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 16, 2015
June 16, 2015

37 more Bangladeshis may be repatriated tomorrow

Thirty seven more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were rescued from the Bay of Bengal by the Myanmar navy on May 21, repatriate.

June 16, 2015
June 16, 2015

7 ‘wanted’ traffickers arrested in Teknaf

Seven “wanted” traffickers are arrested from Cox’s Bazar as police continue to crack down on the criminals behind human trafficking.

June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015

Myanmar to bar Rohingyas from fleeing, but won’t address their plight

Myanmar says it is determined to stop the departures of migrants fleeing religious persecution, but won't address the reasons behind their exodus.

June 11, 2015
June 11, 2015

Thai army suspends top officer Manas for suspected trafficking link

Human trafficking suspect Lt General Manas Khongpaen is suspended from military service, Army Commander General Udomdej Sitabutr says.

June 11, 2015
June 11, 2015

Women trafficking victims are sexually abused all the way

Afia (not her real name) was not accompanied by any of her family members, but she showed no signs of jitters. While many in the vessel turned pale in panic due to want of food and water in the perilous sea, the beautiful young girl held her nerves.

June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015

Unregistered Rohingya among 150 repatriated Bangladeshis

Detectives have identified an unregistered Rohingya among the 150 Bangladeshis, who were repatriated from Myanmar on Monday after months of ordeal.

June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015

Suu Kyi arrives in China for first visit

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's opposition leader, is expected to begin her first visit to China , at a time of tension between the two countries.

June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015

Continue to facilitate humanitarian access, US urges Myanmar, Bangladesh

United States urges Bangladesh and Myanmar to continue to facilitate unrestricted humanitarian access to migrants adrift.

June 9, 2015
June 9, 2015

Trafficking suspect reveals ‘police bribes’

Arrested trafficker in Myanmar accuses local police and defence volunteers of Thailand’s western Kanchanaburi province of taking bribes to facilitate his illegal trade

June 8, 2015
June 8, 2015

Myanmar arrests 93 traffickers, but none from Rakhine

Myanmar police arrest more than 90 people for human trafficking offences this year but no cases have been uncovered in Rakhine state where persecuted Rohingya have fled in droves.