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Title: BDR Seized two Boats of Smuggling Salt En Route from Burma to Bangladesh
Description: Teknaf, June 6: "On 6th May 2004, BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) seized two cargo boats of smuggling table salt en- route from Akyab(Burma) to Bangladesh, according to our correspondent..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-06
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Title: Burmese Rohingya Refugees Called Hunger Strike at refugee Camp
Description: Cox?s Bazar, June 10: "Burmese refugees called an indefinite hunger strike at Khutu Palong refugee camp from yesterday morning till now, following a meeting among the refugees yesterday, said a refugee who preferred not to mention his name..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-06-10
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Title: Changes at Bangladesh-Burma Immigration Jetty Hamper Passengers of Both Countries
Description: Teknaf, June 9: "Changes effective on June 2nd, 2004 at the Bangladesh-Burma immigration jetty from Teknaf main town to land port (Port jetty), makes passengers of both countries uneasy to cross the border, according to our source..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-06-09
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Title: Conditions Set for Three-Nations Gas Pipeline Project
Description: Chittagong, 6 June: "The Bangladesh government has put some conditions in allowing construction of gas pipeline from Burma to West Bengal (India) through Bangladesh Territory, according to UNB, Dhaka. The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) prepared a draft for the proposed Burma-Tripura (India)- Bangladesh-West Bengal gas pipeline project, official sources said. The EMRD draft set certain stipulations like importing gas from Burma, when required, and keeping provision for transmission of Bangladesh?s gas domestically or for export through the pipeline network for the trans-border project, they added..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-06
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Title: Diarrhea Claims Three Infants in Teknaf Makeshift Refugee Camp
Description: Teknaf, May 23: "Three infants have so far died of diarrhea at Teknaf Makeshift Burmese Rohingya refugee camp (unofficial refugee camp), said Ibrahim, reporter of Kaladan Press Network. Diarrhea broke out in an alarming at Teknaf refugee camp from the beginning of this month, but the diarrhea patients could not be admitted to any health complex, he further added..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-05-23
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Title: Elephant killed a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh Camp
Description: Cox?s Bazar, June 30: "Wild elephant killed a Rohingya refugee at Kutupalong camp under Cox?s Bazar district of Bangladesh today, according to our correspondent..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-30
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Title: For Extortion: A Man Detained with False Case by MI (18) in northern Arakan
Description: Rathedaung, June 11: On 19th May 2004, the Military Intelligence No.18 (MI-18) arrested and detained one man in their camp by accusing of involvement with insurgent groups, according to our correspondent.
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-06-11
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Title: Forced labor for Newcomers and Relocated the Rohingya Villagers in Northern Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, June23: "The Nasaka (Border Security Force) of Burma has been extracting Rohingya forced labor to build houses for newly arriving settlers from central Burma and relocated the Rohingya villagers in northern Arakan since the end of May 2004, according to a relocated villager. An order has been issued by the Nasaka acting Director Lt. Col. Myint Oo to evacuate 130 Rohingya houses from Myaw Taung (Wa-beg) and Kyi Kan Pyin (Kawa Bil) villages of Maungdaw Township to build houses for newly arriving settlers, which are closed to the Nasaka Headquarters. These newcomers are arriving soon from central Burma to the Maungdaw Township, Arakan, he further added..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-23
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Title: Forced Labor Still Exists in Arakan, Western Burma
Description: Buthidaung, June 8: "The Military Operation Command ?15 (MOC-15) Commander of Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, had ordered five villages to provide forced labor to work in the military Battalions, according to our source. The villagers of Quan Dine, Tharakani, Dabru Chaung, Sinyan Way and Nanragong of Buthidaung Township have been engaged in forced labor for military Battalins since last month 2004, he further added. The villagers have to provide forced labor to the army battalions No.551, 556, 564 and MOC-15 headquarters, which have been established at Koya Sori, Krakma Taung, Palay Daung and Dabru Chaung villages respectively. Forced labor is continuing in Arakan State of western Burma. The commander warned the villagers of serious action in case of non-compliance..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-06-08
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Title: Hungry Rohingya Refugees Observed World Refugee Day 2004
Description: Cox?s Bazar, June 20: "Today, thousands of hungry Rohingya refugees in Kutupalong camp of Bangladesh, observed World Refugee Day-2004 to find a durable solution of the refugee crisis, said a refugee from the camp. There are about 7,000 Rohingya refugees in Kutupalong camp are still refusing to take food rations since 9th June 2004, demanding adequate protection and full refugee status, while they are totally dependent on UN and other aid agencies for food. But, the UNHCR, Bangladesh authorities and the International Community have paid little attention to the standoff of refusal of rations, he further said..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-06-20
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Title: India to Export Petroleum to Burma
Description: Chittagong, June 11: "India soon export diesel and other petroleum products to Burma besides unveiling plans for laying a pipeline to import gas from that country, according to Sakyasen Mittra, Kolkata. An official of the petroleum ministry said the process of exporting diesel to Burma from the Numaligarh Refinery in Assam would begin by next month..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-06-11
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Title: Marriage Restrictions Still Imposed on Rohingya Community
Description: Buthidaung, June 14: "Marriage restrictions that have been imposed on Rohingya community by Nasaka (Border security Force) since 1999 still exist, according to our correspondent. The marriageable age is fixed 25 years for the bridegroom and 18 years for the bride. The couples are required to give undertakings that they would not take more than three children. In addition, the bridegroom has to assure not to take more than one wife, he further added..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-06-14
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Title: More than 8,500 Rohingya Refugees are in Fear of Possible Attack and Arrest in Bangladesh Camp
Description: Cox?s Bazar, June 13: "More than 8,500 Rohingya are in fear of a possible attack and arbitrary arrest at Kutupalong UN refugee camp under Cox?s Bazar of Bangladesh, said a refugee from the camp. These refugees have been refusing food ration and staging on hunger strike since Wednesday, the 9th June 2004, demanding adequate protection and full refugee status, he further said. Although it has been already four days the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) and other concerned authorities have not taken any necessary step yet to solve the problem, said another refugee..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-13
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Title: A Nasaka Agent Stabbed in Northern Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, June 7: "A Nasaka (Burmese Border Security Force) agent was stabbed severely by village youths in northern Arakan on 4th June 2004, according to our correspondent. He was immediately sent to Maungdaw hospital for medical treatment where doctors said that the condition of the wounded person was very serious, source further added..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-06-07
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Title: An Odd Deal of Burma with a Bangladeshi Survey Team: Team returned just after 4 hours from four days
Description: Cox?s Bazar, July 2: "Burmese authorities deal strange with a Bangladeshi survey team that went to Burma for four days, but returned home only after four hours without any response from concerned authorities, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-07-02
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Title: Only 30 Refugees Repatriated within two Months after Burmese PM?s Visit at Bangladesh
Description: Cox?s Bazar, June 15: "After two months of Burma?s Prime Minister Khin Nyunt?s visit to Bangladesh, only 30 Burmese Rohingya refugees were repatriated though he assured the Bangladesh authorities all the refugees should be repatriated soon according to the procedure, according to Mr. Giyas Uddin. On March 8, 2004, Nasaka pushed back six-repatriated Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh and the tense situation was prevailed between two governments. It caused repatriation temporally blocked till May. But repatriation was resumed in May. On 3rd May 19 refugees and on 11th May 11 refugees of two families, in total 30, refugees were repatriated. Only 139 refugees were repatriated this year (till June15, 2004)..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-15
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Title: Rangoon Signed Protocol Yesterday with other BIMST-EU Countries
Description: Chittagong, 26: "Burma signed a protocol with other BIMST-EC countries yesterday as the prelude to outstanding a deal for free trade among the Bay of Bengal communities, according to UNB, Dhaka. Burma Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs U Kyaw Thu and Thai Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook and ambassadors from the other five countries signed the Protocol yesterday..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-06-26
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Title: Rohingya Barred from Cyclone Relief in Arakan -- Though Rohingya donated US$ 2,67,000/- for Cyclone Victims
Description: Akyab( Sittwe): June 18: "Though Rohingyas from Rangoon donated a large amount of money for cyclonic storm affected victims in Arakan State, Rohingyas were barred from relief, according to our sources. .."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-06-18
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Title: A Rohingya chopped to Death in Western Burma
Description: Maungdaw, June 22: "On 6th June 2004, unidentified men chopped to death a Rohingya man and were thrown into a well nearby a government primary school of Khari Para (village) at Mungdaw Township in Arakan State, western Burma, according to our sources. The next day, the dead body was found in the said well by some local women while they were going there to carry water. Hearing the hue and cry of women, local people rushed to the spot and they identified the dead body as Sidique (a) Maung Tun, 34, son of Habi Ullah, hailed from Khari Para of Maungdaw Township, sources further added..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-06-22
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Title: Rohingya Refugees Call off 21-day Long Strike
Description: Cox?s Bazar, July 1: "Burmese Rohingya (Arakanese) refugees in Kutupalong camp under Cox?s Bazar district of Bangladesh called off their 21 day long food Strike yesterday, after they have received positive assurance from both UNHCR and the Govt. of Bangladesh, according to our correspondent. On 30 July 2004, at about 10:30 am, a team of high officials from UNHCR, Govt. of Bangladesh, NGOs and other local authorities met with refugee leaders at the women center of the Kutupalong refugee camp and discussed in details the matter of standoff between refugees and Bangladesh camp authorities for an amicable solution, he further added..."
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Date of publication: 2004-07-01
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Title: Rohingya Youths & Women jointly completed a Media Training and Basic Photojournalism Workshop
Description: Chittagong, June03: "Kaladan Press Network (KPN) based in Bangladesh conducted 5-day long basic media training and photojournalism workshop with the participants of Rohingya youths and women, was jointly completed yesterday. This is the first time; with six members including two Rohingya women participants attended the basic media training and photojournalism camp conducted by Kaladan Press Network The basic media and photojournalism training camp was held in Burma-Bangladesh border area from 29th May to June 02, 2004..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-06-03
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Title: Standoff still continues in Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh
Description: Cox?s Bazar, June 21: "After 12-days of standoff between the Bangladesh camp officials and the Rohingya refugees of Kutupalong camp, Bangladesh, a small team of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Cox?s Bazar sat with refugees this morning but nothing comes out from their discussion, said a refugee leader who participated in the discussion..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-06-21
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Title: State Aided Colonization of Rohingya Homeland Through Model Villages and Militarization
Description: June 27, 2004: "The military regime in Burma has been conducting the most brutal campaign of Rohingya extermination by ethnic cleansing. It has been importing large number of people of Buddhist faith into the traditional Rohingya areas in North Arakan. The Rohingyas? concern about the ?colonization scheme” is related to insecurity about their physical safety and forcible dispossession of their lands and also to fear that the Rohingya will become insignificant or negligible minority in their traditional homeland. The Rohingyas are not opposed to individual migration but only to large-scale state aided colonization schemes, which change the ethnic composition of an area..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-27
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Title: Two Crore Worth of Goods Trawler Capsized, 3 Crewmen Missed in Naf River
Description: Teknaf, June 28: "A trawler with two crore worth of goods has been capsized and three crewmen were missed at the mouth of Naf River, hit by tornado on 24th June 2004, according to our correspondent. The trawler was hit at midnight by tornado and sank at the mouth of Naf River off the Saint Martin Island of Bangladesh with 10 crewmen while en-route to land port of Teknaf town, he more added..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-28
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Title: Uncertain Future of Rohingya Prisoners in Thailand
Description: Chittagong, June 29: "Rohingya prisoners are facing an uncertain future in Thailand jail, as they have no alternative ways for their release, said Zahir, a Rohingya who is now living in Bangkok. Thirty-eight (38) Burmese Rohingyas are imprisoned in the Immigration Detention Center (IDC) of Bangkok in November 2002.They were arrested by Thai police while crossing Burma-Thai border with a small boat through Ranong, a border town of southern Burma, he further said. After the incident, Thai police lodged cases against them as they were illegal immigrants to Thailand and were kept in IDC at Bangkok. It is almost two years have been passed, no result has been found yet for their release, said another Rohingya from Bangkok..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-29
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Title: What a fate of unofficial Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh! - One killed and 35 others injured in 2-day Attacks
Description: Teknaf, June 11: "One Rohingya refugee woman was killed and 35 others injured yesterday, in the makeshift camp of Teknaf, Bangladesh by the local terrorist attacks, according to our correspondent. In the evening of 9th June 2004, a group of local youths armed with knives and sticks suddenly came and attacked the helpless and hapless refugees. As a result, 20 refugees were injured. On resistance, the terrorists withdrew within half an hour, he further said..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-11
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Title: Bangladesh Earned 5.5 Million US$ from Burma-Bangladesh Border Trade in 7 Months
Description: Cox?s Bazar, May 9: "Bangladesh has earned 330 million Taka (US$ 5.5 million) of revenue from Burma-Bangladesh border trade in 7 months, according to a local The Daily Bashkhali of May 6..."
Source/publisher: "The Daily Bashkhali" via KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-05-09
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Title: BDR Arrested two Burmese Nationals with Guns from Bangladesh-Burma border
Description: Cox?s Bazar, May 21: "The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has arrested two Burmese nationals with guns from Bangladesh-Burma border, according to our correspondent..."
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Date of publication: 2004-05-21
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Title: BDR Seized a Cargo Boat of Table Salt Being Smuggled into Bangladesh
Description: Teknaf, May 16: "Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) seized a cargo boat carrying table salt that was being smuggling into Bangladesh on 6th of May 2004, said our correspondent from Teknaf. The cargo boat was captured at Naff River, while it was on its way to Bangladesh from Akyab, Burma. The boat was traversing at midnight towards Banglades with 9 crewmen and it carried out about 5,000 mounds (160 metric tons) of table salt worth Taka 11,20, 000/-(US$ 1.32 millions), he further added..."
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Date of publication: 2004-05-16
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Title: Burma Abusing Muslim Minority, Amnesty Says
Description: Chitagong, May 22: "The Muslim ethnic minority (Rohingyas) continue to suffer from multiple restriction and human rights violations, said Amnesty International on Wednesday, May 19, 2004. They, generally known as the Rohingyas, who live in northern Arakan (Rakhine) State, western Burma are often forced to work on roads and at military camps and they are also subjected to forced eviction and house destruction, land confiscation and various forms of extortion and arbitrary taxation including financial restrictions on marriage, the rights group said..."
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Date of publication: 2004-05-22
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Title: A Flag Meeting Between BDR and Nasaka
Description: Chittagong, May 21: "A flag meeting between Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Burmese border security forces (Nasaka) held at Chakdhala border area under Naikongchari Police Station of Bangladesh yesterday. It was held at about 11:00 am and ended at 1:00 pm. During their 2 hours meeting, they discussed issues of cross border and various topics, particularly the flight of Rohingyas from Arakan State, said a local member of Naikongchari who is accompanied by BDR..."
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Date of publication: 2004-05-21
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Title: Nasaka Handed 48 Prisoners over to BDR after Flag Meeting
Description: Teknaf, May 7: "Nasaka (Burma-Border security Force) handed 48 prisoners over to Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) after flag meeting between Nasaka and BDR at Maungdaw Town, Arakan State, according to our reporter..."
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Date of publication: 2004-05-07
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Title: Nasaka Raped a 12-Year Old Girl and Strangled
Description: Maungdaw, May 12: "On April 27, 2004, a Nasaka (Border Security Force) from Nasaka Headquarters of Kyi Kan Pyin (Kawa Bill) village of Maungdaw north, Arakan State, raped and killed a 12-year old girl by strangling her, according to our sources..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-05-12
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Title: Re-open an Old Transit Point between Burma-Bangladesh Border
Description: Teknaf, May 7: "Burma- Bangladesh old transit point Ngakura-Nhila is going to be re-opened after 2 years and 8 months closed, according to our source..."
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Date of publication: 2004-05-07
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Title: A Rohingya National Convention Completed and Formed Working Committee
Description: Chittagong, May 17: "A three-day Rohingya National Convention (RNC) was completed in a Burma?Bangladesh border area yesterday. It formed a ?Working Committee” with the participants for building consensus and drafting Arakan State Constitution, in a manner consistent to democracy and federalism, according to Chairperson of the convention named AFK Jilani..."
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Date of publication: 2004-05-17
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Title: Smuggled Burmese Longyi Seized at Cox?s Bazar
Description: Cox?s Bazar, May 10: "Four hundred and forty eight (448) Burmese longies smuggled from Burma to Bangladesh were seized in southern Chittagong District, Cox?s Bazar, according to our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-05-10
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Title: Diarrhea killed 3 in Teknaf Makeshift Camp, and many fighting for Life
Description: Teknaf, May 6: "Diarrhea claimed 3 lives and attack at least 50 in Teknaf makeshift camp of Burmese Rohingya refugee (unofficial refugee camp), sources from Teknaf said yesterday. On 4th May 2004, three Rohingya refugee children namely Hossain Ahmad, 7, son of Kala Mia, Deen Mohammad, 5, and other one in the makeshift camp of Teknaf died of diarrhea in one day and many other children and old people have been suffering with such disease. They are fighting for their lives, as there is no action from any quarters, sources further added..." N.B. photo of part of the camp in Alternate URLs.
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Date of publication: 2004-05-06
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Title: Arakan People Welcomes US Congress?s Renewal of Sanction on Burma
Description: Chittagong, May 04: "Arakan people welcome congressional leaders for renewal of sanction on Burma placed on Burma?s military regime in July of last year, said a NLD member inside Arakan, who declined to mention his name..."
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Date of publication: 2004-05-04
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Title: Why Bangladesh choose ‘Look East? Policy?
Description: Chittagong, May 05: "It is the manifestation of the "Look East Policy" of the Bangladesh government and must be given its due to priority if Bangladesh really wants to come out of the choking economic stranglehold of its huge western neighbor, according to Mr. Ali, a reporter from Dhaka. The new " Burma Road" is the road to the future of Bangladesh. Raw materials from China, Thailand etc. come by sea via Singapore or other intermediate ports where transshipment and its related costs are involved. In addition, to being slow and time consuming..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-05-05
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-05
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Title: A 3-Day Thingyan (Water Festival) of Burmese Community Ends in Cox?s Bazar
Description: Cox?s Bazar, April 22: "A three-day Thingyan (Water Festival) of Burmese community (Rakhaing) ended in Cox?s Bazar, Bangladesh on Monday, April 19, 2004, according to our source named Saiful Alam. Groups of young Rakhaing Boys and girls in same new dresses gathered under huge canopy and participated in water pouring--- a game of sprinkling water on each other, to celebrate the Rakhing New Year, he further added. Canopies were set up at different area of Cox?s Bazar on the occasion..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-04-22
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: 15 Burmese Nationals Get four Years Imprisonment for Smuggling Rice
Description: Cox?s Bazar, April 24: "A court in Cox?s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Thursday sentenced 15 Burmese nationals to four years in jail for smuggling rice, according to our reporter from Cox?s Bazar..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-04-24
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: Bangladesh Chamber Leaders Urged Revision of Account Trade Deal with Burma
Description: Chittagong, May 3: "Bangladesh Chamber leaders have urged the government to revise the account trade agreement with Burma saying the deal is not helpful to augment bilateral trade, according to the Daily Star of Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher: "Daily Star" via KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-05-03
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: Barbaric Killing of a Religious Teacher in Nasaka Custody
Description: Maungdaw, April 28: "A barbaric killing of a religious teacher in Nasaka (Border security Force) custody was occurred on 21st April 2004, in Maungdaw township, Arakan State, according to our sources..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-04-28
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: Dhaka ?Rangoon Highway Stone Laid
Description: Chittagong, April 7: "Communication Minister Nazamal Huda and Burma Transport Minister Major General Hla Myint Swe laid the foundation stone for the 133-km highway on 5th April 2004 that is expected to be complete in a year and a half according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-04-07
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: Fire at the Burma Embassy: Rohingya Refugees behind the Arson Attack
Description: Chittagong, April 10: "On 7th April 2004, at 9.30 am, three Rohingya refugees armed with lethal weapons, illegally entered the embassy compound and setting it on fire, according to Dr. Kamal, who is living in Kualar Lumpur, Malaysia..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-04-10
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: Khin Nyunt?s First Visit to Bangladesh after He Took Office
Description: Chittagong, April 5: "General Khin Nyunt termed his visit significant because it is his first visit to any country after he took office as Prime Minister. General Khin Nyunt arrived at Dhaka on 4th April, at 11:30am on a three-day official visit accompanied by a 41-member delegation including several ministers and government officials. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and her cabinet colleagues received him, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-04-05
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: A Press Release of ARNO on Recent Attack on Burmese Embassy in Malaysia
Description: Chittagong, April 11: "Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) releases a press release on recent attack on Burmese Embassy in Malaysia on Sunday April 11, 2004. According to the press release, the ARNO states that: ARNO does not approve of the recent attack on the Burmese embassy in Kuala Lumpur, on last Wednesday, the 7th April 2004, by three Burmese refugees, reported to be Rohingyas. ARNO does not support violence against civilians and does not support violent action against SPDC in 3rd countries. ARNO's struggle is confined within Burma and is for the self-determination and democracy of Arakan." [full text]
Source/publisher: ARNO via Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-04-11
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: Rohingya Refugees seek High School education in Bangladesh Camp
Description: Cox?s Bazaar, April 2: "Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps seek High School education for their children in the refugee camps, reports our correspondent. On 23/3/04, a group of refugee women staged demonstration in Kutupalong camp demanding High School Education for their children and to stop oppression of camp officials and their collaborators (Majees) on them, while Mr. Faruk Ahmed Khan, the Secretary In-charge of Bangaldesh Relief Ministry and Ms. Masiko Kondo, the country representative of the UNHCR in Dhaka, visited the camp. But the refugees received no positive response to their demand, said a refugee leader from the camp..."
Source/publisher: KALDAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-04-02
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: Rohingyas Cast Doubt on SPDC National Convention
Description: Chittagong, April 7: "Rohingyas cast doubt on SPDC National Convention which is to be convened on 17th May 2004, said a press release of ARNO. In a press release issued on 6th April, 2004 Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) expressed its concern over the SPDC sponsored National Convention scheduled to be held on 17th May 2004 to draft a state constitution. The statement is reported verbatim: ? Without free and fair participation and representation of NLD, other political parties and ethnic nationalities, including the Rohingyas of Arakan, the convention lacks credibility and as such the peoples of Burma as well as international community will not accept it..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-04-07
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Title: SPDC?s Campaign for National Convention in Northern Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, April 25: "SPDC authorities were campaigning in Northern Arakan for its National convention in Northern Arakan to divert the people from supporting pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-04-25
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: UNDP to Rebuild Maungdaw-Kayinchaung Road
Description: Maungdaw, April 10: "The UNDP staff in Arakan showed keen interest to rebuild a two kilometre long depleted road, which passes through Shweza village, linking Maungdaw town with Kayinchaung village, said a Village Council Member of the area preferring not to mention his name..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-04-10
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: Violence against Rohingya Refugees in Burma ? Bangladesh border
Description: Teknaf, Mar 26: "A violence fire broke out in the makeshift camp of Rohingya refugees in Taknaf injuring 8 inmates while damaging belongings of thousands of others, said a refugee leader of the camp..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-03-26
Date of entry/update: 2004-05-03
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Title: Continued Extortion of Money in Northern Arakan
Description: Maungday, Mar-16: "Nasaka (Border security Forces) extorted Kyat 700,000 from a Rohingya villager in Maugdaw Township, Arakan State, Burma on 29 February 2004, said Ali Miah, of the same village..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-03-16
Date of entry/update: 2004-03-25
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Title: Rohingyas? concern over ?ANC”
Description: Chittagong, Mar. 16: "The Arakan National Preconvention was held in New Delhi, India, on March 1-6, 2004 and it formed Arakan National Council (ANC) that claims to have been given political leadership role to represent the Arakan people and national interest, but the Rohinghyas of Arakan express their concern over it..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-03-16
Date of entry/update: 2004-03-25
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Title: 72 Burmese Nationals Sent Back to Their Home
Description: Teknaf, March 03: "A group of 72 Burmese nationals, who served different terms in Bangladeshi jails, were sent back home on Saturday, according to our correspondent. Following a top-level flag meeting between Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Nasaka Force at Teknaf Rest House in Cox?s Bazar District, both sides agree to deport them to their land, meeting sources said..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-03-03
Date of entry/update: 2004-03-13
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Title: Bad Days For Fishermen In Coastal Areas
Description: Maungdaw, March 03: "Burmese military junta earns huge foreign currency by exporting fishes abroad every year, but the fishing sector remains neglected, said a fish exporter from Rangoon, who recently visited Bangladesh. Hundreds of fishermen in the coastal area of Arakan State have been passing days in misery. They lack capital for building new boats or repairing old ones and making fishing nets, a fisherman told our source..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-03-03
Date of entry/update: 2004-03-13
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Title: DHAKA, RANGOON PLAN TRADE EXPANSION
Description: Chittagong, March 6: "Bangladesh and Burma will set up a joint trade commission during PM Khaleda Zia?s visit to Rangoon on 19th this month. A foreign ministerial joint commission will also be set up to oversee bilateral relations, according to the Daily Star report..."
Source/publisher: "Daily Star" via KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-03-06
Date of entry/update: 2004-03-13
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Title: A Heroic Fighting Between Man And Tiger
Description: Maungdaw, February 29: "A superhuman fighting was occurred between man and tiger at Maungdaw Township in Arakan State, western Burrma, said a village Chairman to our sources..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-02-29
Date of entry/update: 2004-03-13
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Title: Is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Ready to Work For Democracy With General Khin Nyunt?
Description: Chittagong, March 6: "Burmese Prime Minister Khin Nyunt is committed to taking his country to democracy and opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to work with him on it, UN special envoy Razali Ismail said on 4th March 2004, according to AFP, Reutera, Kuala Lumpur..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-03-06
Date of entry/update: 2004-03-13
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Title: SPDC Authority Sentenced a Cattle Trader a 7-Year Jail Sentence
Description: How a Cattle Trader Becomes a Terrorist! Ann, March 07: "A cattle trader was sentenced to 7-year imprisonment for suspecting of terrorist by a speedy tribunal without proper trial in Ann township of Arakan State, said a detainee released from Nasaka detention center..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-03-07
Date of entry/update: 2004-03-13
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Title: Elephant Killed a Minor Boy in Bangladesh Refugee camp
Description: Teknaf, February 28: "A Rohingya refugee minor boy was killed by an elephant today at Khutu Palong refugee camp in Cox?s Bazar District, Bangladesh, according to a refugee named Khala Meah from the refugee camp..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2004-02-28
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Title: A Team of 84 Army Officers Arrived At Arakan State From Rangoon
Description: Maungdaw, February 28: "An army team consists of 84- army officers led by one ex-Nasaka Director, has arrived at Maungdaw Township in Arakan State, western Burma, said our sources..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2004-02-28
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Title: Rakhine and Rohingya Student Clashes in Sittwe University
Description: Sittwe, February 24: "Clashes had been erupted between Rakhine Buddhist and Rohingya Muslim students in Sittwe (Akyab) University in Arakan (Rakhine) State of western Burma, according to our sources..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-02-24
Date of entry/update: 2004-02-24
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Title: An Arakanese Youth Fighting For Life In Hospital
Description: Maungdaw, Feb. 17: "An Arakanese Rohingya youth is fighting for his life in Maungdaw hospital with serious injury from gun firing by Nasaka (Border Security Force) in Arakan State, Burma. The youth Mohammed Ismail, 25, son of Deen Mohammed is a professionally fisherman hailing from Kyauk Chaung (Shill Khali) Village Tract under Maungdaw Township was fired by Nasaka in front of his family members with the accusation of link with rebel group, said a family member to our source..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-02-17
Date of entry/update: 2004-02-18
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Title: An Unfortunate Death dead of A Rohingya In Naf River
Description: Buthidaung, Feb.16: "A Rohingya labor named Mir Ahmed (40) son of Lalu Mia of Yaung Chaung village under Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, died unfortunatelyt when their small country boat was capsized in the river Naf on 24th January 2004, said a trader from the town..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-02-16
Date of entry/update: 2004-02-16
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Title: Seasonal fruits from Arakan
Description: Teknaf Feb, 14: "Seasonal fruits from Arakan are daily entering into Bangladesh in huge quantity under border trade through Teknaf, said a trader from Teknaf..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-02-14
Date of entry/update: 2004-02-14
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Title: 24 MORE BURMESE ROHINGYA REPATRIATED FROM BANGLADESH CAMPS
Description: Cox?s Bazar Feb-09: "UNHCR and the Bangladesh camp officials jointly repatriated 24 more Burmese Rohingya refugees to their homes in Arakan State of Burma from the official camps in Bangladesh on 5th February 2004..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-02-09
Date of entry/update: 2004-02-09
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Title: Forgotten people: Burmese Rohingyas? Uncertain Destiny In Bangladesh Prison
Description: Chitagong, January 31: "Some Burmese Rohingyas are being blocked with an uncertain destiny in Bangladesh prisons for many years after the expiry of their prison terms. There are seventy-four Burmese prisoners have already spent 5 to 12 years after the expiry of their prison terms in Bandarband Jail, a district jail of southern Chittagong Hill Tracts, said a prison clerk of the jail, named Dipok Sharker. A total of 230 prisoners are lingering in a Bandarban jail, of them 74 prisoners are Burmese citizens. Two of them are Burman from Rangoon capital, who were caught while fishing illegally in the Bangladesh waters with Thai fishing Boat and the rest 72 are Burmese Rohingya from Arakan State, Burma. They were also caught while taking shelter in Bangladesh after crossing Burma-Bangladesh border and some were caught, fishing in Bangladesh waters, he further said..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-31
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Title: A Motor Cyclist Fined Kyat 70,000 By Police At Maungdaw Town
Description: Maungdaw, Jan-19: "A Rohingya youth motorcyclist was fined Kyat 70,000 for alleged violation of traffic regulations, said a trader from Maungdaw Town..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-19
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-22
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Title: Continued Curfew Paralyses Movement of Rohingyas in Northern Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, Jan-18: "The continued curfew paralyses the movement of Rohinyas in northern Arakan State, Burma, according to a trader from Maungdaw town. SPDC authorities have been imposing dark to down curfew on Rohingyas in Maungdaw Town, Arakan State, after the arson attack to a mosque, which was happened in Maungdaw town on November 4, 2003, he further said..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-18
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Title: A Football Contest Organized By Nasaka In Maungdaw Township
Description: Maungdaw, Jan-18: "A football contest was organized by Nasaka in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, Burma, said a youth from the town. Nasaka Sector No. 6 Commander arranged 10 teams of players including one from Nasaka in this football competition from 15 to 25 January 2004. Although it was organized with the collection of the villagers, it will be competed among the teams in thrilled mood, he further said..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-18
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-18
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Title: Large Natural Gas Deposit Discover at Offshore Of Arakan Coast
Description: Rangoon, Jan-18: "A major natural gas filed has been discovered in an area of offshore of Arakan Coastline, according to the New Light of Myanmar. The new find block A-1 of Burma?s Arakan State contains ?a world class commercial scale gas deposit” estimated to hold 42 trillion to 5 billion cubic feet of gas, with a top side potential of 14 trillion cubic feet (tcf). The Burma Oil and Gas Enterprise reached an agreement with the Daewoo International Corporation of the Republic of Korea to explore Arakan Coast on 4th August 2000 under production sharing contract..."
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar" via KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-18
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-18
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Title: Marriage program: Nasaka benefited But Villager Lost In Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, January 16: "Nasaka (Border Security Force) has benefited Kyat 100,000 by arresting a bride at Maungdaw Township in Arakan State, said a relative of the victim..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-16
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-16
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Title: Planned Road Link Promises Closer Ties Between Burma-Bangladesh: PM Tells Burma Envoy
Description: Chittagong, Jan-16: "The planned road link between the two neighbors would bring closer as well as the other countries of the region, said the Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, according to The Daily Star, Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" via KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-16
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-16
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Title: Flow Of Pilgrims From Arakan State to Makkah
Description: Chittagong, January 15: "Pilgrims from northern Arakan State flow in Bangladesh to continue to Makkah to perform Haj (pilgrimage), said a pilgrim in Bangladesh, who is on his way to Makkah. A pilgrim from Maungdaw and Buthidaung Townships of Arakan State has to pay Kyat 150,000 to Nasaka (Border Security Force) and Military Intelligent (MI)-18 respectively. Anyone who is able to pay said money is allowed to perform pilgrimage to Makkah through Bangladesh, he further added..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-15
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-15
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Title: A Minor Refugee Girl Raped by Bangladeshi Youth
Description: Cox?s Bazar, January 13: "A minor refugee girl was raped in Bangladesh refugee camp by a Bangladeshi youth on January 2, 2004, according to the victim?s father..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-13
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-15
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Title: Burmese Rohingya Refugees Detained for Refusal of Forced Repatriation in Bangladesh
Description: Chittagong, January 11: "Six Burmese Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh camp were sent to police custody for refusal of forced repatriation on first week of January 2004, said a refugee from Nayapara Camp..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-11
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-11
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Title: Refugees Urged UNHCR, Information For Local Integrity
Description: Chittagong, January 10: "Burmese Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have urged the UNHCR of Cox?s Bazar of Bangladesh to allow them to choose a suitable place where there is no hatred and national discriminations of Rohingyas for temporary settlement, according to a refugee leader..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-10
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-10
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Title: Judgment Without Proper Trial in Arakan: SPDC Authorities Sentenced A Retired Health Assistant to 6 Months Jail
Description: Buthidaung, Jan-07: "SPDC authorities have sentenced a retired health assistant to six months jail without proper trial on 24th December 2003, said a relative of the victim..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN PRESS
Date of publication: 2004-01-07
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-08
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Title: Nasaka Burnt Down 3 Alive Rohingya Youths in Maungdaw Township
Description: Maungdaw, Jan-08: "Nasaka (Border Security Force) burnt down three alive Rohingya youths on 5th December 2003 in Maundaw Township of Arakan State, western part of Burma, said one of the victims? relatives..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-08
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-08
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Title: A New Method set up for forced repatriation of Refugee in Bangladesh Camp
Description: Cox?s Bazar, Jan-06: "Recently, the Bangladesh camp officials set up a new method for forced repatriation in Burmese Rohingya Refugee camp in Bangladesh, said a refugee from Kutupalong camp. Mr. Mohammad Yasin, the Camp-in-Charge of the Kutupalong camp, ordered his clerks and other refugee collaborators (Majees) to count the family members and to demand Taka 200/- in absence of a person during the queue of ration receiving from ration distribution center. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) distributes rations to the refugees, which are provided by the World Food Program (WFP), he further added. If any refugee fails to pay said bribe, he/she would be signed or thumb impressions on affidavits for voluntary repatriation. Otherwise, half of the rations would be cut off from the family members, said another refugee preferring not to mention him..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-06
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-07
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Title: INDIA SENT TROOPS TO TRAIN BURMESE FROCES FOR JOINT OPERATION
Description: Chittagong, January 4: "India has sent troops to train Burmese forces in Burma for joint operation against anti-Indian rebels, the Chief of the Indian army General N.C.Vij said on January 02, 2004, according to a local newspaper..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-01-04
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-04
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Title: Prices Of Some Essential Commodities Go Up While Paddy Price Go Down In Northern Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, January 03: "The prices of some essential items continued to show an upward trend in the markets of Maungdaw townships in Arakan State for the last few days while the price of paddy goes down significantly the end of the year, said a trader of Maungdaw town. Prices of some commodities, especially onion, garlic, chilli, mustard oil, meat and fish, rose by leaps and bounds to abnormal proportions towards the end of the year. But, the price of paddy goes down below the price of production rate, he further added..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-01-03
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-03
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Title: A NASAKA GATE SET UP TO CHECK ROHINGYA TRAVELERS
Description: Maungdaw, January 02: "A Nasaka (Border Security Force) check-post has been set up recently at 3-miles off Maungdaw Town to check the Rohingya travellers within the Maungdaw Township, according to our correspondent. This check-post is well known as a gate of ?Bawli Bazar-Monestory Nasaka Gate,” which is under Nasaka control. They check the Rohingya travelers who cross the check-post. It is especially set up for up and down travelers, those who want to go to northern Maungdaw and who come to Maungdaw from northern side of Maungdaw Township, he further added..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-02
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-02
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Title: Burma, India, Thailand Run Survey On Mega Highway Project
Description: Chittagong, January 10: "Burma, India and Thailand have conducted a survey in New Delhi on December 23, 2003 for the construction of a( 1,360-km) long highway connecting the three countries to expand trade, tourism and people-to people contact, according to a correspondent of local newspaper..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2004-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-01
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Title: Nasaka (Border Security Force) taking Photos Of Rohingya Families
Description: Maungdaw, January 01: "Nasaka (Border Security Force) has been taking photographs of Rohingya families of Maungdaw and Buthidaung Townships in Northern Arakan since December 19, 2003, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2004-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2004-01-01
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Title: Paddy Farmers Have To Grow Mustard, The Green Gram Seeds In Their Paddy Lands In Northern Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, December 31: "The State [Township?] Peace and Development Council (TPDC) Chairman has ordered the paddy farmers of Maungdaw Township in Arakan State to grow mustard and the green gram seeds in their paddy lands, according to our sources. On December 24, 2003, regarding this, the TPDC Chairman Captain Hla Pho held a meeting in his office inviting all the Village Peace and Development Council (VPDC) Chairmen and Secretaries. In this meeting, he asked all the participants to grow mustard and the green gram seeds in their paddy lands. He also threatened the attendants if any one meet not to comply with the order, all his arable lands would be seized and the owner also will be punished according to the local law and administration, sources further added..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-31
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Title: 26 DWELLING HOUSES DESTROYED BY SPDC AUTHORITIES IN NORTHERN ARAKAN
Description: Maungdaw, December 30: "On December 27, 2003, the SPDC authorities destroyed 26 dwelling houses of Myo Ma Kayan Dan (Shikdar Para) village of Maungdaw Town in Arakan State, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-12-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-30
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Title: Akheri Munajat (Last Prayer) of Ijtema(Religious gathering)
Description: Chittagong, December 30: "Million of peoples from home and abroad including top National Leaders of Bangladesh offered Akheri Munajat (concluding supplication) at the end of Biswa Ijtema (world religious gathering) at Dhaka yesterday, according to a participant of Ijtema..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-12-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-30
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Title: BURMA EAGER TO TAKE BACK CITIZENS FROM BANGLADESH
Description: Chittagong, December 30: "The Burma government is eager to take back its citizens from the refugee camps in Bangladesh as early as possible, according to a local newspaper of Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-12-30
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Title: Nasaka Collecting Paddy From Farmers For Model Villagers In Northern Arakan
Description: Maungdaw, December 30: "The Nasaka (Border Security Force) of Maungdaw Township in Arakan State has been collecting paddy from Rohingya farmers since 9th December 2003, for Buddhists Natala (Model) villagers, according to a villager, who is contributed Kyat for Natala village..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-12-30
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Title: Ijtema (Religious Gathering) Began Yesterday in Dhaka
Description: Chittagong, Dec. 27: "Biswa Ijtema (world religious gathering), a congregation of world Muslims organized by the Tablig Jamaat, began at Tongi about 20 kms north off the Dhaka, according to our correspondent, who has been participating in the gathering..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-27
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-27
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Title: Kyat 4 Million Bribes to Western Command Commander for A Boat of 37 Cattle
Description: Man-aung, Dec. 27: "The Western Command (WC) Commander and Chairman of Arakan State PDC General Maung Oo received an amount of Kyat 4 million as a bribe for a permission of a boat of 37 cattle bringing it to Bangladesh, according to Trader, Maung Saw Kin..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-12-27
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-27
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Title: Army Apprehended A Passenger Boat And Goods In Arakan
Description: Buthidaung, Dec. 24: "Army apprehended a passenger boat and goods of passengers in the second week of this month, while it was plying from Buthidaung town to Taungbazar area of the town, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-24
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-25
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Title: Paddy Procurement Process: Betrayal of Appointment Letters for Representatives of Paddy Procurement
Description: Maungdaw, Dec. 25: "Recently, appointment letters for representatives of paddy procurement of Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships, Arakan State, were sent from Ministry of Commerce and Trade but concerned authorities betray to handover the selected persons, said a VPDC member..."
Source/publisher: KALADAN NEWS
Date of publication: 2003-12-25
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-25
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Title: Arakan body urges PM not to allow pipeline
Description: . Chittagong, Dec. 23: "The Arakan Muslim Community Development Foundation of Burma has urged Prime Minister Khaleda Zia not to allow construction of Burma to India gas pipeline through Bangladesh, according to Mr. Mohammad Zahir Gaffari, the President of the Foundation..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-23
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-23
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Title: Burma-Bangladesh Friendship Road Starts this Winter
Description: Chittagong, Dec. 23: "Burma-Bangladesh Friendship Road will be started in coming winter for direct road link between Rangoon and Dhaka, Bangladesh Communications Minister Nazmul Huda said yesterday, according to UNB, a local news agency of Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-23
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-23
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Title: MOVE TO DESTROY CENTURIES OLD VILLAGE FOILED
Description: Maungdaw, Dec. 23: "On December 11, 2003, local women and students foiled on attempt to destroy centuries old village in the city?s predominantly Rohingya Muslims area of Myo Ma Kayan Dan (Shikdar Para) village of Maungdaw town in Arakan State, after clashes between police and village women and students, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-23
Date of entry/update: 2003-12-23
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Title: FURTHER RESTRICTION IMPOSED ON THE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT OF THE ROHINGYA
Description: Buthidaung, Dec. 21: "Recently, the SPDC authorities have imposed severe restrictions on the movement of the Rohingyas in northern Arakan, according to our correspondent. For traveling from Buthidaung to Maungdaw, a distance of 16 miles within the same locality, a Rohingya has to obtain recommendation first from Village Peace and Development Council (VPDC) paying Kyat 200, then Form 4, (which is normally used for foreigners) with recommendation from Township Immigration Office paying Kyat 500. After that he has to approach with all these papers and recommendations, to the Nasaka transit camp at the gate of Buthidaung town for its permission paying Kyat 200. Finally, he has to appear before the offices of TPDC and DPDC submitting all the relevant papers and recommendations for approval by paying bribes of Kyat 500 and Kyat 200 respectively, he further added..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-21
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Title: Forced labor for harvest in Northern Arakan
Description: Buthidaung, Dec. 20, 03: "The Military Operation Command (MOC-15) Commander ordered to the villagers of Buthidaung Township, Arakan State to harvest 10 acres of land, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Kaladan News
Date of publication: 2003-12-20
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