The political landscape has been impacted by the rebel group Arakan Army (AA), which has defeated the military junta and taken control of the Western Command Headquarters in Rakhine State. With this major development,

According to the reports, the Arakan Army is now marching ahead to take control of these weapons factories to further strengthen its military power.

Silchar: At least five suspected members, including a leader, of the Myanmar-based insurgent group Chin National Front (CNF), were arrested on Wednesday for illegally transporting weapons from across the border to Bangladesh through northeastern India,

The US has reaffirmed continued support to Bangladesh's ongoing democratic transition. The newly-appointed Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the US Embassy in Dhaka Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson conveyed this when she called on Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain at the foreign ministry yesterday.

Mizoram police, along with intelligence agencies, intercepted a large cache of arms, including AK-47 rifles and ammunition, in Saithah village. This operation thwarted an arms trade between Myanmar's Chin National Front and Bangladesh's United People's Democratic Front,

Human Rights Watch, or HRW, warns that even if the government in Bangladesh changes, the practice of human rights violations will remain the same without “systemic reforms”. In its World Report 2025, released on Thursday, the annual country report styled, “Bangladesh: Lasting Reforms Needed to Stop Abuses,” highlights the flow of events in 2024.

The significant territorial gains by the AA are reshaping power dynamics in Myanmar's civil war, observers say.

As the interim government under Mohammad Yunus grows closer to Pakistan, and the Arakan Army in Myanmar expands its reach near Bangladesh’s borders, the prospect of conflict looms large.

Since the early 2010s, over a million Rohingyas have found refuge in Bangladesh. A Muslim minority persecuted in their native Myanmar, the Rohingyas suffered the deadliest crackdown by the junta

The leader of a Myanmar-based militant group was among five people who were arrested by the Mizoram Police in what they said was one of the largest arms bust in the northeast state.

Myanmar militant arrested: Mizoram Police has arrested five people, including a leader of Chin National Front (CNF), an insurgent group based in Myanmar, near the India-Bangladesh border in west Mizoram's Mamit district. The police have also seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from their possession.

Henny Sender is the founder and managing partner of Apsara Advisory, a strategic consultancy for financial services companies. She was previously a managing director at investment company BlackRock.