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

PM Hasina urges IOM to raise more funds for Rohingyas

May 7, 2024

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday urged the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to raise more funds from newer sources for assistance of the Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh as its Director General (DG) Amy Pope paid a courtesy call on her. “As the fund for the assistance of Rohingya (in Bangladesh) decreased, the IOM […]Continue Reading

Army has now public trust as it stands by people: PM Hasina

May 6, 2024

NEWS DESK Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the country’s army has earned public trust and confidence by standing beside the people. “Our army now stands beside the people and has gained public trust and confidence,” she said. The prime minister made these remarks while addressing a darbar at Army Central Auditorium in Dhaka […]Continue Reading

88 more Myanmar soldiers seek shelter in Bangladesh

May 5, 2024

NEWS DESK Eighty-eight members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police entered Bangladesh on Sunday morning as fighting between the armed ethnic group Arakan Army and Myanmar military rages in the Rakhine state, Bangladesh officials said. The law enforcement officials in Cox’s Bazar said that the officer and rankers carrying firearms and ammunition crossed bordering River […]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

40 Myanmar border guards take refuge in Bangladesh amid Rakhine conflict

May 4, 2024

HNILA CORRESPONDENT In the midst of ongoing hostilities between Myanmar’s military junta and the rebel Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State, forty members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) have sought refuge in Bangladesh. They crossed into Bangladesh through two points along the Sabrang border in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf, just after midnight on Saturday. Continue Reading

Bangladesh, Gambia hopeful of speedy resolution to genocide case filed against Myanmar at ICJ

May 4, 2024

NEWS DESK Bangladesh and the Gambia on Friday (3 May) expressed hope to witness a speedy resolution of the case filed against Myanmar on the charge of Rohingya genocide with the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The optimism was reflected at a meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud and Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s Arakan Army releases 10 Bangladeshi fishermen

May 3, 2024

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

Arakan Army kidnaps 10 Bangladeshi fishermen from Naf River

May 2, 2024

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

Europe supports Bangladesh in repatriating Rohingya refugees, says Bangladesh Foreign Minister

May 2, 2024

DESK RPEORT European Union and Western European nations are backing Bangladesh’s efforts to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud reported during a parliamentary session on Thursday. Answering a question from Abdullah Nahid Nigar, an independent member of parliament, during the session’s question and answer period, Mahmud Continue Reading