April 27, 2025 — Major General Jahangir Alam, Director General of Bangladesh’s Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), has traveled to Washington, D.C., to conduct high-level briefings with officials from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) concerning planned operations in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. 
Accompanying Maj Gen Alam are Brigadier General Syed Anwar Mahmud, head of Bangladesh’s Counter Terrorism Intelligence Bureau, and an officer from the Bangladesh Army’s Ordnance Division. Their visit, scheduled since early March, follows closely on the heels of a U.S. State Department delegation’s trip to Dhaka, during which officials visited strategic locations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar. 
The briefings are expected to focus on Bangladesh’s role in supporting a coalition of forces—including the Arakan Army, Chin National Front, and potentially the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA)—in launching operations against Myanmar’s military junta in Rakhine State. Bangladesh has earmarked land in Silkhali mouza, approximately 30 kilometers north of Teknaf, for establishing a logistics and supply base to support these operations.  
India has expressed concern over these developments, particularly regarding the involvement of ARSA, a group with a controversial history. Indian intelligence agencies are closely monitoring the situation, given the potential implications for regional stability and security dynamics along the India-Myanmar border. 
As the monsoon season approaches, the timing of the planned operations is critical. Bangladeshi security analysts suggest that a more feasible window for launching the offensive would be in September, once the rains subside. The success of these operations will depend on effectively coordinating the disparate elements of the coalition forces.
