Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed deep condolence over the deaths caused by the earthquake that struck Sulawesi island of Indonesia in the early hours yesterday.

The squalid and oppressive conditions imposed on some 600,000 Rohingya have amounted to crimes against humanity of persecution, apartheid, and severe deprivation of liberty, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday.

A total of 1,804 Rohingyas reached Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali from Chattogram this morning.

A total of 1,776 Rohingyas, including women and children, are going to Bhasan Char in the second phase from camps in Cox’s Bazar today.

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki today said they want to see the start of Rohingya repatriation process next year.

Thailand plans to test more than 10,000 people after a record daily surge in coronavirus cases to over 500, most of which were among migrant workers linked to a shrimp market near the capital, an official said on Sunday.

Children’s TV show “Sesame Street” has unveiled its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the pandemic’s impact in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh.

More than 100 UK MPs have called on the British government to make an intervention supporting The Gambia’s Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as human rights violations against the Rohingyas continue.

The government has formed a national committee to coordinate and manage overall activities, including controlling law and order, of the forcibly displaced Myanmar-nationals in the camp areas of Bangladesh.

Auto rickshaws slip easily past barbed-wire checkpoints at the world's biggest refugee camp, their drivers among the smallest players in a complex human trafficking network involving high-seas extortion gangs, corrupt police and drug lords.

A Bangladeshi painter was sentenced to death on Monday (Dec 14) after he was found guilty of murdering his Indonesian girlfriend.

Bhasan Char’s first baby has not been named yet. The 7-pound boy, born to Rohingya parents, does not know it but he is the first newborn of the newly settled island in the Bay.

The US has expressed concern on the relocation of 1,642 Rohingyas to Bhasan Char.

Rohingyas in Bangladesh who survived genocide in Myanmar are experiencing a "severe" mental health crisis, according to data in a new report published by Fortify Rights today.

The Netherlands and Sweden have called for urgent need for a UN assessment on the safety, feasibility and sustainability of Bhasan Char as a place for refugees to live.

An OIC fund-raising campaign for The Gambia to support its legal battle seeking redressal of Rohingya genocide in International Court of Justice (ICJ) so far drew US$1.2 million while the West African nation said it urgently needed $5million to pay the lawyers.

Sayed Ullah, one of the Rohingyas who were relocated to Bhasan Char, could not contain his feelings of extreme happiness seeing all the facilities there and kept calling relatives back in Cox's Bazar camps to join the next batch.

“We will find peace, comfort and nice housing in Bhasan Char,” said sixty-year-old Mahmuda Khatun this morning, ahead of her journey to the island where Rohingya refugees are being relocated to from Cox’s Bazar.

The island of Bhasan Char has been teeming with activity as 1,642 Rohingyas reached the island which was readied up for their relocation from Cox's Bazar.

In the backdrop of media reports that China will build a major hydropower project on the transboundary river Brahmaputra in Tibet, India today said it has urged Chinese authorities to ensure that interests of downstream countries are not harmed by any activity in upstream areas.