NEWS DESK Forty-six more members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) and military have taken shelter at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar amid the ongoing conflict with the Arakan Army insurgents in Rakhine State. “The BGB has taken them into custody after confiscating their weapons. They are currently being kept at the 11 BGB headquarters in […]Continue Reading
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Iran said on Wednesday its military was ready to confront any attack by Israel, with the air force saying it was prepared for action, Reuters reports. Iran’s navy commander said also that it was escorting Iranian commercial vessels to the Red Sea. Iran carried out its first-ever direct attack on Israel last weekend in retaliation […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK At least 16 more Myanmar Border Guard Police and army personnel have sought shelter to the Bangladesh authorities after crossing the international border last couple of days amid the on-going conflict between the Myanmar’s military junta and ethnic Arakan Army. Of them, two members of the Myanmar army crossed the border at Naikhyangchhari […]Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER In a recurring pattern of flight from conflict, two members of Myanmar’s military have again sought refuge in Bangladesh, crossing the border early Monday morning, bringing the total to 14 troops who have fled recently as internal strife continues to destabilize Myanmar. The soldiers arrived at the Baishfari border checkpoint in the Ghumdhum […]Continue Reading
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
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
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
Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday said Tehran had informed the United States and gave a 72-hour warning to neighbouring countries of its retaliatory attack on Israel, AFP reports. “We announced… to the White House in a message that our operations will be limited, minimal and will be aimed at punishing the Israeli regime,” said Hossein […]Continue Reading
DESK REPORT The Bangladeshi ship MV Abdullah, along with its 23 crew members, has been released from Somali pirates, its owner KSRM Group confirmed early Saturday morning. Pirates hijacked the vessel in the Indian Ocean on March 12 and subsequently took it to the Somali coast. After nine days, the pirates contacted KSRM Group to […]Continue Reading
Iran has launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel, according to the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Al Jazeera reports. The IRGC said on Saturday it has released the drones and missiles under the operation “True Promise”, adding that the move is part of punishment for the “Israeli crimes”. Syria put on high […]Continue Reading