Myanmar rebels rebuff junta鈥檚 cooperation appeal
Myanmar鈥檚 ruling junta on Saturday made a rare call for the armed groups it is fighting to cooperate with it ahead of a slated election, an invitation anti-coup forces swiftly rejected.
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Indonesian influencer given 7-year Myanmar prison sentence
An Indonesian influencer has been sentenced to seven years in prison for meeting with rebels in junta-ruled Myanmar, a foreign ministry official in Jakarta said Wednesday...
Bangladesh women qualify for Asian Cup
Bangladesh have qualified for the AFC Women's Asian Cup after the qualifier match between Bahrain and Turkmenistan ended in a 2-2 draw in Yangon on Wednesday.
Bangladesh women face Myanmar hurdle today
Bangladesh will be looking to secure a crucial win against hosts and higher-ranked Myanmar in their Group C second match of the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers at Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon today.
Myanmar junta chief confirms year-end election plan
Myanmar鈥檚 junta chief said the country plans to hold elections in December and January, state media reported Thursday, pressing ahead with polls denounced as a sham by international monitors...
ADB approves $58.6m grant, $28.1m loan for Rohingyas, host communities
The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday approved a $58.6 million grant from the Asian Development Fund and a $28.1 million concessional loan to provide basic infrastructure and critical services for displaced people from Myanmar and host communities in Bangladesh...
Myanmar woman arrested for Suu Kyi 鈥榟appy birthday鈥� post
A Myanmar woman arrested by the junta for 鈥榮preading propaganda鈥� is being detained over a Facebook post celebrating the 80th birthday of jailed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, local media said...
Myanmar junta battles guerrillas for control of jade hub
Myanmar鈥檚 junta and anti-coup guerrillas battled over the country鈥檚 jade mining hub Friday, a combatant and a local said, displacing desperate civilians as they vied for supplies of the precious stone.
Tarique calls for diplomatic pressure on Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman has called upon the international community to strengthen diplomatic pressure on Myanmar for the safe, dignified and voluntary repatriation of the Rohingya people who took shelter in Bangladesh.
Rohingya crisis poses new security risks: Touhid
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain warned that the unresolved Rohingya crisis could soon escalate into a serious threat to regional security if a sustainable solution was not urgently pursued.
Suu Kyi marks 80th birthday in junta jail
Myanmar鈥檚 deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 80th birthday in junta detention on Thursday, serving a raft of sentences set to last the rest of her life.
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...
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...
