Bangladesh rebukes Myanmar over stray gunfire as border crisis brews

Dhaka fears refugee influx, demands Naypyitaw repatriate forces who crossed over

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Bangladeshi border guards stand watch at Ghumdhum Point overlooking Myanmar in Cox’s Bazar in 2017. Munitions are falling in Bangladesh as Myanmar's civil war rages. © Reuters

SYFUL ISLAM, Contributing writer

DHAKA -- Myanmar's raging conflict is spilling across the border into Bangladesh, striking fear into communities and raising concerns in Dhaka about a new refugee crisis.

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