Bangladesh, Sept. 11 -- Flight operations at the international airport serving Myanmar's second-largest city have been shut down, according to a major domestic airline, following a drone attack on Thursday by rebels fighting the country's military in a protracted civil war.

Myanmar Airways International said on its official Facebook page late on Thursday that all international flights to and from Mandalay's Tada-U International Airport have been temporarily suspended. Domestic flights are being transferred to a nearby airport until further notice for "operational reasons".

"Flights to Mandalay on Sept 11 and 12 are cancelled," an official at Myanmar Airways International's Bangkok office said on Friday, without giving their name. "The f...