Bangladesh would provide logistical support to transfer aid across the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Khalilur Rahman, Bangladesh's National Security Adviser (NSA), said on Wednesday.
The BNP has criticised Bangladesh's Yunus-led interim government for granting humanitarian access to Myanmar's Rakhine State, saying the decision should have involved consultation with all political parties and warning of serious national consequences.
Accompanied by officials from the Indian Embassy in Yangon, the Consulate General in Sittwe, and the India Ports Global Limited (IPGL), Ambassador Thakur also met with local leadership to discuss bilateral development initiatives and community-focused programs.
The military government forces hit Kyauk Ni Maw, a village in Ramree island township, killing more than 40 people and destroying about 500 homes, the UN said in the statement late on Friday, the UN said.
Amid the ongoing fighting in the Rakhine state and other areas, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday that the security situation in Myanmar remains precarious and deteriorating.
Amid the deteriorating security situation in Myanmar, the Ministry of External Affairs said that it has told all the Indians to evacuate and move away from there.
More than 26,000 from Myanmar's Rakhine state have been displaced since Monday after fresh fighting between Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF) and the Arakan Army (AA) according to the United Nations, CNN reported on Saturday.
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal and Myanmar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Communications Admiral Tin Aung San jointly inaugurated the Sittwe Port in Rakhine State, Myanmar on Tuesday.
The ceremony is likely to inaugurate regular transit of cargo ships between Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata, India, and Sittwe Port in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, heralding a new age of transportation between the two countries.