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Rohingya death toll at sea in 2023 worst for almost a decade: UN

January 23, 2024

At least 569 Rohingya were reported to have died or gone missing while trying to flee Myanmar or Bangladesh in 2023, the highest toll since 2014, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, calling for urgent action to protect the ethnic minority group, Reuters reports. The deaths or disappearances occurred during attempted crossings of the […]Continue Reading

Panic in Bandarban as gunshots heard from across Myanmar border

January 22, 2024

GHUMDHUM CORRESPONDENT Residents near the Ghumdhum border in Naikhongchhari Upazila, Bandarban, were alarmed by the sounds of numerous gunshots coming from across Myanmar on Monday (22nd January) morning. Local reports indicate suspected clashes between rebel groups near the border’s Pillars 35/36. Nurul Absar, a resident of Headman Para, said bullets struck several Continue Reading

Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000

January 21, 2024

The toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct 7 has passed 25,000, health officials in the enclave said on Sunday, amid heavy Israeli strikes and street battles raging across the Hamas-run Strip, Reuters reports. Israeli forces and Hamas fighters clashed in several locations, from Jabalia in the north to Khan Younis […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh moves to boost security on Myanmar border

January 20, 2024

The Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) chief on Thursday visited the frontier with Rakhine State where the Arakan Army (AA) has seized a town and several of Myanmar’s junta outposts, The Irrawaddy reports. The BGB headquarters said Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan visited troops at Bandarban, Palangkhali, Tekhnaf and Saint Martin Island in Cox’s Bazar, inspected […]Continue Reading

Two-hour armed clash in Rangamati’s Rajasthali; no casualties

January 20, 2024

STAFF REPORTER In Rajasthali Upazila of Rangamati hill district, locals reported a two-hour armed exchange between two regional groups on Saturday, 20th January. The incident, occurring from 9:30 am to 11:30 am in the remote Agapara area of Gaindya Union, was allegedly centred on territorial dominance. The armed conflict has caused widespread panic in the […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh calls for peace, support to Palestine, Rohingya Repatriation

January 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud has called for the peaceful settlement of global disputes and the promotion of the culture of peace in the world. He remarked while speaking at the 19th NAM Summit in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, as the head of the Bangladesh delegation, a foreign ministry press release said […]Continue Reading

Thousands of Rohingyas endure harsh winter after Cox’s Bazar camp fire

January 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Some 5,000 Rohingya refugees are leading an inhumane life this winter after a fire earlier this month at Camp 5 in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila destroyed their shelters. Around 1,000 shelters were gutted in that fire. Now the affected Rohingyas are spending their days under the open sky, with women and children most […]Continue Reading

Around 30 Myanmar junta personnel killed in Chin State: Resistance

January 17, 2024

Around 30 Myanmar junta troops and police who refused to surrender at a camp in Tedim Township, Chin State, were reportedly killed on Tuesday, The Irrawaddy reports. The Chin National Army, Civic Defense Militia and Chinland Defense Force attacked the Taingen camp on the Falam road to the Indian border on Friday. It fell after […]Continue Reading

More than 80pc of the population of Myanmar’s Karenni State has been displaced by war

January 17, 2024

More than four-fifths of the people who live in Myanmar’s smallest state have fled their homes since the coup, according to the interim government of the resistance stronghold, The Irrawaddy reports. About 350,000 of the 420,000 people who live in Karenni State and an adjacent township in southern Shan State, Pekon, are now internally displaced […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s latest batch of military graduates faces brutal reality on front lines

January 17, 2024

Struggling with a recruitment crisis, desertions and heavy casualties amid daily clashes with resistance forces, Myanmar’s junta has just assigned over 500 fresh graduates from its military academies to battalions, The Irrawaddy reports. Cadets from the 65th intake of Defense Services Academy and 25th intake of Defense Services Technological Academy graduated in December Continue Reading

Rohingya death toll at sea in 2023 worst for almost a decade: UN

Panic in Bandarban as gunshots heard from across Myanmar border

Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000

Bangladesh moves to boost security on Myanmar border

Two-hour armed clash in Rangamati’s Rajasthali; no casualties

Bangladesh calls for peace, support to Palestine, Rohingya Repatriation

Thousands of Rohingyas endure harsh winter after Cox’s Bazar camp fire

Around 30 Myanmar junta personnel killed in Chin State: Resistance

More than 80pc of the population of Myanmar’s Karenni State has been displaced by war

Myanmar’s latest batch of military graduates faces brutal reality on front lines

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