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US to stand beside Bangladesh to end Rohingya crisis: Bernicat
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat says her country will stand beside Bangladesh to mitigate the crisis of Rohingya people fleeing from Myanmar.
28 September 2017, 14:53 PM
Aid groups call for access to Myanmar conflict zone
International aid groups in Myanmar have urged the government to allow free access to Rakhine State, where an army offensive has sent 480,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh but hundreds of thousands remain cut off from food, shelter and medical care.
28 September 2017, 14:42 PM
15 Rohingyas die as trawler capsizes in Bay near Cox’s Bazar
At least 15 people die as a trawler carrying Rohingyas from Myanmar capsized in the Bay near Inani beach in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar today.
28 September 2017, 12:20 PM
Rohingya crisis: IOM chief shocked over sexual, gender-based violence in Myanmar
Director General of UN Migration Agency William Lacy Swing says he is deeply shocked and concerned over the human rights abuse, sexual and gender-based violence against Rohingyas in Myanmar.
28 September 2017, 12:08 PM
Myanmar cancels UN visit to Rakhine: Report
United Nations says a visit to Myanmar's Rakhine state which was due to take place today (September 28) has been cancelled by the authorities, reports BBC. The visit is to have been the first time representatives of UN agencies would have been allowed to visit the area.
28 September 2017, 11:48 AM
‘Rohingyas are forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, not refugees’
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque says the government has decided to call Rohingya people "forcibly displaced nationals from Myanmar" instead of “refugees”.
28 September 2017, 09:26 AM
China, India send 750 tonnes aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
India and China sends their second consignment of emergency relief materials for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who fled the persecution in Myanmar.
28 September 2017, 07:13 AM
Bangladesh needs longer-term plan for Rohingya: UN
The nearly half a million Rohingya refugees who have entered Bangladesh since August will likely not be leaving soon, the UN says, calling for longer-term plans to manage the influx.
28 September 2017, 05:14 AM
War and the prize: How some Nobel laureates turn away from peace
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is the latest in a long line of Nobel Peace Prize laureates to disappoint many of those who once applauded her, and probably won’t be the last.
28 September 2017, 04:57 AM
Fugitive former Thai PM gets 5 yrs' jail in absentia
Thailand's top court yesterday sentenced ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison for criminal
27 September 2017, 19:59 PM
Rohingya crisis: President for constant pressure on Myanmar
Asking all to stand by Rohingyas, President Abdul Hamid stresses the need for putting constant pressure on the Myanmar government to force it to repatriate their displaced people from Bangladesh.
27 September 2017, 14:24 PM
‘Big question’ is whether Rohingyas can go home: UN refugee chief
The United Nations refugee chief says the "big question" regarding the up to 800,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh was whether they would be allowed to return to their homeland.
27 September 2017, 11:42 AM
Govt will take over burned land: Myanmar minister
Myanmar's government will manage the redevelopment of villages torched during violence in Rakhine state that has sent nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, a minister is reported as saying.
27 September 2017, 09:28 AM
Rohingya crisis: WB ready to assist govt
If the government wants, the World Bank will support Bangladesh in addressing the Rohingya refugee crisis, says a top official of the global lender.
27 September 2017, 07:22 AM
Japan to give $3m to displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh, $1m to Myanmar
Japan will provide US $4 million as emergency grant aid for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the northern part of Rakhine State of Myanmar.
27 September 2017, 07:14 AM
Govt to brief diplomats of UNSC’s member countries today
The government will brief nine diplomats stationed in Dhaka representing the countries which are members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) over Rohingya issue.
27 September 2017, 06:47 AM
Rohingya refugee crisis: India stands beside Bangladesh, says High Commissioner Vardhan Shringla
Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla assures Bangladesh of his country’s “diplomatic and humanitarian” support to resolve the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis.
27 September 2017, 06:36 AM
‘Sit with Myanmar to end Rohingya crisis’
Former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain call upon the government to sit with Myanmar for quick solution to the Rohingya crisis.
27 September 2017, 06:33 AM
UNHCR calls for redoubling humanitarian efforts for Rohingyas
The UNHCR calls for a redoubling of the international humanitarian response in Bangladesh, saying, the conditions for an estimated 480,000 Rohingyas who have fled to the country from Myanmar since August 25 can still deteriorate.
26 September 2017, 15:56 PM
Monk-led mob attacks Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka
Radical Buddhist monks storm a United Nations safe house for Rohingya refugees near Sri Lanka's capital and force authorities to relocate the group, officials say.
26 September 2017, 15:50 PM