Arakan
Jamaat for independent Muslim state in Myanmar’s Arakan
The proposal was placed during meeting with CPC delegation
28 April 2025, 05:11 AM
Do the bells toll for Rohingyas?
Mid-November has arrived and insecurity and uncertainty have descended over Rohingya refugees in Ukhia and Teknaf. The impending deadline has also elicited expressions of deep concern from UN independent experts and rights organisations.
13 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Misframed facts, prejudiced responses
Rohingyas of northern Arakan are facing yet another round of armed atrocities. Not only are they at the receiving end of indiscriminate use of bullets, bayonets and firing from helicopter gunships; their homes, hearths, livestock, crops and businesses are being consumed by bellowing fire deliberately lit by the Burmese security forces and their Rakhine cohorts.
31 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Myanmar militants refuse ransom, deny abduction link
Myanmar's militant group Arakan Liberation Party that had claimed responsibility for the abduction of three Bangladeshis earlier, refuses the ransom and denies their involvement in the incident.
12 October 2015, 12:16 PM
Europe’s dilemma is a stark closer to Asia
Persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and thousands of Bangladeshi nationals have undertaken perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea to reach countries in Southeast Asia.
20 September 2015, 06:25 AM
Myanmar ‘rebel’ sent to jail
A suspected member of Myanmarese rebel group Arakan Army, who was detained yesterday during a combing operation in Rangamati, is sent to jail.
28 August 2015, 12:52 PM
Women trafficking victims are sexually abused all the way
Afia (not her real name) was not accompanied by any of her family members, but she showed no signs of jitters. While many in the vessel turned pale in panic due to want of food and water in the perilous sea, the beautiful young girl held her nerves.
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM