Bangladesh refuses proposal to accept new Rohingyas

prothomalo
Raheed Ejaz, Dhaka
Updated: 18 Feb 2024

A boat enters Shahpari Island Jetty Ghat in Teknaf yesterday. Locals said, there were five Rohingyas, one of them was shotCollected

330 Myanmar personnel, others repatriated from Bangladesh

daily observer
Observer Correspondent
Published : Thursday, 15 February, 2024 

A total of 330 Myanmar personnel, who crossed the border and took refuge in Bangladesh during the ongoing conflict in Myanmar, were sent back to their country on Thursday amid tight security.

300 Myanmar junta troops who fled attack return from Bangladesh

RFA
By RFA Burmese
2024.02.16

The troops had been stationed at a border post that the rebel Arakan Army captured earlier this month.

Myanmar citizens and Border Guard Police who crossed the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to seek shelter in Bangladesh are escorted back into Myanmar after arriving by ship at Cox’s Bazar on Feb. 15, 2024. (AFP

Some 300 members of a junta military unit and a border police force who fled to Bangladesh during an attack by the rebel Arakan Army have been repatriated to Myanmar, according to several Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Renewed conflict in Rakhine State poses new threat to Rohingya

ARAB NEWS
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim
February 16, 2024  

Displaced Rohingya refugees from Rakhine state in Myanmar rest near Ukhia, at the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar. (AFP)

Since November, Rakhine State in Myanmar has been marred by renewed violence between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, shattering a year-long unofficial ceasefire and exacerbating an already dire situation for the Rohingya population. This latest wave of conflict is not only deepening the existing humanitarian crisis, but also leading to large-scale displacement of the Rohingya, further compounding the suffering of one of the world’s most persecuted minorities.

RAB Thwarts ARSA Plot and Uncovers Looming Crisis in Rohingya Camps

bnn
Muhammad Jawad
14 Feb 2024 

RAB Thwarts ARSA Plot and Uncovers Looming Crisis in Rohingya Camps

In the heart of Ukhiya camp No. 20, a clandestine operation unfolded on February 14, 2024. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of the Bangladesh police apprehended three high-ranking members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA). Among them was Abul Hashim, the second-in-command, and a bodyguard of ARSA chief Ataullah Jununi. Foreign-made firearms and cartridges were discovered in the camp, hinting at a sinister plot.

‘It’s about saving our heritage’

The Daily Star
Staff Correspondent
Tue Feb 13, 2024

Say speakers on GI tag of products; blame lack of coordination for Tangail sari debacle 

Given the absence of India's GI registration details pertaining to the Tangail saree, certain conjectures exist. FILE PHOTO: MIRZA SHAKIL

 

Due to a lack of coordination among government departments, alongside pre-emptive measures and planning, the country could not claim geographical indication (GI) tag of many of its heritage, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

Rakhine situation may lead to risks of geopolitical conflict

prothomalo
Interview: Maj. Gen. Emdadul Islam (retd)
Published: 11 Feb 2024,

Bangladesh is facing a fallout from the Myanmar civil war. Bullets and mortar shells are crossing over the border into Bangladesh creating danger and alarm. Members of the Myanmar army, its Border Guard Police (BGP) and government officials, a few hundred in number, have fled into Bangladesh for shelter. In an interview with Prothom Alo's Partha Shankar Saha, security analyst Major General Emdadul Islam (retd) talks about the prevailing situation in Myanmar, its impact on Bangladesh, Rohingya repatriation and the role of China, India, the US and others. Maj. Gen. Emdadul Islam is the author of the book 'Rohingya: Nishango Nipirito Jatigoshti'.

Border guards who fled Myanmar tell of losing contact with commanders

Radio Free Asia
Sharif Khiam and Abdur Rahman
Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
2024.02.09

Over 300 who crossed into Bangladesh have asked for assistance in returning to their homes.

Bangladeshis deliver an injured Rohingya who tried to cross the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh to members of the Border Guard Bangladesh in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Feb. 6, 2024. Abdur Rahman/BenarNews

 

Myanmar border guards and soldiers fled into Bangladesh earlier this week after losing contact with their commanders during fierce fighting in Rakhine state, an interpreter present during their conversation with Bangladesh officials told BenarNews on Friday.

BGB detains four Rohingyas from Lalmonirhat border

daily observer
Published : Saturday, 10 February, 2024

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have detained four Rohingya refugees from Lalmonirhat's Patgram border on Friday afternoon.

The detained are Abdullah, 24, his wife Sharifa Begum, 19, and their daughter 27-months-old Rinus Bibi and Amena Begum, 15.

Border guards who fled Myanmar tell of losing contact with commanders

Benar News
Sharif Khiam and Abdur Rahman
Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
2024.02.09 

Bangladeshis deliver an injured Rohingya who tried to cross the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh to members of the Border Guard Bangladesh in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Feb. 6, 2024. Abdur Rahman/BenarNews

 

Myanmar border guards and soldiers fled into Bangladesh earlier this week after losing contact with their commanders during fierce fighting in Rakhine state, an interpreter present during their conversation with Bangladesh officials told BenarNews on Friday.

Bangladesh arrests 23 armed Rohingya trespassers from Myanmar

bdnews24.com
Senior Correspondent
Cox’s Bazar Correspondent
Published : 9 Feb 2024, 

Police have arrested 23 armed Rohingya men who were caught by Border Guard Bangladesh after trespassing from Myanmar amid fighting between the military and rebels.

Another 116 from Myanmar including border guards, army personnel enter Bangladesh: BGB

CLICK ITTEFAQ
Click Ittefaq Desk
Publish : 06 Feb 2024

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Another 13 members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) have taken shelter in Bangladesh fleeing their posts amid reports of heavy gunfights between the government troops and the rebels in the junta-run country.

Bangladesh summons Myanmar envoy over border clashes

REUTERS
By Ruma Paul
February 6, 2024

DHAKA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Bangladesh summoned neighbouring Myanmar's ambassador on Tuesday to protest the escalating border violence that killed two people on the Bangladeshi side as fighting between Myanmar's rebel forces and its junta regime intensifies.

A Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya man were killed and a child was injured when a mortar shell from Myanmar hit a border district in Bangladesh on Monday, as junta forces try to quell a bloody rebellion

Myanmar: Scores Of Border Guards Flee To Bangladesh Amid Fighting With Rebels

eurasiareview
By Abdur Rahman
By BenarNews
February 6, 2024

Members of the Myanmar junta-affiliated Border Guard Police (BGP) are seen at a Bangladesh Border Guard encampment in Bandarban, Bangladesh, after they fled from fighting across the border in Myanmar, Feb. 5, 2024. Photo Credit: Minhaz Uddin/BenarNews

More than 100 members of the Burmese junta’s border police force, including some wounded men, crossed into southeastern Bangladesh since Sunday to flee fierce fighting with Arakan Army rebels, Bangladeshi officials said Monday.

Myanmar troops keep fleeing to Bangladesh

NEW AGE
Muktadir Rashid and Mustafizur Rahman 
Published: Feb 07,2024

Border Guard Bangladesh personnel detain a Myanmar national (centre), who crossed the Bangladesh-Myanmar border illegally, in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. ­— AFP photo 

 

At least 158 Myanmar troops with arms and ammunition and government officials fled conflicts to bordering Bangladesh alone on Tuesday and sought shelter crossing the international border amid intense fighting between Myanmar forces and the ethnic rebel group, the Arakan Army.

'Not a single Rohingya would be allowed to enter Bangladesh'

daily observer
Published : Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
Observer Correspondent

Newly appointed Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui speaks to local correspondents after paying respects at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj district early Tuesday (February 6) afternoon.

No Rohingya refugee would be allowed to enter Bangladesh afresh in the wake of ongoing tense situation in sequel to internal conflicts in Myanmar, said newly appointed Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui on Tuesday (February 6).

US closely monitoring situation in Myanmar

daily observer
Published : Wednesday, 7 February, 2024

The United States is very concerned about the growing tensions amid ongoing conflict and is closely monitoring the situation in Myanmar, the US Embassy in Dhaka said.

"We are following it very closely. Obviously, we are very concerned, as the world is concerned. We are also monitoring the situation very, very closely," said Stephen F Ibelli, spokesperson of the US Embassy in Dhaka on Monday.

264 Myanmar border, security force members now in Bangladesh: BGB

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Desk
Publish : 06 Feb 2024,

Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) members are seen talking to Border Guard Bangladesh members in Bangladesh after seeking refuge due to an attack by rebels on February 4, 2024. Photo: Dhaka Tribune

 

A total of 264 members of Myanmar's border and security forces are now taking shelter in Bangladesh amid clashes between the Myanmar military and the armed rebel group, Arakan Army, Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) has said.

Hard for Bangladesh ‘to take the hit of Myanmar’s violence anymore’: Top Bangladeshi diplomat

AA
Faisal Mahmud
DHAKA, Bangladesh
06.02.2024

‘We can’t hold more Myanmar people,’ Hasan Mahmud tells Anadolu as cross-border firing into Bangladesh kills 2 as ethnic clashes intensify

Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud told Anadolu on Tuesday that it will be hard for Bangladesh “to take the hit of Myanmar’s violence anymore.”

Rohingya: MSF Calls Attention to the ongoing Rohingya Crisis

MSF
February 1'2024 

On the 29th of January 2024, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) launched a short animation film, "Lost at Sea", that illustrates the harsh reality Rohingya endure as they try to seek safety—and their resilience.

The film “Lost at Sea” is based on the experience of Muhib, a Rohingya man who fled Myanmar and made a dangerous journey across the sea to seek safety in Malaysia. He was stranded for more than two weeks on board a fishing boat in the Andaman Sea, full of men, women and children also fleeing for their lives. He witnessed 27 people die onboard. Passengers had no choice but to put their bodies into the sea as no help arrived. In the film, dream-like flashbacks tell the story of Muhib. He is haunted by a song his mother sang him in Myanmar. He tries to remember the reasons that forced him to flee in the first place.