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Rohingya crisis: Home minister to visit Myanmar this month
Home Minister Asadzzaman Khan Kamal says that he would visit Myanmar this month to discuss the smooth and immediate repatriation of the Rohingyas, who have fled to Bangladesh for persecution in Rakhine state.
8 October 2017, 12:15 PM
18,523 pregnant Rohingyas, 42,541 children in health risks
Around 18,523 pregnant Rohingya women, who have entered Bangladesh during the massive exodus of Muslim community of the Rakhine state in Myanmar following persecution there carried out by its military forces, have been suffering from many health-related problems.
8 October 2017, 07:32 AM
Drone captures shocking scale of Rohingya crisis
Newly released drone video of a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh reveals the staggering scale of the humanitarian crisis, which has driven an estimated 515,000 people from their homes.
8 October 2017, 07:13 AM
Canada concerned over plight of Rohingyas
Canada expresses grave concern over the deteriorating situation over plight of the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities in Myanmar.
7 October 2017, 15:47 PM
UN fears deadly diseases outbreak in planned mega refugee camps
A top UN official says Bangladesh's plan to build the world's biggest refugee camp for 800,000-plus Rohingya Muslims was dangerous because overcrowding could heighten the risks of deadly diseases spreading quickly.
7 October 2017, 11:54 AM
Rohingya crisis: India, EU ask Myanmar to work with Bangladesh
India and the European Union have asked Myanmar to implement the Kofi Annan Commission report over Rohingya issue and work with Bangladesh to enable them to return to the Rakhine province.
7 October 2017, 07:37 AM
Rohingya insurgents open to peace move
Rohingya insurgents say they are ready to respond to any peace move by the Myanmar government but a one-month ceasefire they declared to enable the delivery of aid in violence-racked Rakhine State is about to end.
7 October 2017, 05:25 AM
Dhaka warns SAsia of refugee consequence
Bangladesh says the presence of nearly one million Rohingya refugees, who escaped ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, in its territory has the potential to destabilise South Asia and favours implementation of the Kofi Annan report in its entirety to solve the crisis.
6 October 2017, 13:52 PM
UN braces for further exodus
Muslim Rohingya are still fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh and the United Nations is bracing for a possible "further exodus", the UN humanitarian aid chief says.
6 October 2017, 11:26 AM
Amnesty accuses ASEAN of 'failing' Rohingyas
Amnesty International has criticised Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the issue of Rohingyas, alleging it has “failed” the refugees.
6 October 2017, 10:42 AM
Crackdown on Rohingyas in Myanmar could draw int'l terrorists: US
Myanmar's military crackdown that has caused a half-million Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh could destabilize the region and invite international terrorists, the US State Department says.
6 October 2017, 06:00 AM
Bangladesh to move ahead despite Rohingya influx: PM
Asserting that Bangladesh never felt scared in facing problems, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the country will surely make its great strides in development despite the inflow of tens of thousands of forcibly evicted Myanmar nationals into it.
6 October 2017, 04:33 AM
Widodo's trouble
Indonesia's notorious traffic congestion was on display for the world yesterday after the country's president was forced to walk two
5 October 2017, 19:47 PM
No place for militants on Bangladesh soil: Rab chief
Militants will get no place on Bangladesh soil even if they enter the country as Rohingya refugees, Director General (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benazir Ahmed says.
5 October 2017, 12:50 PM
Rohingya refugee detained in Manikganj
A Rohingya refugee is detained from Saturia upazila of Manikganj district.
5 October 2017, 11:12 AM
India struggles to rein in border flows of cattle and Rohingya
Stopping Rohingya refugees from crossing India's porous eastern border with Bangladesh is straining the resources of guards battling to halt a flow of smuggled cattle in the opposite direction, security officials say.
5 October 2017, 10:55 AM
Senior UN officials call for urgent funds for Rohingyas
Two senior United Nations’ officials stress for urgent funding for Rohingya refugees, who escaped persecution in Myanmar and entered Bangladesh.
5 October 2017, 07:38 AM
More forest land for Kutupalong refugee camp: Maya
A further 1,000 acres forest land will be allocated for expanding the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar, increasing the allocated land to 3,000 acres, the relief and disaster management minister said today.
5 October 2017, 06:57 AM
UK sends humanitarian aid for Rohingyas
The UK government's Department for International Development (DfID) in collaboration with IOM, the UN Migration Agency, organises a major airlift of relief items to help some of the more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
5 October 2017, 06:47 AM
UN migration agency head issues personal appeal to support Rohingya refugees
William Lacy Swing, director general of the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM), issues a personal plea to intervene to end the suffering of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
5 October 2017, 06:01 AM