New political body launched to advocate for Rohingya rights

July 14, 2025

NEWS DESK A group of Rohingya leaders from Myanmar, refugee camps in Bangladesh, and the global diaspora have launched a new political body aimed at unifying and advancing the political struggle of the persecuted minority, Anadolu Agency reports. The Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC), officially launched on Sunday, said it will represent the Rohingya people […]Continue Reading

150,000 Rohingya fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh in 18 months: UN

July 14, 2025

Bangladesh has over the past 18 months registered the biggest influx of Rohingya refugees since the mass exodus of Myanmar’s largely Muslim minority nearly a decade ago, the United Nations said Friday, AFP reports. The UN refugee agency said up to 150,000 Rohingya had arrived in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee camps since early 2024. “Targeted […]Continue Reading

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

July 14, 2025

Three top leaders of banned insurgent group United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) were “killed” in Myanmar, following what it claimed were “drone attacks” by the Indian Army, a charge flatly denied by the forces, The Print reports. The banned group, headed by Paresh Baruah, issued multiple statements Sunday, as reported by news agency PTI, […]Continue Reading

Thousands of refugees flee into India’s Mizoram state after clashes in Myanmar

July 9, 2025

Thousands of refugees have crossed into India’s northeastern state of Mizoram after clashes between two anti-junta armed groups in neighbouring Myanmar, Indian authorities said on Monday, Reuters reports. Refugees have been crossing into Mizoram since July 2 when clashes between two rival Chin groups — the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Continue Reading

Belarus supplies air defense system to Myanmar junta: activist group

June 29, 2025

Belarus has supplied an air defense system to Myanmar’s junta to defend against anti-regime drone strikes, Justice for Myanmar said, The Irrawaddy reports. The rights group said on Saturday that it had uncovered significant, ongoing military collaboration between the two regimes. Leaked correspondence with Belarus confirmed the custom-design of air defense command V3D Continue Reading

On Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, recalling the cake that rattled the junta

June 20, 2025

The Myanmar military’s propaganda channels on Telegram have been busy inciting the surveillance and arrest of people planning to hold a flower strike and wear blue shirts to commemorate detained democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday on Thursday,  The Irrawaddy reports. Many people believe the social media campaign reflects the junta’s fear […]Continue Reading

Revealed: How Mizoram became entry point for mercenaries headed to Myanmar

June 12, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK In June last year, Mizoram police arrested Daniel Newey at Aizawl’s Lengpui airport. The Britisher, returning from Myanmar, had one live bullet in his bag – a crime punishable under the Arms Act, 1960 – but not the kind of news anyone would normally follow, according to The Times of India. The […]Continue Reading

AA kills Myanmar Junta general near Kyaukphyu

May 30, 2025

A regime general was killed in fighting around the port of Kyaukphyu in Rakhine State as the Arakan Army (AA) advances on the Chinese investment hub this week, The Irrawaddy reports Fighting was reported around Pyaing Si Kay village on the Kyaukphyu-Ramree road, 5km south of Kyaukphyu town, with the AA seizing several junta positions […]Continue Reading

Navy detains 214 Myanmar nationals in Bay trying to illegally reach Malaysia

April 8, 2025

COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT, HNILA CORRESPONDENT, TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT & BANGLADESH NAVY PRESS RELEASE Bangladesh Navy on Tuesday detained 214 displaced Myanmar citizens from a fishing boat in the Bay of Bengal as they attempted to migrate illegally to Malaysia. The Navy’s offshore patrol vessel BNS Durjoy intercepted the boat — FV Kulsumah — around 44 nautical […]Continue Reading

Myanmar military announces temporary truce as quake death toll passes 3,000

April 2, 2025

Myanmar’s governing military has declared a unilateral, temporary ceasefire in the country’s civil war to facilitate rescue efforts after last week’s powerful earthquake, as state television reported the death toll from the disaster had surpassed 3,000, Al Jazeera reports. MRTV said that the truce would last from Wednesday until April 22 and was aimed at […]Continue Reading