Arakanese as Rakhine community: An Indigenous Ethnic Minority in Bangladesh

The Rakhine people in Bangladesh are an ethnic minority group who are descendants of the Rakhine community originally from the Rakhine State of Myanmar, Also known as Arakanese. They have lived in the southeastern coastal areas of Bangladesh, particularly in Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, and Patuakhali districts, for several centuries. Their presence in Bangladesh predates the […]