Myanmar fighting

Fighting in Myanmar: Balukhali rocked by sounds of gunshots, blasts

The people of Balukhali in Teknaf’s Whykong woke up to the sounds of gunfire and explosions early yesterday.

Coast Guard, BGB on alert

Amid fear of a fresh influx of Myanmar nationals, Bangladesh border and coast guards have stepped up vigilance along the Myanmar border, including the Naf river.

63 more Myanmar troops flee to Bangladesh

With the new infiltrations, a total of 327 Myanmar forces including BGP, army personnel and immigration officials are now taking shelter in Bangladesh

We can't afford any more Rohingyas: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said Bangladesh will not allow any more Rohingyas to enter the country as the existing population of the executed minority group of Myanmar has already become a burden

264 Myanmar border, security force members now in Bangladesh: BGB

A total of 264 members of Myanmar’s border and security forces have come to Bangladesh to escape the fighting between the Myanmar army and the rebel Arakan Army at the border between the two countries, according to the BGB.

Another mortar shell from Myanmar lands in Ghumdhum

Another mortar shell from Myanmar landed across the border in Bandarban's Ghumdhum union this morning

Border tensions: Foreign ministry summons Myanmar envoy to protest

The foreign ministry has summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh U Aung Kyaw Moe to strongly protest the ongoing events on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border

US watching developments in Myanmar closely

The US is very concerned over the escalation of conflicts in Myanmar and is keeping a close watch on the situation.

Fighting in Myanmar: Blood spills on this side of border

A Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya man were killed as a mortar shell fired from Myanmar exploded in Bandarban’s Ghumdhum union yesterday.

February 5, 2024
February 5, 2024

Myanmar wants to take back troops who fled to Bangladesh: Hasan Mahmud

Myanmar has communicated with Bangladesh about taking back around 100 Border Guard Police (BGP) members who have been crossing the border into Bangladesh since yesterday to escape the Arakan Army's attacks, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said today

February 5, 2024
February 5, 2024

95 Myanmar border troops take refuge in Bangladesh so far: BGB

Ninety-five members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) have so far crossed the border at Tumbru into Bangladesh to take refuge from the ongoing gunfight inside Myanmar

February 4, 2024
February 4, 2024

Members of Myanmar security forces entered Bangladesh 'illegally': BGB

Some members of Myanmar's security forces entered Bangladesh amid clashes between the army and the country's rebels last night, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said today

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