Man found dead along Bangladesh-Myanmar border

Police recovered the body of a man along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border at Ukhiya upazila in Cox's Bazar district on Sunday.

The details about the deceased, believed to be a member of Myanmar army, could not be ascertained yet.

Ukhiya Police Station.officer-in-charge Shamim Hossain said locals spotted the body of the man, wearing green helmet and uniform, in Balukhali Customs area in the afternoon and informed police.

Kaisar, a local youth, said black marks were found on the face of the man and he might have washed ashore at Balukhali from Myanmar's Dekhibunia through the Naf River.

Necessary steps will be taken later, said the OC.

A tense situation has been prevailing along the border between Bandarban's Naikhongchhari Ghumdhum and Tumbru amid fierce fighting, skirmishes and gunfire between the armed forces of the military junta and insurgent groups inside Myanmar for two weeks.

Over 300 Myanmar forces and border guards have so far taken shelter in Bangladesh as of Wednesday noon in the wake of conflicts along the border.

Meanwhile, two people--a Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya man-- were killed when mortar shells from the Myanmar side landed on a kitchen at Jalpaitli village of Ghumdhum union in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Monday.