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.

June 24, 2015
June 24, 2015

‘Meeting on return of BGB man by Friday’

Bangladesh will hold a meeting with Myanmar over return of Nayek Abdur Razzak within a day or two, chief of BGB says.

June 23, 2015
June 23, 2015

Myanmar agrees for flag meeting

Almost a week after the abduction of Abdur Razzak, Myanmar asks for the list of Bangladesh delegation for a flag meeting over his handover.

June 22, 2015
June 22, 2015

BGP sets condition to release Razzak

Myanmar Border Guard Police says they can only release abducted Border Guard Bangladesh Nayek Abdur Razzak, if Bangladesh agrees to bring back 550 "rescued Bangladeshi migrants" from Myanmar.

June 22, 2015
June 22, 2015

Lawmaker Haji Salim criticises BGB’s capability

Independent lawmaker Haji Salim raises question in the parliament over the “capability” of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) as one of its member still remains in custody of Myanmar's Border Guard Police.

June 21, 2015
June 21, 2015

Abducted BGB man becomes father

The wife of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) nayek Abdur Razzak, who was abducted by Myanmar border force on June 16, gives birth to a son.

June 20, 2015
June 20, 2015

BNP lambasts govt on BGB man abduction

BNP terms the abduction of a BGB member by Myanmar border force as “shameful” and demanded the government to issue a strong warning to the neighboring state to stop the recurrence of such incidents.

June 19, 2015
June 19, 2015

37 more trafficking victims return from Myanmar

Thirty-seven more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who are rescued by Myanmar navy on May 21, returned to the country.

June 18, 2015
June 18, 2015

Myanmar envoy summoned over firing at BGB men

Government summons Myanmar ambassador in Dhaka to protest firing by Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) on the Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) personnel and detaining of a BGB soldier.

June 18, 2015
June 18, 2015

Rohingya issue needs careful handling: Suu Kyi

In rare comments on Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urges caution on granting citizenship to minorities, saying the sensitive issue must be addressed "very, very carefully."

June 18, 2015
June 18, 2015

Gunfire on BGB: Myanmar yet to respond

Myanmar border force is yet to respond to a flag meeting over gunfire on their Bangladesh counterpart and “abduction” of a BGB trooper.