The name ARSA first surfaced in August 2017, when the outfit claimed responsibility for attacks on several border police and army posts of Myanmar at the international borders with Banglades… Read More
India has no option without supporting Hasina regime in the regime for various reasons. In the case of security of Northwest India and ensuring Indian strategic and business interest in… Read More
But top terrorism researchers and anti-terrorism police officials do not rule out any possibility of visitation of terrorism in the country, especially by the home-grown Islamic jihad.Two se… Read More
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UNITED NATIONS — Two years after Myanmar’s military seized power, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced support Monday for the democ… Read More
Rohingya refugee Noor Kamal found a sympathetic welcome in Bangladesh when he fled the soldiers rampaging through his village — but five years later, the hostility he now faces has lef… Read More
Thousands of Rohingya refugees held “Genocide Remembrance Day” rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since fleeing a military offen… Read More
Bangladesh has closed the largest private school for Rohingya refugees, officials said Monday, in a further blow to the educational prospects of thousands of children stuck in vast camps in… Read More
Attacks on civilians by Myanmar’s junta since its takeover in February 2021 constitute crimes against humanity and include the widespread sexual assault of women and the torture of chi… Read More
Author: Rudabeh Shahid, Atlantic Council’s South Asia Centre
Bangladesh continues to struggle with the forced migration of Rohingyas from Myanmar. The wages of daily wage labourers hav… Read More
Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded 20 in an assault Friday on an Islamic seminary in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, heightening tensions in the settlements after the rec… Read More
Author: Ali Riaz, Illinois State University
Bangladesh remained firmly under the grip of the incumbent Bangladesh Awami League in 2021. The ruling party faced no formidable opposition, the… Read More
Members of a Rohingya militant group allegedly massacred dozens of men, women and children, execution-style in Hindu villages in Myanmar's Rakhine State last year, according to a new Amnesty… Read More
A Catholic cathedral in the Diocese of Phekhone in Myanmar’s Shan state was among structures that were reportedly hit by military artillery fire on November 9.
A report that appeare… Read More
The military coup of Myanmar and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan – How similar or different are they?
On February 1, 2021, the military seized control of Myanmar. Power was seiz… Read More
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