NEWS DESK A Rohingya man was hacked to death by armed criminals at a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar last morning. The incident took place near the office of the Red Crescent Society at Camp 18 around 5:30am. The deceased was identified as Noor Kalam, 29, son of Noor Salam from D-14 […]Continue Reading
The Arakan Army (AA) seized a border guard headquarters in northern Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, on Friday, and its troops have entered the town, according to residents, The Irrawaddy reports. The AA attacked the Kyee Kan Pyin Border Guard Police headquarters on Thursday, which was defended by junta police and troops. Kyee Kan Pyin village […]Continue Reading
NAIKHONGCHARI CORRESPONDENT A landmine explosion on the Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari Upazila, Bandarban, critically injured two Bangladeshis on Saturday afternoon. The explosion occurred approximately 300 meters inside Myanmar, between border pillars 47 and 48. The injured are Nurul Absar, 18, son of the late Mohammad, from Jaruliyachhari village, and 17-year-old Md. Continue Reading
HNILA CORRESPONDENT In the midst of ongoing hostilities between Myanmar’s military junta and the rebel Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State, forty members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) have sought refuge in Bangladesh. They crossed into Bangladesh through two points along the Sabrang border in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf, just after midnight on Saturday. Continue Reading
The Arakan Army (AA) is getting closer to a full attack on its biggest target so far – the Western Command headquarters of Myanmar’s military – in Rakhine State’s Ann Township, a spokesman for the ethnic army said. The ethnic army’s effort to isolate the major target is nearing completion, following the capture of sections […]Continue Reading
Delhi Police has busted a racket engaged in trafficking Rohingyas from Myanmar through Bangladesh to parts of India and other foreign countries. Two men, including an agent from Myanmar’s Rakhine, were arrested from Hyderabad after a Myanmar couple who had flown to Russia on fake Indian passports were sent back to New Delhi. The racket, […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Bangladesh and the Gambia on Friday (3 May) expressed hope to witness a speedy resolution of the case filed against Myanmar on the charge of Rohingya genocide with the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The optimism was reflected at a meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud and Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney […]Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER The Arakan Army, a rebel group in Myanmar, released 10 Bangladeshi fishermen on Thursday evening, after abducting them earlier while they were fishing in the Naf River along the Ukhiya border. The release occurred around 7:45 PM through the Ghumdhum border crossing in the Naikhongchhari sub-district of Bandarban, officials confirmed. Tanvir Hossain, the […]Continue Reading
Myanmar’s military government will no longer allow conscription-age men to travel out of the country for work, weeks after an enlistment order prompted many to try and flee, BBC reports. On Thursday, authorities said they would suspend accepting applications for overseas work permits. There is a large diaspora of Myanmar citizens working in other countries […]Continue Reading
UKHIA CORRESPONDENT Members of Myanmar’s Arakan Army kidnapped 10 Bangladeshi fishermen during a fishing expedition in the Naf River near the Palongkhali border in Ukhia, local officials confirmed Wednesday. The abduction occurred early Wednesday morning as the fishermen were in the Naf River, according to M. Gofur Uddin Chowdhury, the chairman of the Palongkhali Union. Continue Reading