Culture: Myanmar/Rakhine Diaspora in Bangladesh

Jan 24th, 2009

- report by Naing Naing

Rakhine ethnic people from Myanmar/Burma has been living in villages of Cox Bazaar District on Bangladesh side of Burma/Bangladesh border since more than 200 years ago; they are now regarded by Bangladesh government as minority ethnic national citizens of Bangladesh.

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One Response to “Culture: Myanmar/Rakhine Diaspora in Bangladesh”

  • #1 minrazargri Says:
    January 27th, 2009 at 10:46 am

    I am very happy to see your photo. You should continue to do more research about Rakhine ethnic people from Bangladesh. Many muslim people are trying to say they are ethnic people from Arakan State. We should be able to find more resources and strong evidences.

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