One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar's army has claimed the capture of the last army outpost in the strategic western town of Maungdaw, gaining full control of the 271-kilometer (168-mile) -long border with Bangladesh. The capture by the Arakan Army makes the group's control of the
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Arakan Army returns 5 Bangladeshi fishermen
Myanmar's Arakan Army has handed over five Bangladeshi fishermen, who were taken from the Shah Porir Island estuary in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). BGB brought them bac kto Jaliapara Jetty Ghat in Teknaf Municipality on Wednesday (October 9), around 1:30 pm, Lt Col Md Mohiuddin Ahmed,