Arakan Army

46 more BGP members take refuge in Bangladesh

Forty-six more members of Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) have taken shelter in Bangladesh last night amid the ongoing conflict between the Myanmar junta and the Arakan Army in Rakhine state

Border tension: Myanmar blames Arakan Army, ARSA

Myanmar has blamed Arakan Army (AA) and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) for the mortar shells that landed in Bangladesh territory in recent weeks.

Myanmar mortar shelling: Dhaka asks diplomats for actions

Dhaka has briefed the foreign diplomats on the tense situation along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, seeking their cooperation to stop the violence that may destabilise the whole region.

Tensions on border: Dhaka should take it to UN immediately

Myanmar, by its actions near the border, have lately been violating international rules and posing serious threats to the sovereignty of Bangladesh, analysts have said.

Dealing with a chameleon

The traditions of Myanmar's hermitage, of which the Burmese military remains a purveyor, sometimes come to the fore in awkward ways.

‘Arakan Army man’ held in Rangamati

Law enforcers arrest a suspected member of Arakan Army, an insurgent outfit of Myanmar, in Rajasthali upazila of Rangamati.

2 tourists, porter ‘missing’ in Rangamati

Two tourists and their porter are said to have gone missing in Bilaichhari upazila of Rangamati. The tourists are Jobayer, 26, and Munna, 34, from Dhaka, and their porter Mangsai Mro, 30, from Roma upazila.

Body of missing BGB man found in Sangu

A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) man, who went missing following a boat capsize incident in Sangu River on Thursday, is found dead in remote Tindu area of Bandarban.

2 remanded over ‘links to Arakan Army’

A Rangamati court places two arrestees with suspected links to Myanmar’s rebel group Arakan Army on a three-day remand.

August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015

Operation against Myanmar separatists tomorrow

A joint force of Bangladesh Army and Border Guard Bangladesh will launch an 'all-out' operation tomorrow on Thanchi border in Bandarban to flush out the Myanmar separatist group that fired on a BGB team this morning. ​

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