A Rohingya youth launches educational platform to support fellow refugees

Rohingya youth Yasor Arfat working on Skillvite inside his home in Bangladesh camps (Image: ANA)

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive As difficulties mount ahead of Rohingya refugees having good education that can help them live a better future outside Bangladesh camps, A rohingya youth has took a step towards providing a better future for Rohingya community. Depending on himself, a Rohingya youth named Yassor Arfat launched an educational platform to […]

Rohingya resort to hard labor to make ends meet in Bangladesh camps

Arakan News Agency Rohingya refugees work in hard labor to earn living under Cash-for-Work (CFW) programs by International Organization for Migration (IOM), World Food Program (WFP), and BRAC. This initiative serves as a vital form of humanitarian support for vulnerable families in the world’s largest refugee camp, located in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Rohingya students defy hardships of asylum and achieve excellence

Rohingya student Mohamed Yasin holding awards he earned (Image: ANA)

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Amid daily hardships that affect all aspects of life for Rohingya refugees in Bangladeshi camps, a good education doesn’t come on a silver platter. However, several brilliant Rohingya students have been able to leverage the opportunities available to them in the camps to achieve remarkable success. Several Rohingya students in […]

Arakan Army atrocities push Rohingya to flee, as it runs trafficking business

Rohingya fleeing Buthidaung due to armed clashes in the city (Image: Social Media)

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive  As oppression and atrocities by Arakan Army (AA) continues, Rohingya continue their daily attempts to flee Arakan state in western. However, their journeys to other parts of Myanmar or to other countries also bear the imprint of the Arakan Army. The Rohingya in Arakan are suffering greatly under the rule […]

Arakan Army settles over 200 Rakhine families in Rohingya villages

Rohingya fleeing after AA forcibly evicted Rohingya from some villages in Buthidaung, Feb 2025 (Image: social media)

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Local sources stated that Arakan Army AA had settled more than 200 Rakhine families in Rohingya villages in Buthidaung that were forcibly emptied of its residents. In Shabbazaar Rohingya village, AA has already resettled 135 Rakhine families, while another 80 families were moved into Taungminkhaung Rohingya village last week, Arakan […]

Rohingya teacher severely injured due to stab attack in Bangladesh camps

An aerial photo of Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar (Image: The Independent)

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive  A Rohingya teacher was stabbed by unknown assailants in Bangladesh camps, on Sunday, leading to severe injuries in his abdomen. Arakan News Agency ANA reporter stated that the victim, Muhammad Zubair, was attacked on his way home in Kutupalong refugee camp at night. He explained that the gang summoned him […]

We fled to Bangladesh due to Arakan Army’s Atrocities, Rohingyas say

Rohingya refugees at a market located in Cox's Bazar camps in Bangladesh (Image: ABC)

Arakan News Agency  Several Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who have recently fled Arakan state in Western Myanmar have asserted that they were pushed away from their homeland because of atrocities committed against them by Arakan Army (AA) separatist group. Rahim Ullah, Rohingya refugee who fled Maungdaw, Arakan, to Bangladesh in May, stated that AA persecution […]

Arakan Army and Bangladesh Hand Over Seized Fishing and Cargo Boats

AA hands over fishing boats to BGB on May 16, 2025 (Image: AA info desk)

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Informed sources reported on Sunday that Arakan Army (AA), the separatist group controlling Arakan State, western Myanmar, and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) released boats seized by both sides, including fishing boats and cargo ships. Arakan News Agency (ANA) correspondent reported that the Bangladesh border guards released eight cargo ships, including […]

11 Killed and injured due to Junta strikes in Arakan

Destruction due to Myanmar army attack on Kyauktaw, Arakan in 15-5-2025 (Image: DMG)

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Seven people were killed while other four were injured, Thursday, due to Myanmar army aerial and artillery strikes on Kyauktaw town in Arakan state, Western Myanmar. Arakan News Agency reporter stated that Ywar Ma ward, under the control of the Arakan Army (AA), was hit with two bombs and six […]

Myanmar Army Bans Travel of Rohingya and Forcibly conscripts them in Arakan

Sittwe downtown, Arakan state, western Myanmar (Image: Internet)

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive In Sittwe, capital of Arakan State, the Myanmar military has completely blocked local Rohingya Muslims from traveling outside the area for any reasons, additionally the army has been forcibly conscripting them to fight against Arakan Army. Arakan News Agency (ANA) reporter stated that Rohingya are not allowed to travel even […]