Story Archive
2017-11-07
Police in Bago region have charged the members of the groups with threatening MP Zaw Naing Oo’s life.
2017-11-06
The Nobel Laureate is criticized for her silence about violence against the Muslim minority as the refugee exodus continues.
2017-11-06
The four officers were returning from a local police station when a group of armed men across the border fired on them.
2017-11-06
Crime has grown along with the increased Rohingya population, officials say.
2017-11-06
More than 500 suspected ARSA insurgents are named but list has no further information.
2017-11-03
Tun Khin, president of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, says those who fled to Bangladesh during a military crackdown will still have no rights if they return to Myanmar.
2017-11-03
Many among Muslim refugee community from Myanmar believe that birth control is a sin.
2017-11-03
The violence comes a day after Aung San Suu Kyi's visit to the conflict-torn region.
2017-11-02
Almost 200 people have drowned since Aug. 25 in waters dividing Bangladesh and Myanmar.
2017-11-02
Htay Aung of the National Farmer’s Union went to meet village authorities and was attacked by more than 20 assailants.
2017-11-02
The state counselor discusses humanitarian work and stresses the need for people to live peacefully in the ethnically and religiously divided region.
2017-11-01
About 100 refugees are caught daily trying to sneak into cities for work, official says.
2017-11-01
A government spokesman says Bangladesh disagrees with certain terms of a 1993 agreement allowing the return of those who can prove residence in Myanmar.
2017-10-31
The country's opposition party says it will monitor changes to ensure they respect the rights of ethnic Rakhine residents.
2017-10-30
Refugees have cut down 1 million trees for firewood and building camps, forest officer says.
2017-10-30
Hindu refugees describe being held at gunpoint in September by Muslims.
2017-10-27
Home minister says he refused to sign statement after section calling for granting citizenship was pulled.
2017-10-27
They had taken journalists to view a church damaged by a government airstrike in northern Shan state.
2017-10-26
U Shit Maung, brother of former lawmaker from ruling Awami League, detained as he tried to board a flight to Myanmar, police say.
2017-10-25
They say the imposition of restrictions by the US and other Western nations could harm the country's economy and democratic transition.
2017-10-24
Officials assure their Bangladeshi counterparts that they will take back Muslims who fled across the border.
2017-10-24
Negotiations with the main Chinese investor in a deep-sea port initiative are ongoing.
2017-10-23
Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj urges Myanmar to take back members of the Muslim minority.
2017-10-20
Aung San Suu Kyi asks the businessmen to donate funds to a new government committee dedicated to developing the impoverished state.
2017-10-19
Guards open fire on 600 people who trespassed on an authorized mining site to search for cast-off stones to sell.
2017-10-18
Police have arrested the chairman of a Myanmar conglomerate for possession of guns and methamphetamines.
2017-10-17
Local officials say as many as 40,000 Rohingya arrived during the past three days.
2017-10-17
Jeffrey Feltman, the UN’s under-secretary-general for political affairs, wants authorities to implement recommendations outlined by an advisory commission.
2017-10-16
Foreign ministers urge government to allow humanitarian access for NGOS and say Myanmar should cooperate with UN rights inquiry.
2017-10-13
But its top court puts a government expulsion plan on hold as it considers a petition by two asylum seekers.
