India monitors battle near Sittwe in Myanmar, the port crucial to northeast tradeThere has been no internet service in Sittwe since mid-January and night curfew has been imposed in the area, which is still under the cont...
09 Feb, 2024, 12.05 AM IST
At least 17 dead after Rohingya boat breaks up off Myanmar: RescuersAt least 17 Rohingya refugees drowned when their boat broke up at sea while heading from Myanmar's Rakhine state to Malaysia, with rescuers...
10 Aug, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
Cyclone Mocha death toll rises to 60 in MyanmarIn Rakhine state, at least 41 people died in the villages of Bu Ma and nearby Khaung Doke Kar, inhabited by the persecuted Rohingya Muslim ...
16 May, 2023, 05.43 PM IST
Cyclone Mocha heads to Bangladesh, Myanmar coasts threatening refugeesThousands of trained community workers and volunteers had already been deployed, alongside medical and rescue personnel who are on stand-by...
13 May, 2023, 12.30 PM IST
War, not politics: Troubled election deepens tension in Myanmar's RakhineSuu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) has claimed another commanding win in a parliamentary election on Sunday, the second since th...
12 Nov, 2020, 09.21 PM IST
India, Myanmar achieve concrete outcomes in energy, security, connectivity and health sectorsIn the last few years, both countries explored new avenues of cooperation including fresh investments in oil and gas and power, infrastruct...
05 Oct, 2020, 08.47 PM IST
Committed to support mutually-acceptable solution to enable return of Rohingya refugees: IndiaAddressing a seminar in Dhaka on 'Bangladesh & India: A Promising Future', Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said India was deeply a...
02 Mar, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
India to handover 200 houses in Myanmar's Rakhine State on TuesdayThe focus of RSDP has been on sustainable solutions based on creative socio-economic development.
08 Jul, 2019, 10.31 PM IST
US Congressman proposal for Rakhine state under Bangladesh baseless: MyanmarThis proposal was made on June 13 during a hearing on the State Department’s budget for the South Asia, according to a US media report.
01 Jul, 2019, 10.38 PM IST
US Congressman moves proposal to bring Myanmar’s Rakhine state under BangladeshThis proposal was made on June 13 during a hearing on the State Department’s budget for the South Asia, according to a US media report.
01 Jul, 2019, 08.36 PM IST
Myanmar does India-China balancing act in RakhineThe two countries are cooperating to develop more projects that can be executed under the aegis of Rakhine State Development Programme, off...
27 Sep, 2018, 11.33 PM IST
Myanmar judge jails Reuters reporters for seven years in landmark secrets caseYangon northern district judge Ye Lwin said Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, breached the colonial-era Official Secrets Act when they coll...
03 Sep, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
India acts fast to counter Chinese moves in MyanmarRohingya refugee crisis have provided an opportunity for China to try to expand its strategic partnership with Myanmar by offering to broke...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.41 AM IST
UNSC asks Myanmar to end military campaign in Rakhine stateThe 15-membered powerful wing of the UN also demanded safe, unhindered access for its agencies and their partners to provide humanitarian a...
07 Nov, 2017, 01.40 PM IST
Keep focus on welfare of civilians: India on Rakhine violenceThe UN office in Bangladesh said on Monday that around 415,000 refugees have entered the country since August 25.
20 Sep, 2017, 01.38 AM IST
Suu Kyi 'burying head in sand' over Rakhine crisis: Amnesty InternationalIn her speech today, Suu Kyi expressed sympathy for the "suffering of all people" swept up in the violence but did not address accusations ...
19 Sep, 2017, 10.18 PM IST
All stakeholders must work to preserve Myanmar's unity: PM Narendra ModiHundreds have died since Rohingya militants raided police posts in Myanmar's Rakhine State las month.
06 Sep, 2017, 12.25 PM IST