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
NEWS DESK The Armed Police Battalion arrested five Rohingya people with local and foreign arms during a raid at Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar Sunday morning. The arrested are – Mohammad Zobair, 22, son of late Kabir Ahmed of D-9 block of Kutupalong Rohingya camp-2 west, Dil Mohammad, 35, son of late Abdul Jalil of C-2 […]Continue Reading