UN decides holding high-level conference on Rohingya next year
UN decides holding high-level conference on Rohingya next year

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution deciding to hold an all-stakeholder high-level UN Conference in 2025 to propose a time-bound plan for sustainable resolution of the Rohingya crisis, reports BSS. This high-level Conference is part of a call from the Bangladesh Chief...

56 Myanmar nationals seek refuge in Bangladesh
56 Myanmar nationals seek refuge in Bangladesh

A number of 56 Myanmar citizens have sought refuge in Bangladesh, fleeing the ongoing conflict in Rakhine state. The individuals, including those from Chakma and Tanchangya communities, entered the country through the Baishfari border area under Ghumdhum union in Naikhongchhari upazila of...

FS urges France’s support for sustainable resolution on Rohingya crisis
FS urges France’s support for sustainable resolution on Rohingya crisis

Foreign Secretary Md. Jashim Uddin has sought support from the international community including the French government for realizing a sustainable resolutions of the Rohingya issue focusing on the root causes of the crisis, reports BSS. He sought the support when French Special Envoy to Burma...

Bangladesh raises concerns to Myanmar over gunfire targeting fishermen
Bangladesh raises concerns to Myanmar over gunfire targeting fishermen

Dhaka on Sunday (November 10) raised deep concern to Myanmar over instances of gunfire targeting Bangladeshi fishermen amid the neighbouring countrys internal conflict, stressing the urgency of preventing further such occurrences. The concerned was flagged when Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh,...

New sanctions on Myanmar military suppliers
New sanctions on Myanmar military suppliers

Opponents of Myanmars military government praised the recent sanctions imposed by the European Union, the U.K. and Canada targeting individuals and entities providing aviation fuel and equipment to the military. These measures come in response to the armys intensified airstrikes, which have...

Continued conflict leaves Myanmar mired in crisis: UN warns
Continued conflict leaves Myanmar mired in crisis: UN warns

An UN report has warned that Myanmar is mired in crisis as conflict escalates, with criminal networks out of control and human suffering at unprecedented levels, reports Al Jazeera. UN special envoy for Myanmar, Julie Bishop, told the UN General Assemblys human rights committee on Tuesday that...

Resistance forces push military regime close to brink in Myanmar
Resistance forces push military regime close to brink in Myanmar

Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regimes military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory and inspiring others to attack around the country. The militarys control had seemed firmly...

Russian navy ships arrive in Myanmar for joint drills
Russian navy ships arrive in Myanmar for joint drills

A group of Russian navy ships has arrived in war-torn Myanmar to take part in maritime exercises with the militarys navy, according to Myanmar state media on Monday. Four corvettes and a logistics vessel from Russias Pacific Fleet arrived at Thilawa port in Yangon on Sunday to join the second...

11 bodies recovered after boat sinks off Myanmar in Andaman Sea
11 bodies recovered after boat sinks off Myanmar in Andaman Sea

Rescuers have recovered eleven bodies after an overloaded boat carrying around 30 people sank in the Andaman Sea off Myanmars southern coast, said a local resident on Monday. The rest of the passengers are still missing, according to him. We found 10 bodies last night and one this morning,...

380 tonnes of onions imported at Teknaf Land Port from Myanmar
380 tonnes of onions imported at Teknaf Land Port from Myanmar

Approximately 380 tonnes of onions have arrived at Teknaf Land Port in Coxs Bazar from Myanmar on October 17. Local importer Faruk Enterprise has imported 377 tonnes of onions from Yangon, as stated by Jasim Uddin Chowdhury, the general manager of United Landport Teknaf Ltd., which runs the...

Dhaka voices “deep concern” over recent influx of 40,000 Rohingyas
Dhaka voices “deep concern” over recent influx of 40,000 Rohingyas

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the recent influx of more than 40,000 Myanmar nationals into Bangladesh fleeing conflict in the bordering states, reports UNB. Regional stability is crucial for both the nations, the Adviser emphasized when...

Study: Myanmar ties China for lowest internet freedom
Study: Myanmar ties China for lowest internet freedom

Myanmar has matched China for the worst internet freedom in the world, with several other countries, like Kyrgyzstan, also seeing declines, a study said on Wednesday. This worsening situation in Myanmar, where the military took power in 2021, is significant because its the first time in ten...