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Dhaka wants peaceful resolve of Rohingya issue: FM
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says Bangladesh wants peaceful resolve of the Rohingya issue soon in line with the five-point proposal made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the recently concluded UN General Assembly.
1 October 2017, 12:04 PM
Solar panels to be installed for electricity in Rohingya camps, says AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says Bangladesh government will supply electricity in 12 temporary Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar by installing solar panels.
1 October 2017, 11:36 AM
Thailand says closely watching Myanmar crisis, ready to provide aid
Thailand's foreign ministry, in a rare statement on an ongoing crisis in neighbouring Myanmar's Rakhine state, says that it was "closely following the situation" and would provide aid to the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh.
1 October 2017, 11:27 AM
Unicef to open 1,300 new schools for Rohingya children
Unicef will establish more than 1,300 new learning centres for Rohingya children who have fled Myanmar violence to Bangladesh since August 25.
30 September 2017, 11:18 AM
WFP assures food support for 500,000 Rohingya refugees
World Food Programme assures of providing food support to 500,000 Rohingya until they return to Myanmar, Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya says.
30 September 2017, 08:31 AM
Rohingya people fear UN failed them
UN leadership in Myanmar tried to stop the Rohingya rights issue from being raised with the government, according to a report published in the BBC that cited sources in the UN and the aid community.
30 September 2017, 06:40 AM
Fear of epidemic disaster as disease stalks Rohingya camps
Rashida Begum steers clear of the water pump near the reeking latrine shared by more than 100 families in a grim corner of Bangladesh that has grown into one of the world's largest refugee settlements in just weeks.
30 September 2017, 04:36 AM
Dhaka for safe, sustainable return of all
Bangladesh has called for measures to ensure safe, voluntary and sustainable return of all the people displaced from Myanmar into its territory over the years, including those displaced recently.
29 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Fakhrul blasts India, China over Rohingya issue
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir criticises China and India for their role in supporting the heinous crime committed by the Myanmar army on Rohingya people.
29 September 2017, 15:53 PM
UN Human Rights Council extends Myanmar mission until September 2018
The UN Human Rights Council decides to extend the mandate of a fact-finding mission in the country by six months, until September 2018, as requested by the mission's leader, but over the objections of Myanmar, China and the Philippines.
29 September 2017, 13:01 PM
Myanmar ministers deliver aid to trapped Rohingya villagers
Two senior Myanmar government officials have delivered aid to a remote Rohingya Muslim village, and guaranteed residents’ safety, after they were cut off and threatened by hostile Rakhine Buddhist neighbours, one of the officials say.
29 September 2017, 11:57 AM
Investigate atrocities on Rohingyas, Bangladesh tells UN
Terming the atrocities in Myanmar as a result of “state failure”, Bangladesh has called upon the United Nations Security Council to fully examine the persecution of Rohingyas.
29 September 2017, 10:19 AM
Unicef seeks international support for ensuring protection of Rohingya children’s rights
Unicef has called for international support to the efforts being led by Bangladesh government to deliver urgent humanitarian aid and ensure the protection of children’s rights.
29 September 2017, 09:51 AM
Rohingya crisis getting acute for diplomatic failure: BNP
The Awami League-led Bangladesh government failed to bring neighbouring leading nations and the United Nations together in resolving the Rohingya crisis, BNP alleges.
29 September 2017, 08:41 AM
Countries should suspend providing weapons to Myanmar: US
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley calls on countries to suspend providing weapons to Myanmar over violence against Rohingya Muslims until the military puts sufficient accountability measures in place.
28 September 2017, 20:22 PM
Myanmar violence could spread, displace more Rohingyas, says UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the violence against Myanamar's Rohingya Muslims in the northern part of Rakhine state could spread to central Rakhine, where 250,000 more people were at risk of displacement.
28 September 2017, 19:48 PM
Over 120,000 flee
More than 122,000 people have fled their homes on the resort island of Bali, fearful that a rumbling volcano could erupt at any time,
28 September 2017, 18:55 PM
Fugitive ex-PM in Dubai
The leader of Thailand's military junta said yesterday that Yingluck Shinawatra, the prime minister he ousted three years ago, was in
28 September 2017, 18:51 PM
Graft probe seeks Duterte accounts
The Philippine central bank's money laundering watchdog said yesterday it had received a request from a special anti-corruption
28 September 2017, 18:48 PM
Rohingya crisis: UK extends full support to Bangladesh in UN, other int’l forums
The United Kingdom extends full support to Bangladesh over the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis and will continue to do so in the United Nations and all other international forums on this issue, a British minister says.
28 September 2017, 14:55 PM