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Energy coop to dominate Dhaka-Yangon talks

Nizam Ahmed Cooperation in energy sector is likely to dominate bilateral talks between the prime ministers of Bangladesh and Myanmar during their meeting in Yangon early next month, officials said on Saturday. Sheikh Hasina will visit Yangon from December 5 to 7 on an invitation from her Myanmar counterpart U Thein Sein, to strengthen bilateral cooperation in all possible fields and remove irritants between the two close Asian neighbours.

Police confirm handover of 95 Rohingya near Phuket to Thai Army

Phuket Gazette  PHUKET: Police in Kuraburi, Phang Nga province, have confirmed that 95 Rohingya landed on the island of Koh Phra Thong on Thursday morning. The island lies in the Andaman sea about 110km north of Phuket. “We received a call from local villagers on the island saying that a boat full of Rohingya people had landed on the shore there, but by the time I got there the Army was already there,” Lt Col Akekachai Pueakmanee, Deputy Superintendent of Kuraburi Police Station, told the  Phuket Gazette . “The Army had already assembled all 95 of them at the Tung Laong Pier on the mainland,” he added. Lt Col Akekachai did not specify how many of the refugees were men, women or children. “An Army officer told us that all Rohingya of the ‘captured’ will be taken to the 2nd Infantry Battalion, 25th Military unit, Rattanarangson Camp, in Ratchakud District, Ranong province,” he said. “I’m not sure if they will be sent to a third country or if they will remain in the camp,” he ad