Bangladesh’s frontier villages have turned into silent casualties of Myanmar’s war, while grieving families say investigations stall, accountability fades and justice never arrives
June 25, 2026
Sourav Deb | Cox’s Bazar Correspondent
bdnews24.com
A war is raging in Myanmar. Yet some of its victims are dying inside Bangladesh.
A woman is killed while cooking dinner. A child is shot while playing in his yard. Farmers die in banana plantations. Men disappear into the hills and never return. Others lose limbs to landmines on their own land.
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