Philippine regulators today shut down the country's largest media company and a frequent target of President Rodrigo Duterte's tirades, a day after its 25-year congressional franchise expired.

Bangladesh has sent a small group of Rohingyas, who entered the country a couple of days ago from Myanmar in small boats, to Bhashan Char island.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on governments to systematically include migrants, irrespective of legal status, in their programmes and policies aiming to address the Covid-19 pandemic.

UN human rights expert Yanghee Lee has called upon the United Nations to step up its efforts to protect civilians in Rakhine and Chin states of Myanmar, alleging ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed by the Myanmar military there.

Pushing hundreds of starving and persecuted Rohingya refugees back out to the sea in the full knowledge that they have no safe place of refuge elsewhere are fundamental violations of their human rights, says Free Rohingya Coalition, a global network of Rohingya survivors and activists.

The Pentagon has officially released three short grainy videos showing "unidentified aerial phenomena", report several media including CNN and The Guardian.

The Bangladesh government should immediately allow the Rohingya refugees stranded on board two trawlers in the Bay of Bengal to come ashore and receive necessary food, water, and health care, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today.

The UN Refugee Agency warns of life-threatening consequences for Rohingya refugees and host communities if annual monsoon preparations cannot be completed on time amid the global outbreak of Covid-19.

Bangladesh's coast guard says it rescued at least 382 "starving" Rohingya refugees floating in a large boat in the country's territorial waters after nearly two months at sea.

World Bank has approved $350 million in grant financing for three projects to help Bangladesh address needs of the host communities and the displaced Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar district for their health services, response to gender-based violence, social protection, basic services and infrastructure.

Local and national NGOs, civil society groups and journalists call upon the government to launch a wide-range of awareness campaigns on coronavirus in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar and lift the restrictions on using mobile phones and internet and resume 4G facilities at the camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf.

Myanmar’s legal counsel in an ongoing genocide trial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) once compared the government’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims to Nazi Germany’s treatment of Jews during the Holocaust, according to a previously unreleased video footage of 2013 obtained and published by Fortify Rights.

UN agencies and NGO partners launch the 2020 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, seeking to raise USD 877 million to respond to the needs of approximately 855,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and over 444,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in Cox’s Bazar.

Police detain 35 Rohingyas, including 23 women and six children, in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar while they were preparing to illegally go to Malaysia.

Astronomers discover the biggest explosion seen in the universe, originating from a super-massive black hole.

Germany’s Development Minister Gerd Müller said they will suspend all development cooperation with Myanmar until the country ensures safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees.

India is pressing upon Myanmar for the safe, secure and sustainable return of Rohingyas to Rakhine, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly.

Malaysia’s Interim Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad reveals his plan for the new government, saying that he wants a cabinet comprising capable individuals and not just party loyalists.

American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian Angelina Jolie has lauded Bangladesh for the generosity and leadership it has demonstrated in sheltering the Rohingyas.

Cox’s Bazar Civil Society and NGO Forum (CCNF) demands that the government make the relief management for Rohingya refugees transparent and form an authority regarding the matter.