April 1988 – Returns to Myanmar when her mother suffers a severe stroke. August 26, 1988 – In her first public address, outside the Shwedagon Pagoda, calls for a multiparty democratic government.

YANGON, Myanmar — Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport — a quality dearly needed in the long ...

Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport -- a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation.

A political and military deadlock has begun in Bangladesh over the proposed Rakhine Corridor. Interim government chief advisor Mohammad Yunus has supported the US-backed corridor. At the same time ...

NSA Khalil Clarifies Bangladesh's Stance on Rakhine Aid: Bangladesh has not talked about any corridor to Rakhine and will not do it, National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman said today during a ...

It has been accused of facilitating ARSA’s return to Rakhine in an attempt to counter the AA’s rise—part of a classic “divide and rule” strategy. Both ARSA and Tatmadaw have forcibly ...

Myanmar’s Rakhine state is facing an imminent threat of severe famine, and against this backdrop, Bangladesh has agreed in principle to provide logistics support to send UN aid to Rakhine through a ...

Bangladesh would be willing to provide logistic support should there be a UN-led humanitarian support to the state of Rakhine, Khalilur Rahman, the government's adviser on Rohingya issues, told ...

No decision yet on 'humanitarian corridor’ to Rakhine for aid, says press secy Shafiqul He clarifies the government’s position on establishing an aid passage to war-torn Rakhine state ...

The pagoda houses a giant bronze statue, which was carried off from the historical Rakhine Kingdom as war bounty in the 18th century. Some of the gilded buildings surrounding the pagoda compound ...

The Arakan Army (AA), the ethnic armed organization for the Arakan (Rakhine) people, has now seized control of almost all of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, with the notable exceptions of the capital of ...

The Arakan Army (AA), which dominates much of Rakhine State in western Myanmar, is intensifying attacks on junta bases in neighbouring Ayeyarwady, Bago, and Magway regions, according to a statement ...