Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday called for establishing a humanitarian channel in Rakhine State of Myanmar for the supply of basic necessities to the people, in order to stop further ...

Khalilur Rahman, the chief advisor’s top aide, has said the current conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine State make it impossible to ensure the safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees at this time.

The interim government is stressing the need for a conducive environment in Rakhine for the repatriation of Rohingyas. "Efforts are underway to ensure that the Rohingyas can return with guaranteed ...

Dynamics in Myanmar, where an ethnic armed group called the Arakan Army (AA) has taken control of nearly all of Rakhine State and the border with Bangladesh, has opened the prospect (admittedly ...

More than 750,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State and sought refuge in Bangladesh after Aug 25, 2017, in the wake of a military crackdown. They joined an estimated 400,000 others already ...

Meanwhile, in the northwest, fighting between tribal rebels and the army in Rakhine State has intensified, and because of this several hundred thousand villagers have fled their homes. Many traveled ...

He also highlighted the new influx of Rohingyas due to the ongoing conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine State and sought US support and partnership in the upcoming conference on Rohingyas to be held in ...

(AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) Myanmar's Rakhine ethnic women make sandalwood liquid to make fragrant water as they prepare to doze the fragrant water on Buddha images during the first day of annual ...

In January, at least 40 people, including children, were killed in a junta airstrike at the Kyauk Ni Maw village on Ramree Island, a township in Rakhine state currently held by the rebel Arakan Army.

Another member of the alliance, the Arakan Army, fighting in the western state of Rakhine, said Saturday night that the military continued to launch daily counterattacks, aerial bombardments ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts were supplanted by increasing relief and recovery ...