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Bangladesh and Myanmar Junta Agree to Tackle Border ‘Terrorism’

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

A Bangladeshi delegation visited Naypyitaw and agreed to send the regime intelligence on groups operating along the border.

Bangladesh Launches Police Probe on ARSA Chief and Others Over Intelligence Officer’s Death

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

The recent death of a Bangladeshi intelligence officer was blamed on a group linked to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army.

Rohingya Unite to Launch Myanmar Rights Alliance

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

Various Rohingya organizations have formed the Arakan Rohingya National Alliance to demand human rights in a future democratic Myanmar.

Bangladesh Intelligence Officer Killed in Myanmar Border Drugs Bust

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

Firing along the border reportedly broke with a Rohingya armed group, leaving a 20-year-old Rohingya woman and a Bangladeshi officer dead and an agent heavily injured.

Myanmar Generals Welcomed by Bangladesh Military Chiefs

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

The Bangladeshi military has been criticized for welcoming regime commanders a month after Dhaka said it would respond if cross-border shelling continued.

Rohingya Look on Arakan Army as Saviours in Fight With Myanmar’s Junta

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Analysis

By The Irrawaddy

The Arakan Army has so far worked to protect Rohingya and involve the Muslim community in its administration.

Bangladesh Credits Chinese Intervention With Stopping Myanmar Border Blasts

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says there were regular explosions in Bangladesh’s territory until China intervened.

Rohingya Teen Killed in Land Mine Blast on Myanmar-Bangladesh Border

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

Bangladesh border guards say explosion was from mine planted in Myanmar territory.

China Says Myanmar’s Shelling Across Bangladesh Border ‘Unfortunate’

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

After repeatedly summoning the Myanmar ambassador, Dhaka has asked Beijing to convey its concerns to the junta, which is battling the Arakan Army near the border.

Bangladesh Border Residents Live in Fear of Myanmar Junta Attacks

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

The regime’s envoy in Dhaka claimed the shelling is from insurgents, although airstrikes have repeatedly been reported.

Bangladesh PM Opts to Avoid War With Neighbors

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says India is keen to help resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis but Myanmar’s regime refuses to cooperate.

Myanmar’s Ethnic Groups Must Unite to Topple the Military Regime

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Guest Column

By The Irrawaddy

Only by working together can the peoples of Myanmar end the violence and regain their freedom.

Junta Watch: A Desperate Recruitment Tactic; a Move to Erase Suu Kyi’s Legacy; and More

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Junta Watch

By The Irrawaddy

Also this week, the coup leader offered another bizarre economic prediction, and the junta bristled as the world marked five years since the Rohingya exodus from Rakhine.

NUG Calls for Justice for Rohingya Persecuted by Myanmar Military

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Five years after the military’s brutal campaign against the Rohingya, the junta must answer a genocide case at the International Court of Justice.

UK Imposes More Sanctions on Myanmar Military-Linked Companies

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The three companies sanctioned include one which the coup leader’s son is a director of.