Bangladesh

At least 128 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) took refuge in Bangladesh through the Naf river near Shahporir Dwip in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar today and yesterday amid the ongoing conflict between the junta forces and rebel Arakan Army. Of them, BGB troops came into Bangladesh through Kanchan jetty under Sabrang union around…

After a month-long severe heatwave, Dhaka experienced rain and thundershowers in parts of the capital last night. There were reports of rain in Mirpur, Karwan Bazar, Kamalapur, Uttara, Agargaon, Gulshan, Banani, Niketan, Khilgaon, and Nakhalpara, among other areas, Monowar Hossain, a meteorologist at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told The Daily Star. According to the BMD,…