Myanmar

Bangladesh to host Nepal as Myanmar 'refuse' to play in Dhaka

The Bangladesh national football team will play a FIFA friendly against Nepal on November 13, confirmed BFF competitions committee chairman Golam Gauss, after Myanmar’s refusal to play in Dhaka forced cancellation of Bangladesh’s scheduled friendly against Afghanistan.
29 October 2025, 10:17 AM

Bangladesh to host Afghanistan in November FIFA window

Bangladesh will play a friendly match against Afghanistan at home as part of their preparation for November’s AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers home fixture against India.
21 October 2025, 06:04 AM

Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink

Myanmar's fraud factories are still in business and bigger than ever, says an AFP investigation
14 October 2025, 04:13 AM

Evolving Myanmar situation calls for a new Rohingya policy

Should Bangladesh rethink its Rohingya policy and strategy?
4 September 2025, 02:00 AM

Jamaat for independent Muslim state in Myanmar’s Arakan

The proposal was placed during meeting with CPC delegation
28 April 2025, 05:11 AM

Rains add to challenge for Myanmar quake relief, toll at 3,471

Aid agencies have warned the combination of the unseasonable rains and extreme heat could cause outbreaks of disease
6 April 2025, 03:37 AM

Myanmar village air strike kills at least 12, says local official

The Friday afternoon strike hit the village of Letpanhla around 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of the country's second biggest city of Mandalay.
16 March 2025, 04:09 AM

Complicity in Rohingya genocide cannot go unpunished

Rohingya in Myanmar face denial of rights, atrocities, and forced displacement since 1962.
12 March 2025, 06:00 AM

Myanmar junta chief says election to be held by January

The Myanmar military seized power in 2021, making unsubstantiated claims of massive electoral fraud in 2020 polls won resoundingly by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD).
8 March 2025, 09:54 AM

Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border regions to fight scam centres

Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's lawless borderlands
5 February 2025, 07:37 AM

Myanmar rebel group admits to killings

A rare admission of deadly violence as it fights the ruling junta
4 February 2025, 05:23 AM

More than 3.5 mn displaced in Myanmar: UN

Since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, Myanmar has been rocked by fighting between numerous ethnic rebel groups and the army.
4 January 2025, 01:59 AM

Situation in Myanmar Border: Dhaka needs to engage with Arakan Army

Dhaka needs to engage with Arakan Army, which now controls over 80 percent of Rakhine State, including the 271-km border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, said security experts, former diplomats, and academics yesterday.
28 December 2024, 20:49 PM

Teknaf customs in limbo as 19 mt of rice, authorised by AA, reaches port

The consignment of rice weighing 19 metric tonnes arrived at Teknaf land port on Tuesday evening with the documents sealed and signed by the Arakan Army
18 December 2024, 17:46 PM

An escape from ‘hell’

What began as a promising opportunity towards a better life turned into a harrowing ordeal for Junaeid Hossain Parbez Ariyan, 25, of Narsingdi’s Belabo.
6 December 2024, 20:38 PM

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar military leader over Rohingya campaign

A panel of three judges will now decide if they agree there are "reasonable grounds" to believe general Min Aung Hlaing bears criminal responsibility for the deportation and persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
27 November 2024, 09:37 AM

Myanmar led world in landmine victims in 2023: monitor

Decades of sporadic conflict between the military and ethnic rebel groups have left the Southeast Asian country littered with deadly landmines and munitions.
20 November 2024, 05:35 AM

Myanmar's lost generation battles trauma, addiction at jungle rehab

Myanmar's military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in a February 2021 coup, igniting a conflict that has killed thousands, displaced nearly three million people and triggered a boom in drug production.
29 October 2024, 04:20 AM
21 October 2024, 04:26 AM

Myanmar ties China with lowest internet freedom: study

The further deterioration in Myanmar, a Beijing ally where the military seized power in 2021, marks the first time in a decade that any country has matched China for a low score in the Freedom on the Net report.
16 October 2024, 04:05 AM