Arakan Now | 21 February 2026 Rohingya residents of Maung Na Ma village in northern Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, were forcibly displaced from their homes in 2017 following genocidal military operations. After the Arakan Army took control of Maungdaw Township, ethnic Rakhine families were resettled in the vacated houses and surrounding farmland. The affected residents fled to Bangladesh during the 2017 attacks, leaving behind homes, agricultural land, and other property.

Photo: Times of Bangladesh Arakan Now | 20 Feb 2026 The Bangladesh Coast Guard has rescued 55 people, including women and children, during an anti-human trafficking operation in Baharchhara area of Teknaf upazila. Five alleged human traffickers were arrested in the drive, according to BSS. Coast Guard Media Officer Lieutenant Commander Siam-ul-Haq disclosed the information on Friday. He said that acting on a tip-off, separate teams from Coast Guard Outpost Baharchhara, Shahpo

Photo: Collected Arakan Now | 18 Feb 2026 Two members of the Arakan Army from Yae Myat Taung (Natala) camp allegedly gang-raped a Rohingya woman in Nga Sar Kyue Village, Maungdaw Township, on the evening of 4 February 2026, according to multiple sources. A resident told Arakan Now that the incident occurred around 4:00 p.m., when the two Arakan Army members entered Nga Sar Kyue, a riverside village in northern Maungdaw. The perpetrators reportedly went to the house of a resid

Photo: Collected Arakan Now | 17 Feb 2026 The Arakan Army abducted Mohamed Usman 20-year-old Rohingya youths and son of Mohamed Islam, on the morning of 14 February 2026, around 8:00 a.m., from WaYa Kyaung village in Buthidaung Township, according to local reports. A resident told Arakan Now that the victim is originally from Ward 2 in Buthidaung Township. Due to fears of conscription and abduction, he has been planning to flee to Yangon with his family. Before departing for