The provision of a humanitarian corridor for Rakhine State has long been a topic of heated discussion in Bangladesh. Recently, the United Nations renewed its call for such a corridor, warning that ...

In the last week of April, Bangladesh agreed in principle to a United Nations proposal to establish a humanitarian channel to Rakhine State in neighboring Myanmar, aiming to provide aid to thousands ...

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Amid discussions on establishing a “humanitarian corridor” to deliver aid to Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Rohingya leaders in Cox’s Bazar say that creating a safe zone in Rakhine would better resolve the ...

Despite the humanitarian crisis caused by the recent earthquake, clashes continue, particularly in Kyaukphyu—at the heart of Rakhine State and a strategically important area for the junta’s ...

Bangladesh wants the Arakan Army, which now controls 80 percent of Rakhine state, to have Rohingya representation in Rakhine's leadership as one of the conditions for providing humanitarian ...

In December last year, the Arakan Army took over the entire Rakhine state adjacent to Bangladesh. The military junta has only been able to maintain control of the Kyaukphyu Deep Sea Port in the state.

Photos and survivor testimonies underscore how violence in Rakhine State is creating a new wave of death, trauma, and displacement. Newly arrived Rohingya refugees wait in line, hoping to receive ...

Myanmar’s military government has rejected a proposal reportedly made by Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami to establish a “separate state” for the Rohingya in Rakhine, calling it a threat to ...

In this Sept. 9, 2017 file photo, hundreds of Rohingya people enter Bangladesh after fleeing from Rakhine State in Myanmar. Humanitarian corridors are essential mechanisms designed to ensure the ...

The United States was also said to be “seriously considering” the imposition of a “Bosnia-type no-fly zone” over Rakhine State to deny the Myanmar Air Force freedom of action in support of the junta's ...

DHAKA -- Four Rohingya refugees were fishing early in the morning near the border at Cox's Bazar in southern Bangladesh earlier this month when they were abducted by members of the Arakan Army ...