Harsha Kakar The Indian foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, recently visited Bangladesh and apart from meeting his counterpart, ...

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The Irrawaddy looks back at the key players that shaped Myanmar in 2024, a year in which the junta suffered serious military ...

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One of the more troublesome tribes are the Arakan in northwest Burma. There, Rakhine state has been turning into a war zone where the Arakan are gaming ground as they battled their way south for over ...

Arakan Army's control over Myanmar's Rakhine increases tension for these countries, Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh, India and China are... The ongoing conflict in Myanmar between the Junta Army and ...

Dhaka is maintaining contact with both the Myanmar government and the Arakan Army -- the rebel group that is now controlling the border with Bangladesh -- to protect national interests ...

Dhaka needs to engage with Arakan Army, which now controls over 80 percent of Rakhine State, including the 271-km border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, said security experts, former diplomats ...

There are even reports that the Arakan Army now commands areas inside Bangladesh. In the ferocious civil war between ethnic rebel groups and the junta (military) in Myanmar, the Arakan Army ...

The Arakan Army has taken control of a key military post, gaining control over a 271-kilometer-long border between Myanmar ...

Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the entire 271-kilometre border of Myanmar with Bangladesh is under the control of the Arakan Army. “As a result, Bangladesh has to communicate with ...