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Over 15,000 people estimated to have crossed border into India since Myanmar military coup, says UN chief
Nabanita Das •UN chief Antonio Guterres has said that prior to February 1, there were around 336,000 internally displaced persons in conflict-affected areas across Myanmar
Brother of slain Rohingya leader blames Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army for Mohibullah's murder
Fp Staff •The representative of ethnic Rohingya refugees was killed by unidentified attackers at the Kutupalong refugee camp at Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar district
US journalist working for Myanmar magazine detained by military junta in Yangon
•Danny Fenster, managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, was taken into custody shortly before he was due to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur
Five Rohingya feared dead, thousands flee huge blaze at refugee camps in Bangladesh
•The fire at Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar district broke out in the late afternoon and spread quickly through at least four blocks
Myanmar's protests against 1 February coup are growing, defying military threats and snipers
•Before the brief experiment with hybrid military-civilian governance, the military had imposed its direct rule on Myanmar for nearly half a century
Joe Biden threatens sanctions on Myanmar after military coup, arrest of political leaders
•The US President said the coup is a direct assault on the country’s ‘transition to democracy and rule of law’
Bangladesh begins relocating Rohingya refugees to floating island; human rights groups oppose process
•The island's facilities are built to accommodate one lakh people, just a fraction of the million Rohingya Muslims who have fled waves of violent persecution in their native Myanmar and are currently living in crowded, squalid refugee camps
The Social Dilemma review: Netflix documentary ventures into the spooky side of technology
Devkin •The Social Dilemma shows us how captivated by the comfort of information at our fingertips and the ability to always stay connected, we often resign ourselves to the perils of technology.
Facebook blames technical error, issues apology for vulgar translation of Chinese President Xi Jinping's name
•Facebook Inc on Saturday blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as 'Mr Shithole' in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offence caused.
Bangladeshi island Bhasan Char ready to house Rohingya refugees; embankments, houses, hospitals, mosques built says country's refugee, relief and repatriation commissioner
•Bhasan Char is ready for habitation, everything has been put in place, Bangladesh refugee, relief and repatriation commissioner Mahbub Alam Talukder said