Manipur violence deepens distrust between communities

August 30, 2023

Lawmakers in Manipur, a northeastern state in India, rocked in recent months by ethnic violence, gathered for a special session of the state legislature on Tuesday, DW reports. The meeting lasted just an hour, as a war of words erupted between ruling party and opposition legislators over the tense and volatile situation in the state. Speaker Thokchom […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta rallies support to defend capital as resistance gets closer

August 30, 2023

The regime is mobilizing support from local residents for possible attacks on the capital, following recent resistance attacks on junta bases in the regime’s nerve center, The Irrawaddy reports. A team of junta officials led by Naypyitaw Council member Colonel Min Naung gave food supplies, issued citizenship ID, and provided healthcare services in villages in […]Continue Reading

Nearly 30 Rohingyas hidden inside Myanmar dump truck and arrested

August 29, 2023

Military Council forces and subordinate police in Kyangin Township, Ayeyarwady Region, discovered and apprehended 27 Rohingya passengers who were covertly riding in a dump truck, Burma News International reports. At the Oatpon checkpoint in Zeepinkwin village tract, Kyangin, the dump truck was intercepted. Upon inspection, the Rohingya individuals who had been concealing Continue Reading

Bangladesh wants to begin repatriation this year with around 1000 Rohingyas

August 27, 2023

NEWS DESK Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Sunday said the government wants to begin repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin this year, initially with around 1000 of the refugees. “We have given a list of over 3000. We need to make sure that families are not separated,” he told reporters at the […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh hopes Japan will step up efforts to resolve Rohingya crisis

August 26, 2023

NEWS DESK Appreciating Japan’s continued assistance in infrastructure development, Bangladesh has sought Japan’s support in resolving the Rohingya crisis considering its good relations with Myanmar. “On behalf of the people and the government of Bangladesh, we hope that Japan will step up efforts to help resolve the Rohingya crisis,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs Continue Reading

Beijing for joint global efforts for Rohingya repatriation

August 26, 2023

NEWS DESK Highlighting the importance of joint global efforts to ensure repatriation of the Rohingyas, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said those who keep claiming that the situation in Myanmar is “not conducive” to repatriation have seldom visited Rakhine. “It’s quite strange. And they didn’t answer the question whether the Continue Reading

US committed to advancing justice, accountability for people of ‘Burma’: Blinken

August 26, 2023

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today said the United States is committed to advancing justice and accountability for all the people of “Burma” and will continue to stand with them in their aspirations for a democratic, inclusive, and peaceful future. “We are deeply grateful to the government and the people of Bangladesh for giving […]Continue Reading

Divided UN Security Council condemns Myanmar junta—again

August 25, 2023

The junta was condemned by all but two members of the UN Security Council on August 23 for its “unrelenting violence” across Myanmar over the past months, but Myanmar’s Ambassador to the UN said more than words were necessary to stop the regime from committing atrocities, The Irrawaddy reports. Only China and Russia, which can […]Continue Reading

Rohingya woman killed in Cox’s Bazar camp

August 25, 2023

NEWS DESK A Rohingya woman was slaughtered to death allegedly by her husband over a family feud in a camp of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar. The deceased Adiya Khatun, 23, was wife of one Nur Kamal in bloc-D under the camp No. 25 of Teknaf Rohingya camp. Locals said the couple locked into an […]Continue Reading

Displaced and disenfranchised: Rohingya strive to preserve cultural roots

August 25, 2023

NEWS DESK Uprooted from their ancestral lands, a group of young Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh are trying to keep their heritage alive among their community’s children and teenagers, Anadolu Agency reports. Mohammed Rezuwan Khan, 26, is one of those high school graduates, shunned from higher education in his native Rakhine, a state in western […]Continue Reading