Kaladan News (Kaladan Press Network)

Focus on the Rohingyas, but also covers wider issues including the economic and human rights situation in Northern Arakan and Bangladesh-Burma relations.
expand all
collapse all

Individual Documents

Title: WB to help Bangladesh-Burma Rail Networks
Description: Chittagong, Dec.20, 03: "The World Bank (WB) has expressed its interest to provide financial assistance for construction of Bangladesh-Burma rail networks, according to UNB, a local news agency..."
Source/publisher: UNB via Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-20
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-20
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.23 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-12-20B.htm
more
Title: Arakan Alliance Signed Deed of Commitment Under Geneva Call
Description: Chittagong, December 07: "Recently the Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) and the National United Party of Arakan (NUPA), the two component organizations of the Arakan Independence Alliance (AIA), had separately signed the Geneva Call Deed of Commitment for Adherence to a Total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action (DoC)..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.87 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-12-07.htm
more
Title: Burmese Army killed a Traveler at Maungdaw-Buthidaung Road
Description: Buthidaung, Dec.16: "Burmese army killed a Rohingya traveler at Maungdaw-Buthidaung road on 19th November 2003, according to our corresponedent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-12-16
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.43 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-12-16.htm
more
Title: DA BYU CHAUNG ? PALAY DAUNG ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH FORCED LABOUR
Description: Buthidaung, December 08: "A 16 kilometers long road from Da Byu Chaung to Palay Daung is being under constructed in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State with forced labour of villagers, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-08
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.58 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-12-08.htm
more
Title: Meeting To Avoid Communal Violence Held At Maung Daw
Description: Maungdaw, December 10: "Recently a meeting on the issue of communal violence was held at Maungdaw Town, Arakan State, with the initiative of Tactical Operation Command (TOC) Commander of Buthidaung, urging the participants to guard and avoid any communal troubles, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-10
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.52 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-12-10.htm
more
Title: Arson Attack to a Mosque and Its Guesthouse
Description: Buthidaung, December 01: "On November 04, 2003, some Rakhine youths made an arson attack to a mosque and its guesthouse at around 9:00 pm in Buthidaung Town, Arakan State, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-12-02
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-06
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.71 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-12-02.htm
more
Title: Chittagong Research Society Formed
Description: Chittagong, December 06: "A Chittagong Research Society (proposed) was formed yesterday in a meeting held at Chittagong, Bangladesh, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-12-06
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-06
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.13 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-12-06.htm
more
Title: BANGLADESH SOUGHT THE CHINESE COOPERATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ASIAN HIGHWAY
Description: Chittagong, November 18: "On November16, 2003, Bangladesh sought the Chinese cooperation for the construction of a highway passing through Dhaka, Chittagong , Cox?s Bazar, Burma, Thailand and China, according to BSS. Bangladesh government has adopted a?Look East” policy to develop road communication with other Asain countries connecting Bangladesh with Asian Highway, the Communications Minister Nazmal Huda said..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-11-18
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-29
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.32 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-11-18.htm
more
Title: Mosques Under Guards During Prayer Times
Description: Maungdaw, November 24: "Mosques at Maungdaw Town are under police guards during prayer times, in the month of Ramadan, since November 9, 2003, according to our correspondent. On 9th November at around 8:00 pm, while the Muslims were praying inside the mosque of No. 5 quarter of Maungdaw town, a group of Rakhine youths backed by policemen had suddenly torched the mosque and the basic religious school attached to it. Both the mosque and school were made of bamboo and thatched with dhani (sea palm leaves). The school was partly burnt down while the mosque could be saved from the fire, he further added..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-11-24
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-29
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.24 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-11-24.htm
more
Title: Nasaka Authorities Illegally Taking Money From Public to Support their Armed Force
Description: Maungdaw, November 23: "Nasaka (Border Security Force) of Maungdaw Township in Arakan State was taking Kyat 500,000/- from a businessman by giving a license for a sole agent of vermicelli for only Maungdaw Township, said a trader from Maungdaw Town..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-11-23
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-29
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.54 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-11-23.htm
more
Title: BANGLADESH BDR SEIZED SOME ARMS AND AMMUNATION FROM RNA
Description: Cox?s Bazar, November 11: "The Bangladesh BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) seized some arms, ammunition and equipments from Rohingya Freedom fighters on November 6, 2003, according to R NA (Rohingya National Army) spokesman..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-11-11
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.19 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-11-11.htm
more
Title: A Cowboy Boy Sodomized by Army
Description: Buthidaung, November 12: "An army in Buthidaung Township in Arakan State sodomized a Rohingya cowboy, according to a relative of victim..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-11-12
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.24 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-11-12.htm
more
Title: No Rohingyas Camped Across the Naf River to Cross the Border
Description: Maungdaw, November 8: "There were no Rohingyas from the Burma Province of Arakan State have camped across the Naf River for last couple of days with intent to cross into Bangladesh, according to our correspondent from Maungdaw town..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-11-08
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.39 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-11-08.htm
more
Title: PRICES FALL IN MAUNGDAW TOWN
Description: Maungdaw, November 10: "Prices of essentials, which shot up with the advent of Ramadan Month (Sabbath month), have started falling in local markets, said a trader from Maungdaw Town, yesterday. Prices of items like turmeric, petrol had registered moderate rise but vegetables virtually went beyond the reach of the common man, he further added..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN PRESS
Date of publication: 2003-11-10
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.13 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-11-10.htm
more
Title: A Regional Conference on Protection for Refugees from Burma
Description: Chian Mai, November 9: "A two-day long Regional Conference on Protection for Refugees from Burma was held in Thailand between 6 and 7 November 2003, according to a participant named Idris. The conference was organized by Forum-Asia, Altsean, Jesuit Refugees International and Non-violence International on Protection for Burmese Refugee..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-11-09
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.52 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-11-09.htm
more
Title: Residents of Taungbru Left Relocated for New Battalion and Jail Project
Description: Maungdaw, November 15: "Residents of Taungbru left (Day Banna) village in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State have been relocated recently for a new army battalion and jail project by SPDC authorities, according to our sources. According to local news, over 53 houses and a Muslim graveyard in Taungbru left village of Maungdaw Township have already been destroyed, followed by the SPDC authorities..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-11-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 10.01 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-11-15.htm
more
Title: Army Headquarters Became a Market
Description: Buthiaung, October 08: "The army Headquarters of Battalion No.551 of Thin Ga Net village of Buthidaung north in Arakan State has become a market since September 20, 2003, according to our source..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-08
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-07
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 12.24 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-08.htm
more
Title: Forced Collection of Money for Conducting Civil Defense
Description: Akyab, November 04: "The ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) officials have been engaged in forcefully collecting money from Rohingya villagers for conducting short-term military training from across the Akyab (Sittwe) Township in Arakan State, the western part of Burma, sources in the Akyab Town said..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-11-04
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-07
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 12.45 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-11-04.htm
more
Title: AN AGREEMENT HAS TO BE SIGNED BETWEEN NASAKA AND NEW COUPLES
Description: Maungdaw, October12: "Recently, Nasaka has released an order for the Rohingya community to sign on an agreement between Nasaka (Border Security Force) and new married couples for birth control, said a new married couple to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-12
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.09 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-12.htm
more
Title: ARMY LOOTING GOODS FROM PASSENGERS AND TRAVELERS
Description: Buthidaung, October 15: "Since September last week, 2003, Burmese army have been looting goods from the passengers and travelers in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State while crossing army check-posts, said a trader to Kaladan Press..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.56 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-15.htm
more
Title: BURMESE ARMY DEMANDS FARM PRODUCTS AND FIRE WOOD TO WITHDRAW FARMLANDS CONFISCATION ORDER
Description: Buthidaung, October 19: "Rohingya villagers have to pay chili, potatoes, peas and fire woods for army battalion to withdraw their confiscated farmlands and grazing ground in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, said villager..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-19
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.17 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-19.htm
more
Title: Burmese Nasaka Gave Ultimatum to Bangladesh Businessmen
Description: Cox?s Bazar, Ocober10: "The Burmese Nasaka (Border Security Force) has given an ultimatum to two Bangladeshi businessmen for immediate release of seven arrested Burmese nationals by Bangladesh police, said Hamid Mohamed Ershad, a local reporter. Seven- Rakhine (Burmese nationals) including one Aung Kyaw Sein has been arrested on 4th October 2003 by police in Ukhiya of Cox?s Bazar District under the accusation of passport Act..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-09
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 10.01 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-09.htm
more
Title: Conducting Population Survey in Northern Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, Oct 21: "The Burmese military regime is conducting a survey on population and other things in the bordering township of Maungdaw, Arakan State, from October 7, 2003, said a source close to Village Peace and Development Council (VPDC)..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-21
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.48 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-21.htm
more
Title: FIVE ROHINGYAS SENTENCED FOR 7- YEARS JAIL IN BUTHIDAUNG
Description: . Buthidaung, Oct. 10: "Five Rohingyas of Buthidaung Towship were sentenced 7 years jail each for a little bit extension of Madrasa by the Court No.2 of Buthidaung Town in Arakan State on September 10, 2003, according to a Madrasa teacher, named Mv. Anwar. All victims hail from Ywet Nyo Taung village of Buthidaung Township and were arrested by Nasaka (Border Security Force) of camp No.21 of Nasaka area No.9 on February 2, 2003 by accusation of for extension of Madrasa (Religious School) without permission of concerned authorities..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-10
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.88 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon kp2003-10-10.htm
more
Title: A Refugee Woman Missing from Refugee Camp
Description: Cox?s Bazar, October 13: "A Burmese Rohingya refugee woman has been missing from refugee camp since September 21, after being clashed between refugee women and police, according to a victim?s parents. On September 21, 2003, in Kutopalong refugee camp of Cox?s Bazar District, Bangladesh, there was a clash between Rohingya refugee women and policemen as the refugees? defense against forced repatriation. In the clash, 7- Rohingya women and two other elderly men were severely beaten up by the police. Among them Miss. Sajeda Begum, 22, and Ms. Dil Bahar, 25, a pregnant woman were seriously wounded, they further added..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-13
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.73 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-13.htm
more
Title: SOME NASAKA EMPLOYEES IN BANGLADESH
Description: Teknaf, Oct. 22, 03: "Recently, Nasaka (Border Security Force) are being employed as goldsmiths in different gold shops of Bangladesh, said Jabed Iqbal Choudhury from Teknaf. Some gold shops were established along the border of Cox?s Bazar district with the collaboration of two syndicates, one U Myint Aung from Maungdaw (Burmese) and another one is Kyaw Hla Oo from Nhila (Bangladeshi), in which most of the employees are Burmese nationals (Rakhines) and of them some are Nasaka or Nasaka agents as goldsmiths, he further added..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-22
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.56 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-22.htm
more
Title: A SPDC Deputy Minister Held a Meeting at Maungdaw Town, to Support the 7-Points Road Map.
Description: Maungdaw. October 07: "A SPDC Deputy Minister held a meeting at Maungdaw Town in Arakan State in supporting the 7-points road map by the new Prime Minister on 20 th September 2003, according to a participant of the meeting..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 13.35 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-07.htm
more
Title: Township Chairman Ordered to Vacate 65 Dwelling houses at MaungdawTownship
Description: Maungdaw, October 11,2003: "Maungdaw Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) Chairman had ordered the Rohingya village to vacate their dwelling houses by October10, 2003, according to our correspondent of Maungdaw. On September 18, 2003, the TPDC Chairman Captain Hla Pu had ordered the Ba Gone Nah village of Maungdaw south in Arakan State to vacate 65 dwelling houses as to establish a new army camp by October10 but the villagers still refuse to vacate the houses, he further said..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-11
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.5 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-11.htm
more
Title: U-17 Booters lost All Three Practice Matches in Rangoon
Description: Chittagong, October 07: "Bangladesh lost all the three-practice matches they played in the Burma, according the sports reporter..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-10-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-10-31
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.21 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-10-07B.htm
more
Title: A female Refugee Detained in Cox?s Bazar Jail
Description: Cox?s Bazar, September 26: "A female Rohingya refugee from Khutupalong camp named Shajeda Begum, 22, is being detained in Cox?s Bajar Jail, in Bangladesh, according to our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-09-26
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 11.4 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-09-26.htm
more
Title: Forced Labour is Still Continuing in Arakan
Description: Buthidaung, September 13: "Forced labour is still continuing in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, according to our correspondent. The villagers of Buthidaung Township have to pay forced labour at Nasaka camps (Border Security Force), military camps, Military Intelligent (MI), such as to clean the camps, to fence the camps, to build the latrines, to carry water, to prepare firewood, and etc, he further said..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-09-13
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.28 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-09-13.htm
more
Title: 2858 Rohingya Refugees Returned Home in August and till 4th September
Description: Teknaf, September 6: "Some 2858 Rohingya refugees returned to Burma in August and until 4th September from Kutopalong and Nayapara refugee camps of Cox?s Bazaar District, according to our sources..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-09-06
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.95 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-09-06.htm
more
Title: Army Beat Up a Cleric?s Wife and Daughter
Description: Buthidaung, September 8: "Army beat up a cleric named Fayazul Islam?s wife and daughter because of their scarves on their heads while entering the compound of army, in which they were taking photographs of Rohingya people on 2n September 2003, according to our sources..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-08
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 10.77 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-09-08.htm
more
Title: Bangladesh Army Seized Some Arms and Ammunition from Rakhine Armed Groups
Description: Chittagong, September 01: "The Bangladesh army seized some arms, ammunition and equipments from Rakhine armed groups on August 25, 2003, according to Daily Star..."
Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" via KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-09-01
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 12.67 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-09-01.htm
more
Title: Border trade with Burma halts on trader strike
Description: Cox?s Bazar, September 2: "Border trade between Bangladesh and Burma came to a halt yesterday as traders at the frontier went on an indefinite strike to protest harassment by law enforcers while transporting goods through the Teknaf (border Town) Highway, according to UNB, Cox?s Bazar..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-09-02
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.05 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-09-02.htm
more
Title: BRC and UNHCR Don?t Take Responsibility If Political Refugees of Burma Sent to Mae Sot
Description: Mae Sot, September 03: "On September 2, 2003, a press release was released for the security of political refugees of Burma, by (BRC), which takes care of political refugees, who are living in Bangkok, Thailand, according to Muslim Agency for News..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-09-03
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.59 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-09-03.htm
more
Title: Burma Announces Democracy Roadmap
Description: Chittagong, August 31: "Burma?s military government announced a seven-point roadmap towards democracy yesterday that includes "free and fair" elections to be held under a new constitution, according to the newly installed Prime Minister Khin Nyunt said in his first speech yesterday..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 10.46 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-31.htm
more
Title: China to Promote Bilateral Relations with Burma
Description: Chittagong, August 23: "China will promote bilateral relations with Burma to ensure stability and development even as sanctions are leveled against Rangoon by the United States and other nations, state media reported yesterday, according to AFP, Beijing..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-23
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.87 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-23.htm
more
Title: Policemen together with Immigration Arrested 120 Men and Extortion
Description: Buthidaung, September 11: "On August 30,2003, a team of police together with immigration have arrested 120 Rohingyas from Koin Daung (Kwan Dine) village of Buthidaung Township in Arakan State and extorted money, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-09-11
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 10.81 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-09-11.htm
more
Title: Primary Education System Deteriorated in Northern Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, August 30: "Primary education system is deteriorated day by day in northern Arakan, Burma, according to a prominent Rohingya leader of Maungdaw Town..." children, UNICEF, school
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 10.35 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-30.htm
more
Title: S. KOREA AND BURMA BUSINESSMEN MEET
Description: Rangoon, September 7: "South Korean products recently have found ready market in Burma said a Rangoon businessman, according to Burma Times..."
Source/publisher: "Burma Times" via Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-09-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.92 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-09-07B.htm
more
Title: SPDC Authorities conducted a Buddhist Rites to Prevent Curse
Description: Maungdaw, September 6: "On 27th August 2003, early morning, the authorities of the State Peace and Development Council( SPDC) conducted a religious ceremony at Maungdaw Town in Arakan State, according to our sources..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan Press
Date of publication: 2003-09-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.78 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-09-07.htm
more
Title: What Happened to the Shrimp Culture?
Description: Maungdaw, August 26: "The shrimp farmers of Maungdaw Township in the western part of Burma are facing difficulties arising from constantly changing polices on shrimp farming, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-26
Date of entry/update: 2003-09-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-26.htm
more
Title: 17 Families Refugee Returned Home
Description: Teknaf, August 16: "17 families of Rohingya refugees returned home on August13, 2003 from two existing refugee camps Kutupalong and Nayapara of Cox?s Bazar District, according to our correspondent of Teknaf..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-16
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.13 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-16B.htm
more
Title: Account Trade with Burma Hangs in the Balance
Description: Chittagong, August 19: "Account trade between Bangladesh and Burma hangs in the balance as the US has imposed economic restrictions on Yangon,according to Star report. Dollar crisis worsened in Yangon following the economic restrictions. Due to restriction on opening Lcs in Burma, Dhaka and Yangon had decided to introduce account trade, which has now become uncertain due to the US sanction, said a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-19
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.78 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-19.htm
more
Title: Does Forced labour Exists in Arakan?
Description: Buthidaung, August 22: "On June 30,2003, the Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) Chairman of Buthidaung Township under the Arakan State ordered five villages to plant seedlings along the roadsides, said our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-22
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.83 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-22.htm
more
Title: Five Muslims Arrested in Myawaddi Town
Description: Myawaddi, August 11: "A combined operation cell consisting of Military Intelligence (MI), Nasaka (Border Security Force) and USDA members arrested five Muslim youths in Mya waddi town of Karen State, a border town of Thai- Burma, on August 8, 2003, according to Muslim Agency for News..."
Source/publisher: Muslim Agency for News via Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-11
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.08 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-11.htm
more
Title: Government Servants to Take Military Training
Description: Buthidaung, August 17: "On August 13, the Commander of the Western Command issued an order asking government servants to take a short-term military training by the end of this month, according to our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-17
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.44 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-17.htm
more
Title: Money Extorted From Farmers for Model Village
Description: Buthidaung, August17: "The Buthidaung Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) Chairman had extorted Kyat 250,000/-from five farmers under the pretext of establishing a model village for Buddhist settlers, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-19
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.35 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-19C.htm
more
Title: Muslim Migrant workers celebrated Mother?s Day in Thailand
Description: Mae Sot, August 13: "Muslim migrant workers celebrated Mother?s Day in Thailand on 12 August 2003 to honour Queen Sirikit Kitiyakorn?s 71st birthday, which is also marked as Mother?s Day in Thailand, according to Muslin Agency for News..."
Source/publisher: Muslim Agency for News via Kaladan Press
Date of publication: 2003-08-13
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.25 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-13.htm
more
Title: Nasaka Confiscated a Garden From a Poor man
Description: Maungdaw, August 20: "The Nasaka (Border Security Force) of Nasaka headquarters of Maungdaw Township in Arakan State confiscated a garden from a poor man for new Buddhist settlers, on July 27, said a victim?s relative to our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-20
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : html
Size: 4.42 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-20.html
more
Title: Paddy Purchasing Representatives Appointed in Northern Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, August 15: "On July 23, 2003, the Western Command Commander has appointed two representatives for procurement of paddy from Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships of northern Arakan State, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.5 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-15.htm
more
Title: SPDC Authorities and DKBA Jointly Checked Mosques
Description: Mae Sot, August 17: "The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) authorities and their collaborators Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) were jointly checking the Mosques in Karen State and Pegu Devision of Burma, on August 01, 2003, according to Burma Agency for News..."
Source/publisher: Burma Agency for News via Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-17
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.81 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-17B.htm
more
Title: Two Deals with Burma in the Process of Implementation
Description: Chittagong, August 21: "Two deals with Burma are in the process of implementation, said Commerce Minister Amir Khosoru Mohmud Chowdhury to reporters after an inter-ministerial meeting held at the Ministry of Commerce Conference room on 18th August, according to Star report.
Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" via Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-21
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : html
Size: 3.9 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-21.html
more
Title: Two Muslims Arrested for identification of Islam on NID Cards in Southern Burma
Description: Moulmein, August 14: "On 11 August 2003, two Muslims named U Win Khrine, 42, and Zaw Win Naing, 35, were arrested by a combined cell, consisting of Nasaka (Border Security Force) and Immigration because of their identification of Islam in religion on their National Identity Cards (NID), said Muslim Agency for News..."
Source/publisher: Muslim Agency for News via Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-14
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.37 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-14.htm
more
Title: US Sanctions Cripple Burma Economy
Description: Chittagong, August 19: "US sanctions against Burma have plunged the military State?s ailing economy into chaos, crippling trade and prompting the junta to devise ways of beating the measures, analysts say, according to AFP, Rangoon..."
Source/publisher: AFP via Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-19
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.8 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-19B.htm
more
Title: 986 Rohingyas Returned Home in July.
Description: Teknaf. August 03: "Some 986 Rohingya Refugees of 178 families returned to Burma in July from Kutopalong and Nayapara refugee camps of Cox?s Bazar District, said our correspondent from Teknaf..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-08-03
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.06 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-03.htm
more
Title: Army Abducted and Married a Rakhine Girl
Description: Rathedaung, August 8: "On July 9,2003, a Rakhine girl was abducted and married by an army named Tat Naing, according to our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan news
Date of publication: 2003-08-09
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.25 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-09.htm
more
Title: BDR Seized Smuggled Goods In Teknaf
Description: Teknaf, August 08: "On July 26, 2003 a BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) team of Teknaf in a daylong anti-smuggling drive seized a motorboat with full load of goods in Kauyar Khali Creek of Bangladesh while it was on way to Burma, according to our source from Teknaf..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-09
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 5.72 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-09B.htm
more
Title: Coastal Guards Seized Series of Cargo ships with Fertilizer
Description: Teknaf, August 04: "On July 27, 2003, Bangladesh Coastal Guard seized a cargo ship loaded with fertilizer in Bay of Bengal near Saint Martin Island while on their way to Burma, said an owner of the cargo ship..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-08-04
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.28 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-04.htm
more
Title: FOUR ROHINGYA REFUGEES DROWNED AS TRAWLER SANK
Description: Teknaf, August 10: "Four Rohingya refugees drowned as their fishing trawler sank in the Naf River on 31 st. July 2003, due to inclement weather, said a refugee from Nayapara Camp..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-08-10
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.32 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-10.htm
more
Title: Human Rights Workshop for Arakanese Youths in Bangladesh
Description: Chittagong, August 03: "The Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB) Based in Thailand conducted a one-day long training between two youth groups of Rakhine and Rohingya in Bangladesh ended on 1st August 2003, according to a participant..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-03
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.9 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-03B.htm
more
Title: A MOTOR BOAT SEIZED AND EXTORTED
Description: Chittagong, July 29: "On July 10, 2003, a motorboat carrying 22 bulls was seized by Nasaka (Border Security Force) of Area No. 8 of Maungdaw Township and was later released after paying a bribe of 2.8 million Kyats, a border trader said to our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-29
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.1 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-29.htm
more
Title: SIX TRAWLERS SINK IN BAY, FOUR FISHERMEN DROWNED, 60 MISSING
Description: Teknaf, July 30: "Four fishermen drowned and at least 60 are missing as six fishing trawlers sank in the Bay of Bengal on July 27,2003, due to inclement weather, trawler owners association of Teknaf said to our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 5.78 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-30.htm
more
Title: SPDC Recruiting Villagers For Short-term Military Training
Description: Maungdaw, August 10: "The local SPDC authorities in Arakan State are recruiting villagers for short-term military training in Maungdaw and Buthidaung Townships, according to our correspondent. Members of Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) in Arakan State went round the villages in their townships, called meetings, and enlisted the villagers to attend the military training. They registered youths of 18 to 25 years old, source further added..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-10
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.17 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-10B.htm
more
Title: SUU KYI WILL NOT REMAIN DETAINED FOR LONG TIME
Description: Chittagong, July 29: "Aung San Suu Kyi will not remain in detention in Burma "for a long period," the Foreign Minister Win Aung said yesterday, according to AFP, Jakarta..."
Source/publisher: AFP via Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-29
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.35 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-29B.htm
more
Title: Two Nasaka Beaten up By One Villager
Description: Maungdaw, August 9: "On 12th July 2003, two Nasaka (Bordr Security Force) forces were beaten up by a villager during altercation among them, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-08-09
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.7 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-08-09C.htm
more
Title: A VPDC Chairman Arrested for Second Marriage
Description: Buthidaung, July 28: "On June 15, 2003, a Village Peace and Development Council (VPDC) Chairman named Imam Hussain, 50, was arrested by the Nasaka- Border Security Force- camp No. 21 of Nasaka Area No. 9 of Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, for the cause of second marriage, said a relative of the victim to our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-28
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.55 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-28.htm
more
Title: BLACK PEPPER CULTIVATION IN NORTH ARAKAN
Description: Maungdaw, July 20: "On July 3, 2003, the Chairman of the Maungdaw Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) has introduced black pepper cultivation in north Arakan and issued an order asking every family to the villagers to plant seedlings of black pepper, said a farmer to our correspondent preferring not to refer to his name..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-07-20
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 15.63 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-20.htm
more
Title: FISHING IS RISKY IN NAF RIVER NOW
Description: Maungdaw, July 27: "Fishing is risky in Naf River now as many fishermen were looted of their fishing nets, fishes, cash and other belongings. Yet the poor fishermen are going for trawling in the river with great fear for their livelihood, said a fisherman from Maungdaw town to our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-27
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.38 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-27.htm
more
Title: NASAKA COMMITTED SERIES OF ROBBERY
Description: Maungdaw, July 19: "On 1st July 2003, Nasaka (Border Security Force) troops had looted a shrimp culture project in Loun Don village of Maungdaw township, Arakan State, Burma, said a schoolteacher to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-07-19
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 12.35 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-19.htm
more
Title: Nasaka?s Reckless Shooting in a Bordering Village of Bangladesh
Description: Cox?s Bazar, July 24: "The Burmese Border Security Force (Nasaka) personnel crossed the international border over the Naf River and started firing at Ulobonia village in Waikhong Union under Teknaf Township of Cox?s Bazar district in southern Chittagong, Bangladesh, eyewitnesses told Kaladan Press..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-25
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.65 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-25B.htm
more
Title: REPAIR WORKS OF MAUNGDAW JAME-MOSQUE AGAIN HALTED
Description: Maungdaw, July 21: "On 11 July 2003, The Chairman of the Maungdaw Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) Capt. Hla Poo had issued an order to stop again all the repair works of the Maungdaw Jame-Mosque, said a community leader to our Kaladan Press..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-07-21
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.86 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-21.htm
more
Title: ROHINGYA WELCOMES US APPROVED SANCTIONS ON BURMA
Description: Chittagong, July 17: "Rohingya people of Arakan State, Burma, welcomes US approved sanctions on Burma in protest against its recent crackdown on the pro-democracy opposition, said an exiled NLD member living in Chittagong..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-07-17
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 10.51 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-17.htm
more
Title: A ROHINGYA WOMAN RAPED
Description: Maungdaw, July 23: "On July 01, 2003, a Rohingya woman named Ms. Nasima Khatoon (nickname), 25, was raped for two days in Nasaka (Border Security Force) camp by a Nasaka officer, said a victim?s relative to our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-23
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.14 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-23.htm
more
Title: Seven Rohingya Muslim Seek Refugees Status
Description: Chittagong, July 25: "Seven Rohingya Muslims from Burma climbed the perimeter fence into the compound of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at Jalan Bukti Petaling there on 8th July 2003 to demand refugee status, according to the New Straits Times of Malaysia..."
Source/publisher: "New Straits Times" via Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-25
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.67 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-25.htm
more
Title: BURMA-BANGLADESH BORDER ALERT
Description: Taungbro (Maungdaw) July 15: "From last week of June 2003, the border security forces of both Burma and Bangladesh are on alert all along the border due to possible sporadic fresh influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, according to our correspondent. At present, about 80 Rohingya families, most of whom were repatriated refugees from Bangladesh have, in their attempt to cross the border to Bangladesh, gathered in a bordering village of Taungbro Left in Nasaka Sector No.3. After repatriation, they are not properly rehabilitated in their original places and are denied the right to own their lands and properties, sources said..."
Creator/author: Md. Sadek
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-15
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 11.49 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-15B.htm
more
Title: Football Tournament Organized by NaSaKa With the Villagers
Description: Taungbro( Maungdaw) July 15: "A football competition was held, between NaSaKa Sector Nos. 3 and 4, from 30 June to 5 July 2003, at Laikra village (Kumirkhali), the headquarters of the NaSaKa Sector No.4, about 15 miles north of Maungdaw town, said our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-15
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 5.37 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-15.htm
more
Title: Forced Labour Still Continuing in Northern Arakan
Description: Buthidaung July, 9: "Forced labour is still continuing in Arakan State of Western Burma. As part of SPDC?s design, the Commander of the Battalion No.565 of Burma Army in Buthidaung Township ordered the Rohingya villagers of Nan Ra Gon, San Nyin Way (Lambarbil-East) and Quendaung villages to construct a bridge on the ?Dabruchaung River”, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-09
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.46 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-09.htm
more
Title: Process of Forced Repatriation Continued in the Rohingya Refugee Camps
Description: Ukhia, Cox?s Bazar, July 11: "The Bangladesh camp officials and the local UNHCR staffs are continuously threatening the remaining Rohingya refugees in Kutupalong and Nayapara refugee camps to go back to Burma without any protection, said a Rohingya refugee leader. The refugees have been forced to put their signatures or thumb impressions on blank papers to be used later stating voluntary repatriation, he further said. The refugees, who refuse to do so, cannot live in the camps. If any one disobeys such order of the camp officials, he is jailed under false and fabricated charges (such as criminal charges under Bangladesh Penal Code) or forcibly repatriated or deprived of all his entitlements and facilities in the camp such as, food, ration, medical treatment and shelter etc., he further added..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-11
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.75 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-11.htm
more
Title: FORCED LABOUR FOR GROWING PADDY
Description: Buthidaung, July 1: "On 12th June 2003, the Commander of the Military Operation Command (MOC)-15 of Buthidaung Township,Arakan State, had ordered five villages to provide forced labour to work in farmlands controlled by the army camps, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-07-01
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-04
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.01 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-07-01.htm
more
Title: 48 MORE REFUGEES REPATRIATED
Description: Chittagong, June19: "Forty-eight more Rohingya refugees of 8 families went back to Burma from two existing refugee camps yesterday, according to our correspondent. Officials of Bangladesh and UNHCR saw them off on the bank of Naaf River at Teknaf, he further said. In Burma side, Burma immigration officials received the refugees at Kayaung Chaung reception Center of Maungdaw Township, source said..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-06-19
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-23
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.99 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-06-19B.htm
more
Title: A FIGHTING BETWEEN PRO- NLD AND ANTI- NLD SOLDIERS
Description: Sittwe, June 22: "On 12 June, an armed fighting was occurred between pro-NLD and anti- NLD soldiers in the battalion No. 232 in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, according to our correspondent of Sittwe..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-06-22
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-23
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.37 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-06-22.htm
more
Title: TWO MEN DETENTION BY NASAKA WITH FALSE CASE
Description: Chittagong, June 19: "The commander of Nasak Area No. 6 detained two men on 12th June 2003, by accusing of involvement in human trafficking in Maungdaw Township in Arakan State, said our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-06-19
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-23
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.55 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-06-19.htm
more
Title: $1B GAS PIPELINE PROJECT PROPOSED
Description: Plan to link Myanmar with India via Bangladesh... Chittagong, 20 December: "The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has accepted, in principle, a proposal for the construction of a Myanmar-Tripura- West Bengal gas pipeline through Bangladesh, according to the Independent of 19th December..."
Source/publisher: "The Independent" via KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2002-12-20
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 14.71 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2002-12-20.htm
more
Title: 2 army [personnel] killed and 2 others wounded in landmine blast
Description: "Maungdaw, November 3: Two Burmese army personnel were killed and two others wounded in an explosion of landmine inside their territory on the Burma- Bangladesh border on 21st October 2002..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2002-11-03
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.7 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2002-11-03.htm
more
Title: 6 MADRASSA COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND TEACHERS ARRESTED
Description: Buthidaung, April 21: "3 committee members of a madrassa (religious school) with 3 teachers, who were arrested on 15 March by Nasaka for expanding the madrassa structure, are still in police custody, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-04-21
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.88 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-04-21B.htm
more
Title: 13 FAMILIES OF NEW SETTLERS BROUGHT TO MAUNGDAW
Description: "Maungdaw, 8th November: 13 families of new settlers were brought to Maungdaw north, Arakan State from Rangoon for settlement on 22nd October, according to our source...Since August 2002, the authorities have been very busy construction of aforesaid model village for the new settlers. In addition, some acres of Rohingya lands were seized within a short time for these settlers..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2002-11-08
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.22 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2002-11-08.htm
more
Title: 32 PRISONERS HANDED OVER AFTER TWO DAYS OF FLAG MEETING BETWEEN NASAKA AND BDR
Description: Teknaf, April 09: "32 prisoners of both countries were handed over between Nasaka (Burma border security force) and Bangladesh Rifle (BDR){Bangladesh border security force} after two days of flag meeting between Nasaka and BDR at Teknaf (a border town of Bangladesh), according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-04-09
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.44 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-04-09.htm
more
Title: 94 MORE ROHINGYAS REPATRIATED
Description: Chittagong, June 04: "More 94 Rohingya refugees belonging to 15 families returned to Burma on first June Sunday from Nayapara and Kutupalong refugee camps, according to the Daily Star. Bangladesh and UNHCR officials saw them off on the bank of Naaf River at Teknaf. Burma Immigration officials received them at Kayinchaung Reception Centre, Maungdaw..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-06-04
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 7.54 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-06-04.htm
more
Title: 175 ROHINGYA REFUGEES REPATRIATED
Description: Chittagong, May 25: "A group of 175 Rohingya refugees belonging to 27 families returned to their homes in Burma on 21st May from Nayapara and Kutupalong refugee camps, according to the Daily Star correspondent, Cox?s Bazar..."
Source/publisher: "Daily Star" via KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-05-25
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.43 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-05-25.htm
more
Title: 231 YOUNG MEN AND 4 WOMEN DETAINED AT MAUNGDAW
Description: "Maungdaw, October 30: From 11th to 15th October 2002, police arrested 231 young men and 4 women from Baggona village, a place 2 miles south of Maungdaw, Arakan State, said a trader of Maungdaw..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2002-10-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 12.41 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2002-10-30.htm
more
Title: 704 ROHINGYAS REPATRIATED IN MAY
Description: Cox?s Bazar, June 02: "A total of 704 Rohingya refugees belong to 121 families were repatriated to their homes in Burma from Ukhiya and Teknaf camps in May, according to BSS of Cox?s Bazar..."
Source/publisher: BSS via KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-06-02
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.69 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-06-02.htm
more
Title: AIA DECLARATION
Description: "According to our correspondent, we came to know that an emergency meeting of the Arakan Independence Alliance (AIA), an umbrella organization of the National United Party of Arakan (NUPA) and Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO), was held on 24-25 May 2003. He further added that the meeting discussed about the present political situation and other matters of national importance. The issue of launching an active peaceful political movement was one of the important agenda items dominated in the discussions of the meeting. Considering the need for reconciliation among different peoples in Burma in order to bring the autocratic rule of the illegitimate military regime to an end, the AIA declares to continue its joint movement until the inalienable right of the people of Arakan to ?self-determination? is achieved. We have learnt that the AIA has just released a declaration today, which has included the following points:..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-05-26
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.54 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-05-26.htm
more
Title: AIA HAS RELEASED A JOINT PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THE RECENT RECENT AGREEMENT OF BURMA AND INDIA TO DEVELOP ECONOMIC PROJECTS
Description: CHITTAGONG, 5th Feb 2003: "The Arakan Independence Alliance (AIA), an umbrella organization of the National United Party of Arakan (NUPA) and Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) has released a joint press release today about recent agreement of Burma and India to develop economic projects, said the statement..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-02-05
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.95 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-02-05B.htm
more
Title: ALL LUCRATIVE BUSINESSES ARE CONTROLLED BY SPDC AUTHORITIES IN NORTH ARAKAN
Description: "Maungdaw, August 19: The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) authorities through their agents in North Arakan control almost all lucrative businesses such as paddy, cattle, red-chilli, onion, hardwood, bamboos, fishes and salt, etc, said a businessman of Maungdaw Township..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan Press Network
Date of publication: 2002-08-19
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 11.01 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2002-08-19.htm
more
Title: ARBITRARY ARREST AND EXTORTION BY NASAKA
Description: Buthidaung, April 21: "Nasaka (Border Security Force) arrested a Rohingya man unlawfully and extorted money on 27th March while he was visiting his relatives at Buthidaung township of Arakan State from neighbouring Maungdaw town, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-04-21
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Engl;ish
Format : htm
Size: 8.74 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-04-21.htm
more
Title: ARMY ARRESTED 20 VILLAGERS FOR FORCED LABOR
Description: Buthidaung, May 07: "A section of army went to Koin Daung village of Buthidaung Township in Arakan State on April 20, 2003, and arrested 20 villagers for forced labor, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-05-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 6.75 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-05-07.htm
more
Title: ARMY USED FORCED LABOUR IN ARAKAN STATE
Description: "Buthidaung, November 14: The Commander of the Military Operation Command of (MOC-15) of Buthidaung Township, Arakan State used forced labor for reaping his own crop, according to our source. The villagers of Nanragoon and Quandaung village tracts of Buthidaung township of Arakan State had to pay 100 labors daily for reaping the said Commander?s own paddy crop from last October 22 to 27. The two village tracts, about one mile east of Buthidaung town consisting of 1125 households, said a villager..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2002-11-14
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 9.4 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2002-11-14.htm
more
Title: Bangla-Myanmar shipping begins
Description: Chittagon, January 31: "A shipping service began yesterday between Bangladesh and Myanmar, marking the first legal sea vessel between the neighbours since a 1988 coup in Yangon, said in the Daily Star..."
Source/publisher: "Daily Star" via KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 8.87 KB
Local URL:
  1. HTML icon KP2003-01-31.htm
more

Pages