BGB detains two Myanmar nationals with 1.20 lakh Yaba pills
The Border Guard Bangladesh detained two Myanmar nationals along with 1.20 lakh Yaba pills raiding the River Naaf on Wednesday morning...
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600 evacuated as Myanmar military fights anti-coup forces
Hundreds of Myanmar families were being uprooted from their homes on Saturday, a community organiser said, piling their belongings onto evacuation convoys to escape fighting between the military and anti-coup guerrillas...
Dhaka should step up effort to address border tension
TENSION along Bangladesh鈥檚 borders with India and Myanmar continues to escalate amid a series of troubling incidents, including push-ins, border killing by India鈥檚 Border Security Force and landmine explosion and abduction by Myanmar鈥檚 rebel group Arakan Army. The persistent pattern of abuse and violence against Bangladeshis in the frontiers remains a matter of grave...
Schoolchildren suffer as fight for Myanmar trade town intensifies
Myanmar鈥檚 military junta and opposition forces are fighting over control of a lucrative trade route into Thailand, with shells and aerial attacks regularly forcing children to flee their schools, teachers and a parent told AFP.
Tensions continue along Bangladesh鈥檚 borders with India, Myanmar
Tensions along Bangladesh borders with India and Myanmar have continued to rise amid repeated incidents of push-in and border killing by the Indian Border Security Force and land mine explosions and abductions of fishermen by Myanmar rebel group Arakan Army...
Long road to Rohingya repatriation
OVER the past decade, the international community has watched the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar evolve into one of the most pressing humanitarian emergencies of our time. At the centre of the response has been the United Nations 鈥� praised for its humanitarian efforts, yet criticised for political paralysis and delayed action...
Myanmar guerrillas claim rare junta jet downing
Myanmar anti-coup guerrillas claimed to shoot down a junta jet on Tuesday, declaring a rare victory over the air force which has kept them at bay in a grinding civil war...
Myanmar junta says UN labour resolution 鈥榩olitically motivated鈥�
Myanmar鈥檚 ruling military on Saturday hit back at a UN resolution aimed at curbing labour violations in the war-torn nation, calling it 鈥榩olitically motivated鈥�...
Giving corridor to Rakhine state a complete lie: Yunus
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday said that propaganda was being spread that Bangladesh had provided a corridor for Rakhine state, which was a complete lie...
Myanmar junta extends ceasefire again after quake
Myanmar鈥檚 junta has extended a post-earthquake truce, after the expiry of a previous humanitarian ceasefire it was accused of flouting with a continued campaign of air strikes...
Corridor issue seen as security risk
Politicians and experts have raised concerns that the proposed humanitarian corridor from Bangladesh to Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State may be a strategic distraction by the interim government from urgent domestic issues, including electoral reforms and..
427 Rohingyas may have drowned in two shipwrecks in May: UN
The United Nations said on Friday that it feared that 427 Rohingya, Myanmar鈥檚 persecuted Muslim minority, had perished at sea in two shipwrecks on May 9 and 10 off the Myanmar coast....
Student leaders slam govt鈥檚 humanitarian channel, Ctg port moves
Left-leaning student leaders on Thursday protested against the interim government鈥檚 moves to allow a humanitarian channel to the conflict-ridden Rakhine State of Myanmar and to hand over the Chattogram port to foreign operators...
Myanmar ex-general killed in attack
A retired Myanmar general who formerly served as ambassador to Cambodia was shot dead on Thursday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by anti-coup fighters...
Bangladesh in the age of strategic hedging, social media warfare
IN SOUTH Asia, power rarely wears the mask of neutrality. It either comes cloaked in populist nationalism or camouflaged in a strategic alliance. Bangladesh, wedged between two troubling neighbours 鈥� India and Myanmar 鈥� is increasingly a frontline state, not just in terms of geographic vulnerability, but as a theatre for the contest between sovereignty and...
Humanitarian channel to Rakhine if all parties agree: Khalilur
National security adviser and chief adviser鈥檚 high representative for the Rohingya issue Khalilur Rahman said on Wednesday that the interim government was considering the United Nations鈥� proposal for channelling humanitarian aid to the Rakhine state of Myanmar through Bangladesh so that more people did not rush to聽 Bangladesh amid food crisis there...
Bangladesh maintains contact with Arakan Army due to practical necessity: Khalilur
National security adviser Khalilur Rahman on Wednesday said Bangladesh is maintaining contacts with the Arakan Army due to practical necessity.
Humanitarian channel, its pull effect
THE foreign affairs adviser鈥檚 statement of on April 27 to the media on humanitarian channel sparked debates and discussions across political, security and academic domains. The adviser said, 鈥楢ccording to the United Nations鈥� proposal, Bangladesh has agreed in principle to allow a humanitarian corridor to Rakhine. It will be a humanitarian passage. However, we have...
Can Myanmar turn disaster into dialogue?
THE recent earthquake in Myanmar has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis in the war-torn region bordering Bangladesh. The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the Sagaing region of Myanmar on March 28 has resulted in the death of more than 5,000 people and the destruction of more than 120,000 houses as well as thousands of sites related to religion, schools...
EU demands accountability for Myanmar school strike
The EU on Wednesday voiced shock at a deadly air strike on a school in central Myanmar, warning the 鈥榩erpetrators must be held accountable for this atrocity鈥�...
Myanmar junta airstrike kills 22 at school
A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school Monday killing 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses said, despite a purported humanitarian ceasefire called to help the nation recover from a devastating earthquake...
Arakan Army abducts 3 fishermen, shoot two others 聽
Myanmar鈥檚 rebel armed group Arakan Army on Monday abducted three Bangladeshi fishermen, while injured two others by shooting them in separate incidents on the Naf River in Teknaf upazila of Cox鈥檚 Bazar.
Myanmar junta chief meets Xi for 1st time
Myanmar鈥檚 junta chief met China鈥檚 president for the first time since seizing power, state media reported Saturday, the highest-level meeting with a key ally for the internationally sanctioned military leader.
Hundreds flee聽across Thai border after attack on Myanmar military
More than 300 Myanmar people fled into Thailand to seek refuge following an assault on the military by ethnic armed groups, Thailand said Thursday, days after the junta extended a post-earthquake ceasefire.
China not involved in Rakhine corridor issue: envoy
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Thursday said his country is not involved in the issue of humanitarian corridor through Bangladesh to the Rakhine State, initiated by the United Nations, to provide assistance to the conflict zone of Myanmar.
Myanmar military, BGP personnel repatriated from Bangladesh
Thirty four members of Myanmar鈥檚 military and Border Guard Police (BGP), who had taken refuge in Bangladesh a few month back, were repatriated to Myanmar on Wednesday.
Bangladesh to keep contact with Arakan Army: 聽Khalilur
National security adviser and chief adviser鈥檚 high representative on Rohingya issue and priority matters Khalilur Rahman on Tuesday said that Bangladesh would keep in touch with anyone required for the country鈥檚 interest, no matter if anyone took it otherwise...
Myanmar junta calls new ceasefire after quake
Myanmar鈥檚 junta declared a new post-earthquake truce on Tuesday, days after the expiry of a previous humanitarian ceasefire it was accused of violating with a continued campaign of air strikes.
No decision on humanitarian corridor yet: Khalilur
National security adviser and high representative to the chief adviser Khalilur Rahman on Sunday said that the interim government had not discussed any humanitarian corridor to Rakhine state in Myanmar and no decision was made on the issue or no consensus was reached with any party...
Govt should consult all on Rakhine humanitarian channel
THE decision on a humanitarian channel that the United Nations weighs from Bangladesh to the Rakhine state of Myanmar to provide aid for the war-affected civilians there, mostly Rohingyas, is not for the interim government to make. This is, perhaps, not now for the government to make the decision either, especially when there is no parliament in place, as it involves...
