Cox's Bazar, January 1: "54 Burmese Muslims were arrested by the Bangladesh Rifle (BDR) in a border town of Bangladesh on Tuesday, said a report in Cox's Bazaar Base?s Bangle newspaper, The Daily Ajker Desh Bidesh, on 28 January. According to local sources, BDR arrested the 54 while they were trying to cross a border pass near the Marit Tha BDR outpost, under the Okia Township of the Cox's Bazaar District, to enter Bangladesh. The group came from Arakan State, Burma but their names and addresses were not disclosed in the paper..."