Myanmar

A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school Monday killing 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses said, despite a purported humanitarian ceasefire called to help the Southeast Asian nation recover from a devastating earthquake. The strike hit...

The Bangladesh government’s recent humanitarian efforts to assist earthquake-hit Myanmar have significantly bolstered bilateral relations, according to Colonel Md. Shafiqul Islam of the Directorate of Military Operations at the Army Headquarters. During a press briefing at...

Today, a Bangladeshi naval vessel departed MITT Port in Yangon for Chattogram, carrying twenty Bangladeshi nationals who had been imprisoned in Myanmar for the previous few months. According to a news release from the foreign ministry...

Chief Adviser’s High Representative Dr. Khalilur Rahman today said the Myanmar authorities will soon start the process of reviewing the names of 5.5 lakh Rohingyas.  He disclosed this information at a press briefing at Foreign Service...

Emergency workers in Myanmar rescued a woman on Tuesday who had been trapped for more than 90 hours under the rubble of a building after a devastating earthquake that has killed at least 2,700 people. The...

On Tuesday, Myanmar will observe a minute of silence in remembrance of the victims of a devastating earthquake that has destroyed buildings as far away as Bangkok and killed over 2,000 people. Many people in Myanmar...

A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,000 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread damage. Here is what we know about relief efforts: China China sent an 82-person team of rescuers to...

With dispatching emergency relief aid, Bangladesh has promptly responded to the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Myanmar on March 28 last killing at least 1,644 people and injuring 3,408 others. Under the instructions of...

Home Advisor Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has urged the international community to put pressure on Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya refugees, who are Myanmar citizens who were forcibly expelled. “Exert more international influence on Myanmar...

The junta in Myanmar, which is fighting to put a stop to extensive armed opposition following its 2021 coup, extended a period of emergency by six months on Friday. According to a statement from the junta’s...