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March 27, 2024 3:12 PM

India to spend $3.7 bln to fence Myanmar border, source says

India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities. New Delhi said earlier this year i...

February 8, 2024 5:46 PM

Home ministry recommends suspending free movement with Myanmar

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recommended the immediate suspension of the Free Movement Regime (FMR) between India and Myanmar. The free movement regime allows people from both countries to travel visa-free across borders for a few kilometer...

February 7, 2024 3:02 PM

India issues travel advisory for Myanmar’s Rakhine state

India has issued a travel advisory urging its citizens to refrain from visiting Myanmar's Rakhine state due to worsening security conditions. The Ministry of External Affairs cited concerns over disrupted telecommunications, including landlines, and ...

February 4, 2024 4:39 PM

Fourteen Myanmar border guards take refuge in Bangladesh:BGB

By Navalsang Parmar (Dhaka) Fourteen soldiers of Myanmar’s paramilitary Border Guard Police (BGP) took refuge in the wee hours of Sunday in Bangladesh. The soldiers fled their posts to Cox's Bazar region in Bangladesh amid reports of heavy gunfigh...

December 12, 2023 1:59 PM

Myanmar surpasses Afghanistan as world’s largest source of opium

Myanmar has surpassed Afghanistan to become world’s largest source of opium in 2023 after a third consecutive year of expanding cultivation fueled by the country’s civil war, the United Nations said in a new report. This has happened due to vari...

October 8, 2023 11:31 AM

Myanmar Supreme Court rejects jailed Suu Kyi appeals

The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi, in detention since the military toppled her government in a 2021 coup, faces 27 years in pris...

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