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NEWS DESK Five more members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) have taken shelter in Bangladesh. The BGP members entered Bangladesh through the h Kharangkhali and Jhimongkhali border areas in Teknaf. The Commanding Officer of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Battalion-2 confirmed the matter on Monday. The BGP members were disarmed and taken into custody. On […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT Internal conflict in Myanmar sent shockwaves across the border to Bangladesh’s Saint Martin Island on Friday (March 29th). Residents reported hearing the deafening blasts of mortar shell explosions emanating from the village of Hashyurate, located south of Maungdaw Township in Rakhine State. The tremors of unease were further amplified by the Continue Reading
HNILA CORRESPONDENT Ten kidnapped youths returned to Teknaf’s Whykong Union on Wednesday night after their families paid a ransom of Tk 190,000 to the abductors. The victims, all from the Raikhyang area, include two sons of Belal Hossain, Junaid (12) and Mohammad Nur (10); Shakil (15), son of Ledu Mia; Farid Alam (35); Akhtar (25); […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT Explosions from fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have been heard on Bangladesh’s Saint Martin’s Island and Shahporir Island, causing alarm among residents, local officials said on Wednesday. The explosions, which occurred on Wednesday as well as earlier in the week, were caused by clashes between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army rebel […]Continue Reading