EIGHT years after the military purge that forced over 700,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State, the crisis remains unresolved. On 25 August 2025, refugees in Bangladesh will mark another year in limbo, with more than 1.15 million people still confined to squalid camps in Cox鈥檚 Bazar and the remote island of Bhasan Char. Bangladesh has displayed exceptional...
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...
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...
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday said that the international community must demonstrate to ensure the repatriation of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, the Rohingyas, to their motherland in Rakhine state through a roadmap...
MYANMAR鈥橲 ongoing civil war has reached a critical point, with the rise of ethnic armed organisations significantly altering the balance of power in the country. Among these groups, the Arakan Army has gained substantial control over Rakhine State, capturing key border areas near Bangladesh. This shift in power has further complicated the already...
OR centuries, the polities located in the Bengal delta聽 鈥� the Bengal Sultanate, the Bengal subah, or the Bengal Presidency 鈥� have shared complex ties with Arakan (Rakhine State) and Burma (Myanmar). While there existed substantial trade links, cultural interaction and migration flows between the two regions, they also engaged in intermittent warfare...
A Myanmar junta air strike killed 28 people, including children, and wounded 25 at a temporary detention area in western Rakhine state, an ethnic minority armed group said on Sunday...
THE Arakan Army on December 20, 2024 captured the headquarters of the Myanmar military鈥檚 western command in Ann town, marking a historic occasion for the organisation鈥檚 meteoric rise to power in Rakhine State controlling majority of the parts. The Arakan Army now controls 14 of 17 townships of Rakhine State, including Paletwa township in neighbouring Chin State...
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain has reiterated the call for a 鈥榗omprehensive roadmap鈥� for Rohingya repatriation with priority attached to ensuring stability in Rakhine State...
The Teknaf upazila administration relaxed the ban on passenger vessels鈥� operation in the River Naf after Friday night鈥檚 discussion between the administration and the trawler owners on the security situation...
Tension remained high along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border as of Wednesday evening amid a heightened risk of a fresh influx of Rohingya people as rebel group Arakan Army had established its full control along the border between the two countries in the Rakhine state...
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...
Around 8,000 Rohingyas had recently crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing armed conflict in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Tuesday...
Rohingyas on Sunday sought the assistance of the interim government for their safe return to Myanmar as they observed the seventh anniversary of the exodus of the displaced people from the Rakhine state of the bordering country...
Ambassador of China to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday iterated that China would remain committed to finding a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis, including a ceasefire in violence-torn Rakhine State in Myanmar...
UN FEARS for a likely repeat of the 2017 atrocities that Myanmar鈥檚 security forces committed against the Rohingyas in Rakhine State against the background of an unfolding tragedy now brings to the fore a couple of issues for the global forum itself and the world community to seriously consider. The UN human rights chief has voiced grave alarm...
Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State is facing a terrifying situation similar to the run up to 鈥榞enocidal violence鈥� eight years ago against the persecuted Rohingya minority, a UN expert warned on Thursday...
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Thursday recent attacks by Myanmar鈥檚 military that reportedly killed scores of civilians in western Rakhine state...
A Myanmar military air strike on a medical clinic wounded around 20 people in western Rakhine state, according to an ethnic armed group, a resident and local media on Wednesday...
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...
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....