Almost 1,500 Myanmar regime troops killed in Kayah State since May 2021

September 3, 2022

Nearly 1,500 Myanmar junta soldiers have been killed in the last 15 months in Kayah State in southeast Myanmar, while over 150 resistance fighters died in clashes with regime forces in Kayah in the same period, The Irrawaddy reports. Intense firefights and heavy air and artillery strikes have been reported almost daily in Kayah since […]Continue Reading

Seven Rohingya dead after boat seized, Myanmar authorities say

September 2, 2022

NEWS DESK Seven Rohingya people from a group of 65 seized by Myanmar authorities from a boat off the southern coast died of hunger, thirst and exposure, state media said Friday (Sept 2, 2022), AFP reports. On Monday, authorities detained a vessel near Pyapon township, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of commercial hub Yangon, […]Continue Reading

Thai police announce arrest of key Rohingya smugglers – Myanmar national and his Thai wife

September 2, 2022

NEWS DESK Thailand police arrested a couple suspected of trafficking in Rohingya people after escaping arrest since 2015, Pattaya Mail reports. Assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn said Muang Than Tun, a 55-year-old Myanmar national, and his Thai wife Rahana Jesama-ae were arrested at a restaurant on Rama IX Road in Bang Kapi […]Continue Reading

Goods trucks torched in Khagrachhari protesting killing of UPDF leader

September 2, 2022

STAFF REPORTER/KHAGRACHHARI/GUIMARA CORRESPONDENT Tensions have again run high in the hill tracts as terrorists of UPDF, a regional political party led by Prasit Bikash Khisa, set fire to trucks on the Khagrachhari-Dhaka regional road in protest against the killing of local UPDF (Prasit) leader Angthui Marma on Friday afternoon (Sept 2, 2022). The incidents separately […]Continue Reading

UPDF leader shot dead in Khagrachhari

September 2, 2022

NEWS DESK A leader of a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group was shot dead allegedly by his rivals in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari on Friday (September 2, 2022). The deceased was identified as Angthoi Marma alias Agun, 52, of the Guimara unit of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF). The crime occurred around 10am near the […]Continue Reading

Border road project works in Bangladesh’s Ghumdhum halted as Myanmar military, Arakan army fight on

September 2, 2022

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A fierce fighting between the Myanmar army and the Arakan army in the Rakhine State has brought to a halt the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Border Road Project work in Ghumdhum area of Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari upazila. Stopping the project work, some 600 workers have escaped to safety. They said they are afraid of […]Continue Reading

Former UPDF activist abducted in Khagrachhari

August 30, 2022

GUIMARA CORRESPONDENT A former UPDF activist has been abducted in Khagrachhari’s Guimara upazila. The kidnapped activist has been identified as Sudipto Tripura, 35, hailing from Sukanto Mohajon Parah under the upazila’s Sindukchhari Union. He was kidnapped from Sindukchhari bazaar  – where he has a furniture shop – on Thursday night (Aug 25, 2022). Witnesses Continue Reading

Rohingya camps: Bangladesh army may join drive to curb crimes

August 29, 2022

NEWS DESK The government has decided to intensify joint operations in and around the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar to curb criminal and terrorist activities in the shelters and it would engage the army in operations, if needed. ‘If necessary, we will launch joint operations and patrol duty, based on specific information, involving the army, […]Continue Reading

Take large number of Rohingyas: Bangladesh to countries interested in resettlement

August 29, 2022

NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has requested countries, which had previously expressed interest in resettling Rohingyas in their states, to take in a large number of Rohingyas and alleviate Bangladesh’s problems. “In today’s meeting, we have decided to look into the number of Rohingyas these countries want to take. We have not received any […]Continue Reading

Dhaka summons Myanmar envoy over mortar shell firing from across border

August 29, 2022

NEWS DESK The Foreign Ministry has today (Aug 29, 2022) summoned the Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka and lodged a protest over firing mortar shells in Bangladesh’s territory. Myanmar Ambassador U Aung Kyaw Moe was summoned and lodged a strong protest was lodged with him through a diplomatic letter. “We asked him to see that no […]Continue Reading