Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has sounded the clarion call for the international community to put the Rohingya crisis squarely on its radar with a view to resolving it quickly.

The United States has urged Myanmar to create the conditions that would allow for "voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable" returns, based on the informed consent of those who have been forcibly displaced.

Putting emphasis on a long-term solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she is going to place a four-point proposal at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to this end.

Air pollution from Indonesian forest fires is putting nearly 10 million children at risk, the United Nations warned yesterday, as scientists said the blazes were releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases.

Bangladesh, China and Myanmar have agreed to form a "tripartite joint working mechanism" to evaluate the situation on the ground for Rohingya repatriation.

Hong Kong cleaned up and train services in the city resumed yesterday, after another weekend of sometimes violent protests that saw pro-democracy activists vandalise a railway station and a shopping mall.

A Rohingya man is killed in a landmine explosion on Myanmar border near Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban.

Anti-Corruption Commission says they have launched an investigation into the issuance of National Identification Cards to Rohingya refugees.

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson says Chinese involvement has a "great deal of potential" to help bring the Rohingya crisis to an end noting that involvement of wide range of countries can resolve the crisis.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Myanmar should take the displaced Rohingyas back as they have emerged as a big burden for Bangladesh.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says action will be taken against those involved in providing passports to Rohingyas.

A UN human rights expert has implored Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 'feel with her heart before it is too late', saying that even if Rohingyas wished to return they have little to go back to.

Bangladesh is likely to sit across the table with representatives of China and Myanmar in New York this month to resolve the much-talked-about Rohingya repatriation issue.

The Election Commission files a case against five people, including an official of its regional office in Chattogram, for their alleged connection in issuing National Identification Cards (NIDs) to Rohingya refugees.

Following widespread public criticism, the government of Khyber Pakh­tunkhwa, a Pakistan province, deci­des to withdraw its earlier order instructing female students of secondary and higher secondary government educational institutions to wear the veil.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen seeks support from UK parliamentarians to ensure a safe and sustainable return of Rohingyas to their homeland in Northern Rakhine State of Myanmar.

Around 600,000 Rohingyas remaining inside Myanmar face systematic persecution and live under the threat of genocide, says the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar in a new report.

The Election Commission will take actions if any of its officials is found involved in issuance of fake national identity cards (NID) for the Rohingya people, Election Commissioner Kabita Khanam says.

Properties worth millions of rupees are attacked and several shops belonging to the Hindu community looted by an enraged mob in Ghotki town after the owner of a school was accused of committing blasphemy.

A Rohingya man alleged to be a robber is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.