Myanmar

Thailand indicts 72 people over human trafficking

Thai prosecutors have indicted 72 people, including politicians and an army general, over the trafficking of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
24 July 2015, 10:40 AM

Myanmar jails 153 Chinese illegal loggers for life

A court in northern Myanmar sentences 153 Chinese nationals to life in prison for illegal logging.
23 July 2015, 09:51 AM

155 trafficking victims brought back from Myanmar

Bangladesh border guards in a flag meeting with their Myanmar counterpart to bring back 155 nationals rescued from the sea.
22 July 2015, 05:22 AM

2 Myanmar Army men rescued in Bandarban: BGB

Bangladesh army and border guards rescue two members of Myanmar Army on Bandarban border.
15 July 2015, 09:29 AM

102 boat migrants found by Myanmar navy

Myanmar's navy discovers over a hundred migrants stranded for weeks on a southern island.
14 July 2015, 10:14 AM

25 more trafficking victims return from Indonesia

Twenty five more Bangladeshi human trafficking victims have returned home from Indonesia, four months after they were rescued from the Andaman Sea.
13 July 2015, 11:34 AM

Myanmar president vows 'free, fair' polls

Myanmar's president reaffirms his vow to hold a "free and fair" election after the country set the date for what many hope will be the most democratic vote in a generation for the former junta-run nation.
9 July 2015, 15:06 PM

US upgrades Malaysia in annual human trafficking report

The US is upgrading Malaysia from lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking centres, a move that could smooth way for an ambitious US-led free-trade deal with the Southeast Asian nation and 11 other countries.
9 July 2015, 02:37 AM

Myanmar general election on November 8

Myanmar officials announce November 8 as the date for a historic general election set to be the first contested by Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition in a quarter of a century.
8 July 2015, 11:21 AM

Asean launches fund to host trafficking victims

Southeast Asian countries launch a fund to share the cost of hosting human trafficking victims, after a regional migrant crisis saw victims ping-ponged between countries reluctant to accept them.
2 July 2015, 15:18 PM

Nayek Razzak sent to BGB HQ

Border Guard Bangladesh Nayek Abdur Razzak who was brought back Thursday from Myanmar’s captivity is being taken to Dhaka.
26 June 2015, 05:24 AM

Myanmar parliament rejects charter change in blow to Suu Kyi

Myanmar's parliament deals a body blow to Aung San Suu Kyi's hopes of amending a junta-era constitution that bars her from the presidency before landmark elections, voting down a bill to end the military's effective veto on charter change.
25 June 2015, 11:05 AM

Nayek Razzak returns, finally

Abducted BGB Nayek Abdur Razzak reaches Teknaf with the BGB delegation that went to Myanmar to bring him back.
25 June 2015, 04:58 AM

‘Meeting on return of BGB man by Friday’

Bangladesh will hold a meeting with Myanmar over return of Nayek Abdur Razzak within a day or two, chief of BGB says.
24 June 2015, 06:32 AM

Myanmar agrees for flag meeting

Almost a week after the abduction of Abdur Razzak, Myanmar asks for the list of Bangladesh delegation for a flag meeting over his handover.
23 June 2015, 16:14 PM

BGP sets condition to release Razzak

Myanmar Border Guard Police says they can only release abducted Border Guard Bangladesh Nayek Abdur Razzak, if Bangladesh agrees to bring back 550 "rescued Bangladeshi migrants" from Myanmar.
22 June 2015, 15:40 PM

Lawmaker Haji Salim criticises BGB’s capability

Independent lawmaker Haji Salim raises question in the parliament over the “capability” of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) as one of its member still remains in custody of Myanmar's Border Guard Police.
22 June 2015, 13:29 PM

Abducted BGB man becomes father

The wife of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) nayek Abdur Razzak, who was abducted by Myanmar border force on June 16, gives birth to a son.
21 June 2015, 11:11 AM

BNP lambasts govt on BGB man abduction

BNP terms the abduction of a BGB member by Myanmar border force as “shameful” and demanded the government to issue a strong warning to the neighboring state to stop the recurrence of such incidents.
20 June 2015, 10:50 AM

37 more trafficking victims return from Myanmar

Thirty-seven more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who are rescued by Myanmar navy on May 21, returned to the country.
19 June 2015, 07:09 AM