Arakan Army withholds body of Bangladeshi killed near border

May 12, 2024

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by the Arakan Army (AA) inside Myanmar near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, local officials confirmed. The incident, which took place on Sunday morning around 8 AM at Arakan Ghat, about 1 kilometer from the zero line. The victim, identified as 28-year-old Abul Kalam from Bamhatirchhara village in Naikhongchhari Continue Reading

Bangladeshi shot dead by Arakan Army

May 12, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT A Bangladeshi worker was reportedly killed in a shooting by the Arakan Army at the Naikhongchhari border, officials said Sunday. The incident occurred early Sunday morning near Pillar 48 at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Ward 9 of Naikhongchhari Sadar Union, where 26-year-old Abul Kalam – Abul Kalam was a resident of Bamhatirchhara village […]Continue Reading

‘No alternative to return stolen weapons’: Bawm leaders issue stern warning to KNF

May 11, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Leaders of the Bawm Social Council in Bandarban have issued a strong warning to the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF), urging them to return to peace talks. This comes after a recent bank robbery in the region resulted in the theft of 14 weapons. In a 22-minute video message released in the Bawm […]Continue Reading

RAB arrests key KNF member in Bandarban for bank robbery and kidnapping

May 10, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Sanju Khum Bawm, 38, a prominent member of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), in connection with a series of violent incidents including a bank robbery and a kidnapping in Ruma, Bandarban, officials said on Thursday. The arrest took place on Wednesday evening during a targeted operation […]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

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