Three More Local COVID-19 Transmissions Reported in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
GB Today By ZAW ZAW HTWE: YANGON—Three more local COVID-19 transmissions were detected in Rakhine State on Wednesday, three days…
Arakan
“AA Frees Five Members of Rival Arakan Liberation Party in Myanmar’s West”
By LEI LEI: YANGON—Rakhine ethnic armed group Arakan Army (AA) has released two senior members of a group…
Five Muslim Candidates Rejected From Myanmar’s Election
By HTUN HTUN: Yangon—Five Muslim candidates, including four Rohingyas, in Rakhine State have been rejected by the state…
Myanmar Think Tank Boss Wins Justice Award for Boosting Trust, Reconciliation in Rakhine
The director of a Myanmar-based NGO promoting tolerance, social harmony and peaceful coexistence has been granted this year’s…
IOM opens Covid-19 Isolation and Treatment Center in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya Camp
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), has opened a 120-bed Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Isolation and Treatment Center…
Five Abducted as Feud Between Myanmar’s Ethnic Rakhine Groups Continues
By LEI LEI: YANGON—Ethnic armed group the Arakan Army (AA) abducted five members of the Arakan Liberation Party…
Police Captain Shot Dead as Targeted Attacks Continue in Western Myanmar
By MIN AUNG KHINE:- SITTWE, Rakhine State—The head of Rakhine State’s Kyauktaw Township Police Station, Police Captain Tun…
Myanmar bars Rohingya candidate from election
A Rohingya Muslim has been barred from standing in Myanmar’s upcoming election, in a decision decried by rights…
UN investigator says Facebook has not shared ‘evidence’ of Myanmar crime
The head of a UN investigative body on Myanmar said Facebook has not released evidence of “serious international…
Non-Signatories to Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement Yet to Decide on Attending Peace Conference
NYEIN NYEIN:- The ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that are not signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have…
Violence in Rakhine Prevents Voter List Posting in 15 Village-tracts, IDP Camps
MIN AUNG KHINE:- SITTWE, Rakhine—Preliminary voter lists still cannot be posted publicly in 15 village-tracts in northern Rakhine…
Myanmar Govt Says Arakan Army Not Invited to Union Peace Conference
HTET NAING ZAW: NAYPYITAW—The Myanmar government will not invite the Arakan Army (AA), which it has designated as…
Police, Military Troops Killed in Fighting With Arakan Army in Western Myanmar
HTET NAING ZAW:- NAYPYITAW—Myanmar military officials, soldiers and other personnel were killed in clashes with the Arakan Army…
2 Rohingyas among 3 killed in Cox’s Bazar, Kushita ‘gunfights’
Three suspected drug traders including two Rohinya youths were killed in separate gunfights in Cox’s Bazar and Kushtia…
Ordeal of Rohingyas to be shared with global youths
The virtual Rohingya camp tour will be one of the segments of “Dhaka OIC Youth Capital 2020” to…
Experts urge Rohingya-Rakhine Buddhists reconciliation
Md. Kamruzzaman:Experts at the first Rohingya-Rakhine online seminar Thursday urged reconciliation of minority Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists…
Bangladesh maintained its commitment to safe Rohingya repatriation: UK
UNB: The UK has said Bangladesh continued to play a vital role in hosting a significant number of…
Myanmar urged to cooperate with int’l justice mechanisms
The UN’s new Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar on Wednesday urged the government to cooperate with…
Thousands in Western Myanmar flee as Army plans operations in Rakhine state
Thousands of villagers have reportedly fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned the…
India’s Rakhine dilemma
SUBIR BHAUMIK: In a strange rush to complete and operationalize the $ 484 million Kaladan Multimodal project, India…