31 crew of Thai fishing vessels held in Myanmar
More than 30 crew members of Thai fishing boats were detained in Myanmar waters on Saturday after an encounter with other vessels which left one person dead, a navy commander said.
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Rohingyas trying to collect NIDs illegally: EC
The Election Commission said on Thursday that displaced Rohingya people, who took shelter in Cox鈥檚 Bazar fleeing persecution in Myanmar, were trying to collect national identity cards from different election offices in Bangladesh.
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim AA Khan on Wednesday announced that his office was filing an application to the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC for a warrant of arrest against Myanmar Senior General and acting president Min Aung Hlaing for the 鈥榗rimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya鈥�...
Major Myanmar ethnic rebel group says ready for talks
A major Myanmar ethnic rebel group said on Monday it was ready for talks with the junta to end more than a year of renewed fighting that has ravaged areas along the China border...
Touhid urges national unity on Rohingya crisis
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Saturday underlined the need for a national consensus to address the Rohingya crisis, which has been further complicated by the ongoing civil war in Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State...
40pc of 3.4m displaced in Myanmar are children: UN
Children made up nearly 40 per cent of the more than 3.4 million people in Myanmar displaced by civil war and climate change-driven extreme weather, the UN agency for children said Thursday...
United Nations to hold high-level conference on Rohingya in 2025
United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution deciding to hold an all-stakeholder high-level UN Conference in 2025 to propose a time-bound plan for sustainable resolution of the Rohingya crisis...
Myanmar rebel group says hands over 760 scam suspects to China
A Myanmar ethnic armed group has arrested more than 760 Chinese citizens suspected of being involved in online scams and handed them over to China, its spokesperson said on Wednesday...
Beijing says Myanmar rebel leader in China for 鈥榤edical care鈥�
Beijing said Tuesday that the head of a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group had come to China for 鈥榤edical care鈥�, after news reports in its war-torn neighbour said he had been arrested on China鈥檚 orders.
Rohingya crisis not going to be solved soon: foreign affairs adviser
Explaining briefly why India and China were not coming forward in an expected way to help resolve the Rohingya crisis, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Saturday said there was a potential threat not just for Bangladesh, but the region and beyond...
Hope for Rohingya rights and dignity
THE persecution of the Rohingyas in Myanmar, especially in Rakhine State, has caused multiple rounds of forced migration into Bangladesh. This trend is rooted in long-standing exclusionary policies and military actions targeting the Rohingyas because of their ethnicity and religious differences, depriving and expelling them of their homeland...
11 killed in airstrike on Myanmar teashop
Eleven people were killed when a teashop in Myanmar was hit by a military airstrike in the town of Naungcho in the northern Shan state on Tuesday afternoon, a spokeswoman for a...
81 Rohingyas detained after entering Bangladesh illegally
At least 81 Rohingya people were detained on Monday morning by security agencies and local people after they had illegally entered the Alikadam area near the border between...
Bangladesh protests at Myanmar gunfire on fishermen
Dhaka on Sunday raised deep concern to Myanmar over instances of gunfire targeting Bangladeshi fishermen amid the neighbouring country鈥檚 internal conflict, stressing the...
Famine looming in Rakhine state: UN
Myanmar鈥檚 conflict-torn Rakhine state is heading toward famine, the United Nations warned on Thursday, as the country鈥檚 civil war squeezes commerce and agricultural production.
20 Bangladeshi fishermen return from Myanmar
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh has brought back 20 Bangladeshi fishermen from the clutches of Arakan Army, an armed separatist organisation in Myanmar.
Myanmar junta chief discusses civil war with China
Myanmar鈥檚 junta chief has held talks with prime minister Li Qiang of key ally China on the civil war roiling his country, state media said on Thursday, during his first visit to the...
Myanmar junta chief visits key ally China
Myanmar鈥檚 embattled junta chief arrived in China Tuesday 鈥� his first reported visit since leading a coup in 2021 鈥� but analysts say the invitation is only a lukewarm endorsement from his...
The marble 鈥榣iving Buddhas鈥� in Myanmar trapped by civil war
Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide Myanmar鈥檚 faithful -- but getting the marble he needs from rebel-held quarries in the midst of civil war is now a perilous task.
Thai suspects arrested over Rohingya refugee trafficking, deaths
Thai police arrested a trio suspected people smugglers over the deaths of three Rohingya refugees who suffocated in the back of trucks in Thailand, officers said Saturday.
UN envoy slams 鈥榸ero-sum mentality鈥� in Myanmar conflict
The UN鈥檚 special envoy to Myanmar on Tuesday denounced what she called a 鈥榸ero-sum mentality鈥� among those involved in the long-simmering conflict there, saying that only a stop to the violence would open the door to reconciliation...
UK, EU, Canada unveil new sanctions on Myanmar
The EU, UK, and Canada on Tuesday announced fresh sanctions targeting the Myanmar junta鈥檚 access to 鈥榤ilitary materiel, equipment and funds鈥�...
Myanmar rebels take the road to Mandalay
Winding through the lawless, rugged hills of northern Myanmar, National Highway 3 links a stunning series of victories by ethnic rebels and pro-democracy fighters in their war against...
11 bodies recovered after boat sinks off Myanmar
Rescuers have recovered eleven bodies after an overloaded boat carrying around 30 people sank in the Andaman Sea off Myanmar鈥檚 southern coast, a local resident said on...
Myanmar citizen among two held
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh, in an overnight drive, detained two people, including a Myanmar citizen from Sylhet border area.
China consulate in Myanmar attacked
China's consulate in Myanmar's city of Mandalay was attacked with an explosive device, local media said Saturday, adding that no deaths or injuries were reported.聽
Dhaka expresses deep concern over fresh influx of 40,000 Rohingyas
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the recent influx of more than 40,000 Rohnigyas into Bangladesh fleeing conflict in the...
Myanmar armed group claims captured another town
Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic armed group have seized another town on a strategic highway to China, the group and a resident said, in the latest setback for the...
Prof Yunus for creating 鈥榮afe zone guaranteed by UN鈥� in Rakhine
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday called for creating a 鈥榮afe zone guaranteed by the UN鈥� for the displaced people in Rakhine and finding ways to support them...
Bangladesh protests killing of fisherman by Myanmar navy
Bangladesh on Friday lodged a protest with the Government of Myanmar over the killing of a Bangladeshi fisherman, Usman, 60, an inhabitant of Kona Para neighbourhood of...