Defense expert Brahma Chellaney points out that the Arakan Army now controls large parts of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, including the entire 271-kilometer border with Bangladesh. Interestingly ...

Despite the humanitarian crisis caused by the recent earthquake, clashes continue, particularly in Kyaukphyu—at the heart of Rakhine State and a strategically important area for the junta’s ...

In the last week of April, Bangladesh agreed in principle to a United Nations proposal to establish a humanitarian channel to Rakhine State in neighboring Myanmar, aiming to provide aid to thousands ...

Khalilur Rahman, the chief advisor’s top aide, has said the current conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine State make it impossible to ensure the safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees at this time.

Clarifying his stance, the press secretary in a social media post on Tuesday said: “Our position is that should there be a UN-led humanitarian support to the state of Rakhine, Bangladesh would ...

Myanmar’s Rakhine state is facing an imminent threat of severe famine, and against this backdrop, Bangladesh has agreed in principle to provide logistics support to send UN aid to Rakhine through a ...

DHAKA: Bangladesh has agreed to a request by the United Nations (UN) to establish a humanitarian corridor along its border with Myanmar’s Rakhine state for citizens of the war-torn country ...

Myanmar's junta is pushing back with a new tactic after sustaining heavy losses in the western state of Rakhine. Military forces have found themselves cornered by the Arakan Army, an ethnic ...