Rakhine

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain speaks at an Informal Consultation at the Ministerial level among Myanmar and its five neighbouring countries in Bangkok on 19 December 2024. Photo: Courtesy
Foreign Policy

Dhaka offers support for Rakhine economy to expedite Rohingya repatriation 

Bangladesh has every interest to see lasting peace, stability and democracy in Myanmar, and a conducive environment in Rakhine State for the Rohingya to have confidence to go back there in safety...

Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat as they get interrogated by the Border Guard Bangladesh after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at Shah Porir Dwip near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on 9 November 2017. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns

Thomas Andrews, the special rapporteur of the UN on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, called on Chief Adviser Prof Yunus at his Tejgaon office today. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

Prof Yunus for creating 'safe zone guaranteed by UN' for displaced people in Rakhine

A border area in Tekanf. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Myanmar conflict: Aircraft seen circling in Rakhine state, explosions heard in border areas of Teknaf

Soldiers salute Arakan Army chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing during a parade in Myanmar, 6 April 2018. File Photo: Arakan Army deputy chief Brig Gen Nyo Twan Awng/Twitter
World+Biz

Myanmar's Arakan Army claims control of town in western Rakhine

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. File Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Rakhine turns into battleground again, civilians paying a heavy price: Turk

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Another 13 Myanmar border guards take shelter in Bangladesh

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Those continued claiming situation in Myanmar 'not conducive' for repatriation rarely visit Rakhine: Chinese Ambassador Yao

Rohingyas walk towards Cox's Bazar, fleeing from Myanmar. File Photo: Reuters
Thoughts

Myanmar Junta's miscalculations in Rakhine

Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar. File Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
Rohingya Crisis

Reconciliation between Rakhine and Rohingyas is essential before repatriation: Experts

Released Rohingya prisoners arrive in Sittwe jetty in Rakhine State after being transported by military boat on April 20, 2020. AFP Photo via The Straits Times.
Coronavirus chronicle

Myanmar sends 800 freed Rohingya prisoners back to Rakhine

PM Narendra Modi with Myanmar President Win Myint, Thursday. Photo: LiveMint
World+Biz

India inks pacts to develop Rakhine

Myanmar police officer stands guard in Maungdaw, Rakhine July 9, 2019/ Reuters
World+Biz

Shelling wounds at least 19 children in Myanmar’s Rakhine: authorities