarding the recent appointment of a new UN special envoy to the conflict-torn country....
