UN chief reaffirms support for reforms in Bangladesh
United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that the UN stood ready to support reforms in Bangladesh.
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Newly arrived Rohingyas in Bangladesh need protection: HRW
Bangladeshi authorities should allow oppressed Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar to obtain protection and humanitarian assistance, Human Rights Watch said...
US suggests Bangladesh to keep working with ASEAN on Rohingya crisis
Unites States under secretary for civilian security, democracy, and human rights Uzra Zeya has said they encourage Bangladesh to continue working with ASEAN to help encourage further support from regional members on the Rohingya crisis...
Bangladesh urges global action on Rohingya crisis at commonwealth meeting
Urging the international community to come forward to resolve the long-pending Rohingya crisis, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said if this crisis is not resolved, not only Bangladesh but the entire region will also fall into trouble...
Rohingyas detail worsening violence in Myanmar
Rohingya refugee Syed fled Myanmar for a second time last month, after he was forced to fight alongside the military that drove his family out of their homeland years earlier...
Indian leader Amit Shah threatens to hang Bangladeshi infiltrators upside down
Indian union home minister Amit Shah said that the BJP will free Jharkhand of 鈥楻ohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators鈥� and hang them 鈥榰pside down鈥�, says The Hindu...
UN to support Bangladesh reforms, flood rehab measures聽
The United Nations will support Bangladesh in wide-ranging areas including police and election reforms as the interim government rolls out major restructuring of the country鈥檚 institutions, the UN鈥檚 resident coordinator said on Sunday...
Top ARSA leader arrested in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
Members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) with a foreign firearm and 10 rounds of bullets from a Rohingya camp in Cox鈥檚 Bazar鈥檚 Ukhiya upazila on Thursday night, said the authority.
Rohingya youth arrested with foreign pistol at Ukhia
Members of the Armed Police Battalion arrested a Rohingya youth with one foreign pistol and five rounds of bullets at Ukhia in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday...
Two Rohingys shot dead in Ukhia camp
Unidentified assailants shot two Rohingya people to death in separate incidents in Kutupalang and Jamtali camps under Ukhia upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Monday....
Landslides kill six amid heavy rain
At least six people, three each from two families, including four children, were killed in two separate landslides triggered by extremely heavy rain that continued in the coastal district of...
Two Rohingyas shot to death at Cox鈥檚 Bazar camps in Bangladesh
Two Rohingya people were shot to death at separate camps, designated for living the persecuted Myanmar nationals, under Ukhia upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar early Wednesday...
Rohingyas enter Bangladesh in dark of night
Rohingyas are entering Bangladesh in the dark of night through various points of Teknaf dodging the Border Guard Bangladesh and the Coast Guard personnel on duty in the...
Explosions in Myanmar again, Rohingyas enter afresh
The people in bordering areas of Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar district had to pass sleepless night after midnight past Saturday as panic gripped them due to the sounds of gunshots and bomb explosions in Myanmar territory...
Rohingyas, we have not forgotten you
IN 2016, I was a health intern at the UNHCR office in Kuala Lumpur. In that period, I dealt with refugees from different countries who came to seek various forms of help. Among the hundreds of Rohingya men and women that I met, one young gentleman particularly stood out. Maung (not his real name) was a 17-year-old Rohingya who got separated...
Bangladesh can鈥檛 accommodate anymore Rohingyas: Touhid
Dhaka on Sunday reiterated its position that it could not accommodate any new influx of Rohingyas, urging countries and organisations that recommended further intake to share the burden themselves.
Professor Yunus calls for fast-tracked resettlement process for Rohingyas
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday underscored the need for expedited third country resettlement of the Rohingya people who have been living in Bangladesh...
8,000 more Rohingyas flee to Bangladesh: foreign adviser
Around 8,000 Rohingyas had recently crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing armed conflict in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Tuesday...
Yunus seeks UNHCR鈥檚 support for Rohingya repatriation
Interim government chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus sought United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi鈥檚 support for the 鈥榙ignified and voluntary鈥� return of more than one million Rohingya people, currently living in Bangladesh, to their homeland in Myanmar...
2 Rohingyas arrested with foreign pistol at Ukhia
The Armed Police Battalion arrested two Rohingyas with two foreign pistols and eight rounds of bullets on suspicion of terrorism in Ukhia of Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Friday midnight...
Rohingyas in Bangladesh seek assistance of interim govt to return home
Rohingyas on Sunday sought the assistance of the interim government for their safe return to Myanmar as they observed the seventh anniversary of the exodus of the displaced people from the Rakhine state of the bordering country...
Yunus hopes China help for Rohingya return
Ambassador of China to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday iterated that China would remain committed to finding a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis, including a ceasefire in violence-torn Rakhine State in Myanmar...
UNHCR welcomes govt commitment to support Rohingyas
On the seventh anniversary of the Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Sunday welcomed Bangladesh鈥檚 renewed commitment to supporting the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals as outlined by chief advisor to thr interim government professor Muhammad Yunus...
World community must step up efforts for Rohingya repatriation
IT HAS already been seven years since the latest large-scale influx of the Rohingyas 鈥� who fled military violence in Myanmar to safety into Bangladesh in 2017 to add to a large number of their fellows having already lived here 鈥� but not a single Rohingya could be repatriated to their homeland of Rakhine State mostly because of Myanmar鈥檚 unwillingness..
US reaffirms support for Rohingya genocide survivors
The United States reaffirmed its commitment to supporting survivors of the Rohingya genocide, as Washington marked the anniversary of the atrocities committed by Myanmar in 2017....
No fresh move聽in sight for Rohingya return
No fresh initiative has been taken by the interim government for Rohingya repatriation, as Bangladesh could not send back even a single person from the over 12 lakh displaced people in...
World should act to stop repeat of 2017 Rohingya atrocities
UN FEARS for a likely repeat of the 2017 atrocities that Myanmar鈥檚 security forces committed against the Rohingyas in Rakhine State against the background of an unfolding tragedy now brings to the fore a couple of issues for the global forum itself and the world community to seriously consider. The UN human rights chief has voiced grave alarm...
Rohingya youth shot dead at Ukhia
A Rohingya youth was allegedly shot dead by unidentified miscreants in an Ukhia Rohingya camp in Cox鈥檚 Bazar early Friday.
UN fears repeat聽of 2017 atrocities against Rohingyas
The United Nations said on Friday it fears a repeat of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, warning a human tragedy was...
7 bodies of Rohingya recovered from Naf
Seven bodies of Rohingyas, including women and children, were recovered by the local people after a boat sank in the river Naf at Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday.