Myanmar

Indonesia hosts international meeting on Myanmar with UN, junta rivals

JAKARTA, Oct 4: Indonesia is hosting an international meeting involving the United Nations and opponents of Myanmar's ruling military, sources ...

Myanmar junta takes census despite conflict, boycott calls

YANGON, Oct 2: Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar on Wednesday for a ...

85 Bangladeshis to return from Myanmar Sunday

Observer Online Report

A total of 85 Bangladeshi nationals on Sunday departed Sitwe Port in Rakhine State of Myanmar to return home after ...

Myanmar junta bombs opposition-held town hours after talks offer

YANGON, Sept 27: Myanmar's junta carried out fresh air strikes on an opposition-held town Friday, hours after issuing an unprecedented ...

Myanmar flood death toll climbs to 419

Observer Online Desk

The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of flooding and landslides sparked by Typhoon Yagi has climbed to 419, ...

India extends unprecedented invite to Myanmar’s anti-junta forces

Sept 23: India has invited political and military opponents of Myanmar's ruling junta to attend a seminar in New Delhi, ...

Manipur on high alert over influx of 900 militants from Myanmar

IMPHAL, Sept 21: India's northeastern state of Manipur has been placed on high alert after intelligence reports of a potential ...

The forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals (FDMN) issue - ways forward

Tasnia Tasnim Hossain

The Rohingyas are an ethnic Muslim minority from Rakhine in Myanmar. Approximately 3.5 million Rohingyas are dispersed worldwide. Before August ...

Myanmar flood death toll climbs to 268

YANGON, Sept 19: The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has reached 268, with 88 people ...

Bullets from Myanmar halt activities at Teknaf land port

Activities at Teknaf land port of Cox's Bazar have come to a halt as bullets from conflict-torn Myanmar are falling ...

Myanmar gunfire disrupts operations at Teknaf land port

Farhad Iqbal/Shakib Ahmed

Operations at Teknaf land port in Cox's Bazar have been suspended due to gunfire from the conflict-ridden region of Myanmar.Teknaf ...

UN report highlights a range of serious violations in Myanmar

Observer Online Desk

The UN Human Rights Office on Tuesday published its latest report on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Tuesday, ...

2 Myanmar nationals held with 10.5-kg gold in Teknaf

Farhad Iqbal/Shakib Ahmed

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested two Myanmar nationals along with 10.5 kilograms of gold, valued at approximately ...

Storm, flooding death toll in Myanmar jumps to 74

YANGON, Sept 15: The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has jumped to 74, state media ...

Storm, flooding death toll in Myanmar jumps to 74

Observer Online Desk

The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has jumped to 74, state media reported on Sunday, ...

Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods

TAUNGOO, Sept 14: Myanmar's junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that ...

Myanmar battles Yagi floods as Vietnam begins clear-up

PYINMANA, Sept 13: Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around the remote ...

Myanmar armed group says 11 civilians killed in junta air strikes

BANGKOK, Sept 6: Myanmar military air strikes in northern Shan state killed 11 civilians and wounded 11 more, a spokeswoman ...

Myanmar junta chief warns of 'counterattacks' in opponent-held areas

YANGON, Sep 4: Myanmar's embattled junta chief has warned civilians in territory recently captured by ethnic minority armed groups to ...

At least 20 missing after boat mishap on Myanmar-Laos border

Observer Online Desk

At least 20 people are missing, feared dead, following a boat mishap on the Mekong river in the "Golden Triangle" ...

'8,000 more Rohingyas enter Bangladesh fleeing Myanmar'

Observer Online Desk

Some 8,000 Rohingyas have recently crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing armed conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine state, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid ...

Experts sound alarm on new Rohingya crackdown in Myanmar

COX'S BAZAR, Aug 27: The persecuted and stateless Rohingya minority is caught in a new violent crackdown in Myanmar, with ...

Rohingya demand end to violence on seventh anniversary of flight from Myanmar

DHAKA, Aug 25: Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh on Sunday on the seventh anniversary ...

Fresh exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar feared

This is worrying that on the eve of the 7th anniversary of the launch of military crimes and acts of ...

Myanmar central bank to pump $100mn into easing fuel shortage

YANGON, Aug 16: Myanmar's junta-controlled central bank has said it will release $100 million to help struggling importers purchase fuel ...

China supports Myanmar junta plan for fresh elections: FM

CHIANG MAI, Aug 16: China supports a plan by Myanmar's junta to hold fresh elections and return the conflict-torn country ...

China promises aid for elections in Myanmar

BEIJING, Aug 15: China has promised technical support and aid to military-run Myanmar for conducting a census, followed by an ...

13 more Myanmar border guards take shelter in Bangladesh

Observer Online Report

13 more members of the country's Border Guard Police (BGP) took shelter in Bangladesh on Wednesday morning amid a conflict ...

Myanmar military denies junta chief detained by generals

YANGON, Aug 14: Myanmar's military on Wednesday said rumours top generals had detained the embattled junta chief in a new ...

China FM to meet Myanmar junta chief during visit

YANGON, Aug 13: China's top diplomat Wang Yi will hold talks with Myanmar's junta chief, a top Myanmar general said ...