In Myanmar war, crucial window looms for junta and rebels

May 8, 2024

In the jungles of southeastern Myanmar’s Dawna Hills, rebels from an armed ethnic group are fighting to hold back columns of reinforcements sent by the country’s ruling junta to try to reclaim Myawaddy, a critical trading outpost on the Thai border, Reuters reports. What happens in the next few weeks in the scramble for Myawaddy […]Continue Reading

Hundreds of Myanmar junta troops surrender near Bangladesh border

May 8, 2024

At least 200 Myanmar junta troops have surrendered after an ethnic minority army captured their headquarters in Rakhine State, near the Bangladesh border, the anti-junta organization said on Monday, Radio Free Asia reports. The Arakan Army, which has been fighting the military regime for territory since a year-long ceasefire ended in November 2023, captured a […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army seizes major Myanmar junta base on Bangladesh border

May 5, 2024

The Arakan Army (AA) seized a border guard headquarters in northern Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, on Friday, and its troops have entered the town, according to residents, The Irrawaddy reports. The AA attacked the Kyee Kan Pyin Border Guard Police headquarters on Thursday, which was defended by junta police and troops. Kyee Kan Pyin village […]Continue Reading

War For Rakhine: Arakan Army closing in on Myanmar junta western headquarters

May 4, 2024

The Arakan Army (AA) is getting closer to a full attack on its biggest target so far – the Western Command headquarters of Myanmar’s military – in Rakhine State’s Ann Township, a spokesman for the ethnic army said. The ethnic army’s effort to isolate the major target is nearing completion, following the capture of sections […]Continue Reading

Myanmar stops men from working abroad as war heats up

May 3, 2024

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

173 Bangladeshis to return home from Myanmar today

April 24, 2024

NEWS DESK One hundred seventy-three Bangladeshi nationals will return home on Wednesday from Sittwe Prison in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The returnees will be transported by the ‘Myanmar Naval Ship Chin Dwin’, which is visiting Bangladesh to bring back members of the Myanmar defense force who were forced to cross the border into Bangladesh due to […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh Army learns to prevent, not just fight wars, says Army Chief

April 18, 2024

STAFF REPORTER At a seminar held in Dhaka, General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of the Bangladesh Army, emphasised the dual role of the military in learning to fight as well as preventing conflicts, underscoring a comprehensive approach to national and international security issues. “The Bangladesh Army does not only learn to fight in wars but […]Continue Reading

Rebels raise flag at seized Myanmar base, commander confident of retaining control

April 15, 2024

Myanmar resistance fighters on Monday burned the flag used by the military government and raised their own banner at a newly captured army base, as a senior rebel commander vowed they would hold the strategic area near the Thai border, Reuters reports. The celebrations by fighters linked to the armed ethnic Karen National Union (KNU) […]Continue Reading

Myanmar rebels say they have repelled junta push to take back border town

April 15, 2024

A resistance group fighting Myanmar’s military rule said on Sunday its fighters had repelled an attempt by junta troops to advance on the key town of Myawaddy along the Thai border that was seized by the rebels last week, Reuters reports. Reinforcements of junta forces have been trying to advance on Myawaddy for days, but […]Continue Reading

Myanmar military loses border town in another big defeat

April 7, 2024

The military regime which seized power in Myanmar three years ago has suffered another big defeat, this time on the eastern border with Thailand, BBC reports. Troops had suffered weeks of attacks by ethnic Karen insurgents, allied with other anti-coup forces. Hundreds of troops guarding the vital border town of Myawaddy have now agreed to […]Continue Reading