A Buddhist woman, who took shelter in no-man's land along Ramu upazila in Bandarban district being displaced due to fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army in Chin State, has given birth to a child. The mother, who gave birth to the child on Thursday night, and the child were given shelter in a jhum house in a bordering village, said Jirabom, a UP Chairman. He also said that BGB teams patrolled the Chaikhiyang area and other adjoining areas on Thursday from helicopter.

Some 160 Myanmar nationals of 35 families started entering the no man's land along Chaikkhong border since February 2. Bangladesh has almost sealed off its border with Myanmar to stop further influx of refugees fleeing the troubled Rakhine state after the Myanmar army began targeting the majority Buddhists and Hindus in the state after cracking down on minority Rohingya Muslims.

Over 700,000 Rohingya Muslims took refuge in Bangladesh in the last two years alone after fleeing from Rakhine state in neighbouring Myanmar to evade atrocities, which the UN called “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”, following the action by the military in August 2017.

Violence between insurgent group Rakhine army and the Myanmar armed forces is forcing people from different ethnic religious groups – Buddhist and Hindu – to try come to Bangladesh to save themselves, according to reports.