Myanmar junta drone crashes over Thailand border
A Myanmar junta drone targeting anti-coup fighters crashed over the border in Thailand, the kingdom鈥檚 military said, prompting an official rebuke over hazardous spillover from the civil war....
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Myanmar鈥檚 junta chief makes 1st public appearance
Myanmar鈥檚 junta chief on Saturday attended annual commemorations for the country鈥檚 assassinated independence hero for the first time since the military seized power more than four years ago...
Myanmar junta offers cash rewards to anti-coup defectors
Myanmar鈥檚 junta said Friday it is offering cash rewards to fighters willing to desert armed groups defying its rule and 鈥榬eturn to the legal fold鈥� ahead of a slated election.
India rebel group says army killed leaders in Myanmar strikes
Separatist militants in northeastern India said the Indian army carried out cross-border drone strikes on the group鈥檚 camps in neighbouring Myanmar on Sunday, killing three of its leaders...
500 Myanmar troops, civilians flee across Thai border
More than 500 civilians and soldiers fled conflict in Myanmar and crossed into Thailand on Saturday after an assault by ethnic fighters on a military base, the Thai army said...
22 civilians killed in Myanmar monastery air strike
More than 20 civilians, including children, were killed after a recent air strike on a monastery in central Myanmar, an anti-junta fighter and a resident told AFP Saturday...
ASEAN meeting to condemn Myanmar violence: draft
A meeting involving top diplomats from Southeast Asia, China, Russia and the United States will condemn violence against civilians in war-torn Myanmar, according to a draft statement seen Thursday by AFP...
Bangladesh face daunting task down under
The Bangladesh women鈥檚 football team is set to face a formidable challenge at the AFC Women鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026, having qualified for the showpiece continental event for the first time in Myanmar...
Myanmar clashes push thousands into India in 4 days
Heavy fighting in war-torn Myanmar has forced nearly 4,000 people to flee into India in the last four days, Indian officials in the northeastern state of Mizoram said Monday...
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.
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...
