NEWS DESK Police have arrested a Rohingya youth in Bandarban in a case file over raping a teenage girl. The accused, identified as Md Shafik, 24, was arrested from the Kaichtali area of Suwalok union of the Sadar upazila, around 1am on Monday, confirmed Suwalok union parishad member Md Jasim. Md Shafik is a resident […]Continue Reading
Myanmar’s largest micro lender, Pact Global Microfinance Fund (PGMF), began closing its operations in the country late Monday and will cease them altogether on Friday, saying demands by the junta had made it impossible to continue its efforts to serve low-income households, including those with no access to the formal banking system, The Irrawaddy reports. […]Continue Reading
Myanmar authorities torched almost half a billion dollars of illegal drugs but warned they are failing to stop a surge in the production and trafficking of narcotics, Al Jazeera reports. Head-high piles of heroin, cannabis, methamphetamines, and opium were burned on Monday in the commercial hub Yangon in an annual spectacle to mark International Day […]Continue Reading
DESK REPORT Kuki-Chin National Front, or KNF, terrorists have damaged a semi-pucca road in Bandarban’s Rowangchari upazila, rendering it impassable for vehicles. The incident has led to significant inconvenience for the local population, resulting in travel difficulties and widespread chaos in the area. According to local sources, on June 24, a group of approximately Continue Reading
Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters headed towards Moscow on Saturday after seizing a southern city overnight, with Russia’s military firing on them from the air but seemingly incapable of slowing their lightning advance, Reuters reports. Facing the first serious challenge to his grip on power of his 23-year rule, President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush an […]Continue Reading