Drone Attack Kills Dozens Of Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar

11 Aug 2024

A devastating drone attack targeting Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar claimed the lives of dozens, including families with children, on Monday. Survivors described a harrowing scene of bodies scattered across the ground as they searched for their injured and deceased relatives. The attack, which occurred near the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, is reported...

Myanmar Military Airstrikes Hit Hospital In Laukkai, Killing 10

04 Aug 2024

Myanmar's military airstrikes targeted a hospital in Laukkai, a city controlled by an ethnic minority armed group near the China border, killing 10 people, local media reported on Friday. The strikes were part of ongoing conflict in northern Shan State, where fighting has intensified since late June. Details of the...

Allegations of Chemical Weapons Use by Myanmar Military Raise Alarms

02 Jul 2024

Myanmar military has been potentially using chemical weapons in its conflict against resistance forces, a recent report revealed. Published by Al Jazeera, the report followed drone attacks in late April that severely injured Kachin resistance forces. These accusations contribute to the growing evidence of war crimes committed by the military...

B’desh nervous at provocative behaviour of Myanmar army rebels

25 Jun 2024

Bangladesh has been shouldering the immense burden of over 1.2 million Rohingyas from Myanmar since 2017, with no hope of their repatriation in sight. Meanwhile, the situation in Myanmar is rapidly deteriorating. The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed organization and the military wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA)...

Earthquake of Magnitude 5.6 Jolts Myanmar

29 May 2024

On Wednesday, Myanmar experienced an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110 kilometers around 6:43 pm (IST), according to the NCS. In a post on X, NCS provided details: "EQ of M: 5.6,...

20 Indian Laborers Enslaved in Myanmar After Thailand Job Promise: Families Seek Help

25 May 2024

In Myanmar, 20 Indian laborers have been enslaved after being promised jobs in Thailand, seeking urgent assistance from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to secure their release. Family members of the workers have jointly approached to Pradeep Chaudhary, the BJP MP from Kairana, who has written to External Affairs...

Mizoram Urgently Appeals to Centre as Myanmar Soldiers Seek Refuge in India

20 Jan 2024

As conflict escalates between rebel forces and the junta-regime in Myanmar, hundreds of Myanmar Army personnel are reportedly seeking refuge in India, specifically in Mizoram. The Mizoram government has reached out to the central government, urging swift action to repatriate the soldiers who have crossed the border. Approximately 600 Myanmar...

Cyclone Mocha floods homes in Myanmar, at least 700 injured

16 May 2023

Rescuers early Monday evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters (12 feet) deep along western Myanmar’s coast after a powerful cyclone injured hundreds and cut off communications. Damage and six deaths have been reported but the true impact was not yet clear in one of Asia’s least developed...

Kolkata port flags off first trial movement of cargo ship

04 May 2023

On Thursday, a cargo ship was flagged off from a Kolkata port on a trial run to a facility at Sittwe in Myanmar, which is funded by India as part of the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport project, as per the officials. Shantanu Thakur, Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping,...

China’s foreign minister visits Myanmar en route to India

03 May 2023

China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang stopped in Myanmar on 2nd May en route to India for the meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation that begins in Goa on 4th May. China's foreign minister, Qin Gang, visited the border area between Myanmar and China on Tuesday and emphasised...