The Arakan Army (AA) claims to have seized two Myanmar junta battalion headquarters in Mrauk U and Kyauktaw townships, Rakhine State, The Irrawaddy reports. The AA said it seized the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 378 headquarters on Monday morning after several days of fighting in historic Mrauk U. Last Tuesday, the AA seized the adjacent […]Continue Reading
Bangladesh’s foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned Myanmar’s ambassador to explain the cross-border shelling that killed two people in Bandarban on Monday, The Irrawaddy reports. The ministry’s chief of relations with Myanmar, Mian Md Mainul Kabir, handed a letter of protest to the regime’s envoy Aung Kyaw Moe in Dhaka over the shelling from Rakhine State, […]Continue Reading
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed the armed forces and paramilitary border guards of Bangladesh to have patience regarding the recent war-like situation in Myanmar between their government forces and insurgents. Law Minister Anisul Huq, in absence of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, on Monday said this while responding to a supplementary question from Opposition Continue Reading
BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Amidst escalating violence near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has temporarily shut down five primary schools in the Ghumdhum area of Naikhongchhari, Bandarban.  The decision comes in response to ongoing clashes between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army rebels, creating a climate of fear and Continue Reading
BANDARBAN AND GHUMDHUM CORRESPONDENTS A mortar shell fired from Myanmar exploded in Ghumdhum, Naikhongchhari, Bandarban, along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, killing a local Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya man, with a child also injured. The explosion occurred at approximately 2:30 PM on Monday, February 5, in the Jolpaitali sector of Ward No. 4. The victims were […]Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER In a dramatic escalation at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the Arakan Army has overtaken the Tumbru Right Camp, previously under the control of the Myanmar Border Police (BGP). This significant shift in power has led to 71 BGP members fleeing to Bangladesh, while many of the others have either escaped into nearby jungles or […]Continue Reading