Myanmar

Jamaat for independent Muslim state in Myanmar’s Arakan

The proposal was placed during meeting with CPC delegation

Rains add to challenge for Myanmar quake relief, toll at 3,471

Aid agencies have warned the combination of the unseasonable rains and extreme heat could cause outbreaks of disease

Myanmar village air strike kills at least 12, says local official

The Friday afternoon strike hit the village of Letpanhla around 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of the country's second biggest city of Mandalay.

Complicity in Rohingya genocide cannot go unpunished

Rohingya in Myanmar face denial of rights, atrocities, and forced displacement since 1962.

Myanmar junta chief says election to be held by January

The Myanmar military seized power in 2021, making unsubstantiated claims of massive electoral fraud in 2020 polls won resoundingly by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD).

Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border regions to fight scam centres

Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's lawless borderlands

Myanmar rebel group admits to killings

A rare admission of deadly violence as it fights the ruling junta

More than 3.5 mn displaced in Myanmar: UN

Since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, Myanmar has been rocked by fighting between numerous ethnic rebel groups and the army.

Situation in Myanmar Border: Dhaka needs to engage with Arakan Army

Dhaka needs to engage with Arakan Army, which now controls over 80 percent of Rakhine State, including the 271-km border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, said security experts, former diplomats, and academics yesterday.

March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016

Ex-driver of Suu Kyi nominated for Myanmar president

Aung San Suu Kyi's party nominates her former driver and close aide to be Myanmar's next president, as the Nobel laureate looks to rule her former junta-run homeland through a trusted proxy.

March 5, 2016
March 5, 2016

Bangkok boat explosion injures more than 50 passengers

At least 58 people are injured in Thailand's capital Bangkok after the engine on a water taxi exploded as it pulled into a pier.

March 1, 2016
March 1, 2016

Myanmar brings forward presidential vote

The vote to appoint a new president in Myanmar has been brought forward by a week, to 10 March.

February 26, 2016
February 26, 2016

Migrant crisis: Migrant Offshore Aid Station to begin mission in Andaman Sea

Global search and rescue charity, Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), will begin a new mission in the Andaman Sea and adjacent areas on March 3 to track, monitor and, if needed, provide search and rescue of refugees or migrants.

February 22, 2016
February 22, 2016

The magic of Makha Bucha

Makha Bucha Day; an important Buddhist festival celebrated on the full moon day of Māgha in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand, and on the full moon day of Tabodwe in Myanmar, affords Buddhists a chance at reprieve.

February 13, 2016
February 13, 2016

Rohingya census begins in 6 dists

The government yesterday began a household survey to register the undocumented Rohingya population and also to get an idea of the circumstances under which they fled their home country, Myanmar.

February 12, 2016
February 12, 2016

Rohingya census process in 6 districts begins

Primary task to conduct a census of unregistered Rohingya population in Bangladesh has begun in six districts.

February 6, 2016
February 6, 2016

80,000 Yaba pills recovered in Teknaf

Border Guard Bangladesh in separate drives arrest a Myanmar citizen and recovered 80,000 pieces Yaba tablet from different areas in Teknaf.

February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016

Cabinet nods for widening scope of dual citizenship

Cabinet gives final nod to the draft of a law expanding the existing scope of getting dual citizenship.

February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016

Myanmar opens new parliament session after military rule

The first freely elected parliament in Myanmar for 50 years holds its opening session. Hundreds of new MPs, mostly from the National League for Democracy (NLD) but also some smaller parties, sworn and take their seats.