Myanmar

USAID is the leading contributor to the Rohingya crisis response in Bangladesh, with nearly $2.4 billion in assistance since 2017. Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh

Follow up steps should start on Rohingya repatriation after Myanmar's assurance: Experts

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Prime Minister of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing. Photo: CA Press Wing
Foreign Policy

CA Yunus pledges further humanitarian aid to Myanmar during meeting with Aung Hlaing

People queue for food and relief supplies after a strong earthquake in Amarapura, Myanmar, April 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
Asia

Death toll from Myanmar quake climbs to 3,354, with 4,850 injured and 220 still missing

Khalilur Rahman, high representative of the chief adviser of Bangladesh, and U Than Shew, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Myanmar hold a joint briefing in Bangkok after their meeting on 4 April 2025. Photo: Chief Adviser GoB
Foreign Policy

Bangladesh refused to sit with Myanmar on Bimstec sidelines until it agreed to take back 180,000 Rohingyas: Azad

Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Interim Government, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Bhutan's Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya pose during the 6th BIMSTEC Summit, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 4, 2025. Thailand Government House/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Myanmar junta chief meets foreign leaders, UN says military choking aid

Rescuers search for survivors trapped in the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment building in Mandalay on March 29, AFP journalists saw, 30 hours after a devastating quake hit Myanmar. File Photo: AFP/Sai Aung Main via BSS
Bangladesh

Bangladesh rescue team continues operations in earthquake-hit Myanmar

Chief adviser attended 6th Bimstec summit in Bangkok today (4 April). Photo: BSS
Foreign Policy

CA seeks humanitarian channel in Rakhine to stop further displacement

ASEAN MPs look to bar Myanmar from Bimstec over human rights concerns
Asia

ASEAN MPs look to bar Myanmar from Bimstec over human rights concerns

A joint team of Myanmar and Turkish rescuers pull a man alive from the rubble of a hotel in the capital Naypyidaw, five days after a major earthquake struck central Myanmar. Photo: MYANMAR MILITARY INFORMATION TEAM/AFP/Getty Images
Asia

Man pulled alive from rubble in Myanmar after five days

People queue for relief supplies after a strong earthquake near the earthquake's epicenter, in Sagaing, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Asia

Water and medicine in short supply after Myanmar earthquake: UN

Rescuers search for survivors trapped in the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment building in Mandalay on March 29, AFP journalists saw, 30 hours after a devastating quake hit Myanmar. File Photo: AFP/Sai Aung Main via BSS
South Asia

Woman saved in Myanmar capital after trapped by quake for 91 hours: fire services

Eight tonnes of dry food, 2.5 tonnes of water, four tonnes of medicine, one tonne of hygiene products, and 1.5 tonnes of relief tents have been sent to the earthquake-stricken people. Photo: ISPR
Bangladesh

Bangladesh sends 2nd mission of emergency aid to Myanmar

A collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar. Photo: AFP/Getty Images via Bloomberg
Asia

In Myanmar's 'Abode of Kings', earthquake hits home of military power