Bangladesh summons Myanmar envoy after cross-border shooting

A Rohingya refugee carrying a sack walks across a market at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on January 12, 2026. In Bangladesh's sprawling Rohingya camps of Cox's Bazar, where more than a million refugees forced to flee Myanmar live in squalid conditions, hope is a fragile but persistent force. In rows of bamboo shelters and muddy lanes, refugees who escaped Myanmar nearly a decade ago await developments more than 8,000 kilometres (5,000 miles) away at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, where a genocide case against Myanmar opens on January 12. -- Photo by MH Mustafa / AFP

NEW DELHI/YANGON (Bernama): Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned Myanmar Ambassador U Kyaw Soe Moe to express the former’s deep concern over a recent cross-border firing that left a 12-year-old Bangladeshi girl severely injured.

Bangladesh reminded Myanmar that the "unprovoked firing” near Whykong Union of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar is a blatant violation of international law and a hindrance to good neighbourly relations, according to a statement by Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Myanmar was told to "take full responsibility" for the shooting and prevent such cross-border incidents in the future.

The ambassador assured Bangladesh that his government would take measures to prevent such incidents, and offered his sympathy to the injured girl and her family, the ministry statement noted. - Bernama