Tag: myanmar

Ongoing conflict in Myanmar halts trade with Bangladesh

Ongoing conflict in Myanmar halts trade with Bangladesh

Importers are quite concerned as bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Myanmar through the Teknaf land port has effectively halted since November 14. The stoppage is due to the ongoing conflict between the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar’s military junta in the Rakhine state. According to ASM Mosharaf Hossain, revenue officer of Teknaf Customs, This suspension […]

BGB recovers 0.21m Yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar along Myanmar border

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 0.21 million (2.10 lakh) pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar along the Myanmar border on Friday, reports UNB. Two teams of the frontier force jointly conducted a drive in Alugola area along Nazirpara border under Teknaf upazila in the morning after being tipped-off […]

Conflicts intensify climate change risks in Myanmar

In Myanmar, state oppression and armed conflict have threatened human security and disrupted livelihoods in the aftermath of the February 2021 military coup. How these changes undermine the country’s capacity to adapt to climate change has been overlooked. Myanmar has suffered massive climate change losses, ranking as the world’s second most affected country between 2000–2019. […]

Myanmar delegation visits Cox’s Bazar for repatriation purpose

A Myanmar delegation team arrived at Teknaf in Cox’s bazaar to scrutinise the Rohingya refugees under the repatriation process, informed Md. Shamsuddowza, Additional Commissioner of Refugee Relief and Repatriation Affairs at 11-30 a.m. on Wednesday (November 1).  He said, a 36 member team from Myanmar arrived at Teknak on October-31 and in two groups, one […]

Myanmar Junta Slaps Struggling Farmers with Price Controls

Myanmar Junta Slaps Struggling Farmers with Price Controls

Farmers say that new price controls set on their sales of rice to dealers for the upcoming monsoon harvest will, at best, only allow them to scrape by. Costs, especially for fertilizer, have surged and yields are down due to flooding, farmers say. The price controls were set by the set by the Myanmar Rice […]

First consignment of 45 mt of Bangladeshi Hilsa reaches Bengal | Headlines

First consignment of 45 mt of Bangladeshi Hilsa reaches Bengal | Headlines

The first consignment of around 45 metric tonnes of Hilsa fish reached West Bengal from Bangladesh on Thursday ahead of the festive Durga Puja season, an official said. Nine trucks carrying the silver crop of water entered the state through the Petrapole border in North 24 Parganas district. Dhaka’s Chief Controller of Imports and […]

Asian Football: Bangladesh concede 0-1 defeat against Myanmar in opener

Asian Football: Bangladesh concede 0-1 defeat against Myanmar in opener

A suicidal goal by defender Hasan Murad forced Bangladesh men’s football team to start their 19th Asian Games Men’s Football campaign with a 0-1 goal defeat against neighboring Myanmar in Group A opener at the Xiaoshan Sports Center Stadium in the Chinese city of Hangzhou Tuesday afternoon. Although the Hangzhou Asian Games will officially be […]

USA asks Bangladesh Bank to close accounts in Myanmar banking institutions

USA asks Bangladesh Bank to close accounts in Myanmar banking institutions

The United States of America has asked Sonali Bank, the State run bank of Bangladesh, to close its accounts with two banks of Myanmar as the country is  facing sanctions, said a recent report in Dhaka Tribune. In June, sanctions were imposed on Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank (MFTB) and  Myanmar Investment & Commercial Bank (MICB) […]