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

Arakan Now | 17 Feb 2026 In 2024, Rohingya residents in the northern part of Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State—particularly in Taung Ywar village, Kyikanpyin Village Tract—were displaced from their homes. Following their removal, ethnic Rakhine families were resettled in the vacated houses and surrounding lands. Many of the affected residents had previously fled to Bangladesh in 2017 during large-scale military operations, leaving behind homes, farmland, and other property. Si