– Rakhine state has been the site of new clashes between the Arakan Army and the junta – An alliance of Myanmar rebel forces recently launched an offensive called ‘Operation 1027... Read more
– AA fighters launched attacks Monday – UNOCHA said at least 11 people killed Arakan News Desk: Renewed fighting this week between Myanmar’s military and an ethnic minority... Read more
A total of 45 soldiers, who had fled to the state after the PDF overran two military bases in the neighbouring country’s Chin state, were handed over to Myanmar’s military government o... Read more
Arakan News Desk: Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Britain have teamed up to join the genocide case over Myanmar’s treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority before... Read more
– The group of around 250 from the persecuted Myanmar minority arrived off the coast of Aceh province on Thursday – Thousands from the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority risk their... Read more
– Arakan Army fighters have launched attacks on security forces across Rakhine this week – Junta orders officials, ex-military to prepare for emergencies Arakan News Desk: Myanma... Read more
Arakan News Desk: The Chinese ambassador attended the handover ceremony of medical supplies from Embassy of China in Bangladesh to Bangladesh 250 Bed Sadar Hospital in Cox’s Bazar. The Chine... Read more
Arakan News Desk: The Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, Yao Wen, has said it might be possible to repatriate some Rohingya men from their shelters in Cox’s Bazar to Myanmar before the next p... Read more
Around 150 Kuki-Zo community people mostly women and children are taking shelter near the gate of the 5 Assam Rifles at Moreh. By Bit Irom, Imphal: Two alleged Kuki militants who fled from t... Read more
AFP: Myanmar’s junta chief said that the military would strike back at ethnic armed groups waging an offensive in the north of the country, seizing towns and blocking trade routes to China,... Read more
AFP: Myanmar’s military launched a second day of air strikes on Wednesday, bombing territory controlled by an ethnic armed group on the border with China, a rebel spokesman told AFP. The str... Read more
AFP: Myanmar police arrested 95 people during raids this week on an online scam operation in the commercial hub of Yangon, authorities said. The country has been in chaos since a military co... Read more
– Visit to provide insight into life in Bhasan Char – Currently over 30,000 Rohingyas live there Arakan News Desk: A group of 672 Rohingya refugees embarked on a “go-and-se... Read more
Arakan News Desk: The UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, on Tuesday announced further UK funding of £4.5 million to provide vital humanitarian services to Rohingya refug... Read more
AFP: Dwindling humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees threatens to exacerbate one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, the UN’s refugee chief said on Tuesday. Bangladesh i... Read more
Arakan News Desk: At least 29 people, including women and children was killed on Monday midnight in a refugee camp near Myanmar-China border on an artillery strike. According to media and so... Read more
Arakan News Desk: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held out an assurance to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina New Delhi’s “constructive and positive approach to support solutio... Read more
Arakan News Desk: The United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US $8 million to provide support to almost a million Rohingya population staying in camps in Cox’s... Read more
Arakan News Desk: Expressing his genuine political willingness, the Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) and Prime Minister of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing hoped that... Read more
UNB: The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed commercial banks not to make financial transactions with Myanmar’s two banks, which are facing US sanctions. A central bank official on Tuesday t... Read more