Myanmar nationals return home from Thailand after fighting eases in Kayin State; clashes continue in Kayah with deadly ...

DHAKA—Bangladesh’s largest Islamist political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, has proposed to China the creation of an independent Rohingya state in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The proposal was put forward ...

This statement was originally published on eng.mizzima.com on 27 April 2025. Myanmar’s military junta or the State Administration Council (SAC) has started using a suite of technologies to effectively ...

“It’s a tradition from our ancestors,” said Joseph, a youth leader from Tha Yu village in Myanmar’s eastern Shan state. “It’s the only way we survive,” added Joseph, who goes by only one name. Every ...

A broken Buddha statue is pictured inside a damaged pagoda following one of two strong earthquakes in Myanmar(REUTERS) Dr Thushara Fernando, WHO Representative to Myanmar, warned in a video ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said Qatar can use its good offices to exert pressure on Myanmar for starting repatriation of Rohingyas without any further delay. Given the renewed ...

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Myanmar's ruling military has extended a temporary ... rebuilding efforts following a devastating earthquake last month, state media reported on Tuesday (April 22). Malaysia's Prime Minister ...

YANGON, Myanmar — More than 60,000 students in Myanmar must retake university entrance exams after their answer papers were incinerated in a blaze caused by last month's earthquake, state media ...

A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group is preparing to hand a captured city back to the military in a Beijing-brokered deal, China's foreign ministry said Tuesday. The Myanmar National Democratic ...

Brigade 7 carried out assaults in Karen (Kayin) State’s Hlaingbwe Township; Brigade 6 in Karen State’s Kawkareik Township (or Dooplaya District, according to the KNU nomenclature); and Brigade 4 near ...