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Myanmar rebel group claims control of town, denies targeting Rohingya

May 19, 2024

A powerful armed ethnic group in Myanmar said on Sunday it had won control over a town in the western state of Rakhine after weeks of fighting, denying accusations it had targeted members of the Muslim-minority Rohingya during the offensive, Reuters reports. Khine Thu Kha, a spokesman for the Arakan Army (AA), said its soldiers […]Continue Reading

10 RE Battalion provides financial assistance to Buddhist monastery

May 19, 2024

KAPTAI CORRESPONDENT The 10 RE Battalion extended financial assistance to Dhanpata Bana Vihar, a Buddhist monastery, in celebration of ‘Buddha Purnima,’ organised by the Rangamati Region. On Sunday afternoon (May 19), Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Sohel PSC, commander of the 10 RE Battalion, handed over the financial aid to the Vihar’s chief monk. During Continue Reading

Helicopter carrying Iran’s President Raisi crashes, search under way

May 19, 2024

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident, Reuters reports. The official said the lives of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were “at […]Continue Reading

KIA claims Myanmar junta helicopter shot down

May 19, 2024

A Myanmar junta helicopter was reportedly shot down in Waingmaw Township on Saturday morning as the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacks fresh regime targets, The Irrawaddy reports. The KIA and its allies attacked Infantry Battalion 321 headquarters and 10 junta outposts in Waingmaw Township on Saturday, according to the armed group. KIA spokesman Colonel Naw […]Continue Reading

UN, ASEAN urged to act to save Rohingya from further genocide

May 19, 2024

NEWS DESK Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia urgently called on the United Nations, ASEAN, and the wider international community to take immediate action in order to prevent the mass killing of Rohingya who are under siege by the Arakan Army in northern Rakhine State. “We are extremely alarmed and concerned by reports that the Arakan Army […]Continue Reading

Armed ethnic group says it captured Myanmar town; Rohingyas flee

May 19, 2024

A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh, marking the latest in a series of victories for foes of the country’s military government, Associated Press reports. Members of the state’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic Continue Reading

Western volunteers join the battle against Myanmar’s military regime

May 19, 2024

An ex-British soldier and an American fighter are among a small but growing number of foreigners training and fighting alongside anti-coup forces in the war against Myanmar’s military regime, Al Jazeera reports. The volunteers say they were inspired by Myanmar’s resistance, which has stood up to one of the most brutal and well-equipped militaries in […]Continue Reading

Two sent to jail, including chief coordinator of KNF Women’s Wing in Bandarban

May 18, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The Bandarban Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court has sent Akim Bawm, a chief coordinator of the women’s wing of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), and member Lal Siyam Lom Bawm to jail. Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Nurul Haque issued the order on Saturday, a day after their arrest by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) […]Continue Reading

Two UPDF terrorists killed in PCJSS attack in Rangamati

May 18, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Two terrorists from the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), led by Prasit Khisa, were killed in an attack by the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), led by Santu Larma, in Longadu upazila of Rangamati. The incident occurred on Saturday morning in the Valeedi Haat area of Baro Harikaba in Longadu. The […]Continue Reading

KNF’s women wing ‘chief coordinator’ held in Bandarban

May 17, 2024

NEWS DESK Rapid Action Battalion on Friday claimed to have arrested a top coordinator of the ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front’s women›s wing during the ongoing joint operation in Bandarban following the incidents of bank robberies, arms snatching, and abduction. Akim Bawm, 18, was arrested from the Laimipara area in Bandarban Sadar upzaila at […]Continue Reading

Myanmar rebel group claims control of town, denies targeting Rohingya

10 RE Battalion provides financial assistance to Buddhist monastery

Helicopter carrying Iran’s President Raisi crashes, search under way

KIA claims Myanmar junta helicopter shot down

UN, ASEAN urged to act to save Rohingya from further genocide

Armed ethnic group says it captured Myanmar town; Rohingyas flee

Western volunteers join the battle against Myanmar’s military regime

Two sent to jail, including chief coordinator of KNF Women’s Wing in Bandarban

Two UPDF terrorists killed in PCJSS attack in Rangamati

KNF’s women wing ‘chief coordinator’ held in Bandarban

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