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Thousands of Hindu devotees gather in Rakhine State for the 24th annual festival as local administration permits traditional celebrations.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: More than 500 missing after two refugee boats vanish off Myanmar coast, UN agencies say
More than 500 people fleeing violence in Myanmar are feared dead after two boats disappeared in rough conditions off the country’s coast, according to two UN migration bodies.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: What Happened To The Two Missing Boats Carrying Over 500 Rohingya Refugees?
The refugees were attempting to flee worsening violence, persecution and deteriorating conditions in Myanmar and Bangladesh, travelling along a suspected smuggling route towards Thailand and Malaysia.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Jagannath Rath Jatra celebrated in western Myanmar
Guwahati: Annual Rath Jatra (the festival of chariots) kicked off in western Myanmarese city of Maungdaw on 16 July 2026 with great fanfare and enthusiasm. Tens of thousands of Hindu families from ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Where is the civil war in Myanmar heading next?
Myanmar’s military is regaining ground, but resistance groups are regrouping, and civilians continue to suffer ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Bangladesh-Myanmar border, China’s gambit and India's compounding challenge
This article is authored by Cchavi Vasisht, associate fellow, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: BGB on alert as airstrikes in Rakhine raise fears of new Rohingya influx
Recent airstrikes by Myanmar’s military in Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships of Rakhine State have heightened fears that more Rohingya may attempt to flee into Bangladesh. Speaking with Rohingya ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Young people in Myanmar's Rakhine State tackle ethnic divisions
On a blue-sky winter’s day in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, hundreds of people from two neighbouring villages – one populated by ethnic Rakhine people and the other by the minority Rohingya ethnic ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: How a UNHCR Employee Died After Being Tortured by Myanmar’s Military
The military and the mobs it supports are targeting local and global NGOs and their workers in Buthidaung town in Rakhine State. At least 10 people were reportedly murdered or went missing at ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Three years after exodus, Myanmar erases names of Rohingya villages, U.N. map makers follow suit
(Reuters) - Three years ago, Myanmar’s military burned the Rohingya village of Kan Kya to the ground and bulldozed over its remains. Last year, the government erased its name from official maps, ...