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Myanmar junta strike kills 40 at festival protest: residents
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 17, dozens still missing
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 14
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 13
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Myanmar's reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing
3 October 2025, 16:00 PM
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91 people possibly still under collapsed Indonesian school: official
1 October 2025, 04:47 AM
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UN warns Myanmar conflict blocking Rohingya return
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Argentina court urged to include Arakan Army atrocities in Rohingya genocide case
3 September 2025, 13:03 PM
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India-Bangladesh foreign secys to meet over Rohingya issue
Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque is likely to meet Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar when the Rohingya crisis is expected to be discussed, Indian media reports.
5 October 2017, 05:59 AM
'Not possible' to recall Aung San Suu Kyi peace prize: Norwegian Nobel Committee chair
Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen says it is not possible to recall the Nobel Peace Prize from Aung San Suu Kyi despite international criticism.
4 October 2017, 17:52 PM
No Rohingya repatriation amid risk of human rights violations in Myanmar: Amnesty
The international community must help ensure that no Rohingya refugees are forced back to Myanmar as long as they remain at risk of serious human rights violations following the army’s vicious campaign of ethnic cleansing, Amnesty International says.
4 October 2017, 15:33 PM
Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar say army redoubling push to clear villages
Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh amid a fresh exodus from strife-torn Myanmar have described whole villages being emptied and thousands marching to the border as security forces redouble efforts to drive remaining Muslims from their homes.
4 October 2017, 11:25 AM
Bangladesh seeks UN support for Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh solicits support from the UN to ensure the return of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their homeland in Myanmar.
4 October 2017, 11:05 AM
BNP against safe zone for Rohingyas: Moyeen
A safe zone for Rohingyas inside Myanmar may lead to creation of another Palestine, BNP Standing Committee Member Abdul Moeen Khan says.
4 October 2017, 09:36 AM
Rohingya abuse may be crimes against humanity: UN rights experts
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have called on Myanmar to immediately stop violence in the northern Rakhine State, and to promptly and effectively investigate and vigorously prosecute cases of violence against women and children.
4 October 2017, 09:27 AM
Myanmar beauty queen 'dethroned over Rohingya video'
A Burmese beauty queen has claimed she was stripped of her pageant title over a video she made on the ongoing violence in Rakhine state, BBC reports.
3 October 2017, 15:35 PM
26,000 Rohingyas being shifted to Cox’s Bazar from Bandarban
The government starts shifting of 26,000 Rohingyas from Naikhongchhari area of Bandarban to Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar.
3 October 2017, 12:39 PM
Rohingya man dies in ‘mine blast’ at border
A Rohingya refugee has died in what is believed to be landmine explosion on the other side of Bandarban border, local authorities says.
3 October 2017, 10:10 AM
‘Myanmar will take back verified refugees’
Myanmar government has said it will repatriate Rohingya refugees willing to return from Bangladesh after verification in accordance to Joint Statement of April 1992.
3 October 2017, 10:04 AM
Rohingya refugees doubt Myanmar's assurances on going home
Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh are skeptical about their chances of ever going home to Myanmar, even though the government there has given an assurance it would accept people verified as refugees.
3 October 2017, 09:27 AM
Duterte says he will snub graft probe
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would not cooperate with a special anti-corruption prosecutor's investigation into
2 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Several thousand Rohingyas enter Bangladesh from Myanmar in fresh influx
Several thousand Rohingya people today intruded into Bangladesh through Ulubania point in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar fearing of fresh persecutions in Rakhine of Myanmar.
2 October 2017, 16:42 PM
Unicef seeks $76.1m humanitarian aid for Rohingya children
Unicef has appealed for USD76.1 million emergency humanitarian aid for Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh following ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.
2 October 2017, 11:13 AM
Myanmar takes foreign diplomats to conflict-torn Rakhine
Myanmar authorities took foreign diplomats and United Nations representatives on a tour Monday of conflict-torn northern Rakhine state, where a security crackdown has led to an exodus of more than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims.
2 October 2017, 08:15 AM
Govt has all arrangements for distressed Rohingyas: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her administration has taken all necessary measures to provide shelter, food and healthcare for distressed Myanmar nationals on humanitarian grounds.
2 October 2017, 07:02 AM
Europe puts off investment deal with Myanmar
The inking of the investment protection agreement (IPA) between the European Union and Myanmar is put off until an unknown date.
2 October 2017, 06:57 AM
507,000 in 5 weeks: IOM-led group’s estimate on influx
Some 507,000 new arrivals of Myanmar's fleeing Rohingya population are reported as of September 30, including 453,300 new arrivals identified in IOM's Needs and Population Monitoring assessments in four upazilas of Cox's Bazar district, says a new report.
1 October 2017, 18:45 PM
World Food Program seeks 75 million dollars for Rohingya crisis
The World Food Program (WFP) appeals for 75 million dollars in emergency aid over the next six months to help alleviate the suffering of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar.
1 October 2017, 14:52 PM