Bangladesh informs UN of Myanmar's non-cooperation on Rohingya repatriation

Bangladesh has shared the existing problems regarding the Rohingya issue with the UN and informed it about Myanmar's non-cooperation in starting the repatriation.
13 June 2019, 06:54 AM

UN member states urged to play effective role over Rohingya issue

Bangladesh has urged the UN member states to play an effective role for a permanent solution to the Rohingya crisis and promote an effective migration governance to ensure safe and orderly migration.
12 June 2019, 09:36 AM

Water transport: Tripura CM plans to link Gumati with Meghna

Indian Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is keen to materialise a waterway project that will connect Gumati in the state with Meghna of Bangladesh with the potentiality of changing the state’s transport system, a senior Tripura official says.
12 June 2019, 07:34 AM

Mount pressure on Myanmar: Bangladesh to diplomats

Bangladesh urges the international community to ramp up pressure on Myanmar so that it creates a conducive environment for Rohingya repatriation.
12 June 2019, 04:57 AM

Rohingya repatriation: Envoys asked to engage international bodies

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has requested the local and foreign diplomats to engage different governments and civil society members internationally to help create a safe environment and oversee the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees.
11 June 2019, 09:47 AM

Govt to brief diplomats Wednesday; Rohingya situation in focus

The government will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka on Wednesday on current issues with special focus on the Rohingya one, said an official on Tuesday.
11 June 2019, 04:43 AM

UAE accumulates $18m fund for Rohingyas

Emirates Red Crescent Authority (ERC) has collected more than US$ 18 million fund in a weeklong campaign to support livelihood of the Rohingya people sheltered in Bangladesh.
10 June 2019, 07:54 AM

Japanese footballer Hasebe visits Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps

Makoto Hasebe, a prominent Japanese football players currently playing for Eintracht Frankfurt of Bundesliga, has visited Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar as the UNICEF Ambassador for Japan to raise awareness of Japanese people on the situation of the Rohingyas.
10 June 2019, 05:21 AM

Foreign workers generally satisfied with working conditions in Singapore: MOM survey

Foreign workers in Singapore are generally satisfied with their working conditions, according to a survey commissioned by the country's Ministry of Manpower, and would recommend the country as a place to work to their friends and relatives.
10 June 2019, 04:41 AM

Resettling the Unsettled

The Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, described by the United Nations (UN) as the “world’s fastest growing refugee crisis,” has been one of the most discussed humanitarian crises of recent times.
8 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Rohingya crisis: Japan will stay beside Bangladesh

Terming the prevailing situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state complicated, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hiroyasu Izumi has said his country will stay beside the host country for immediate resolution into the crisis.
7 June 2019, 07:26 AM

China conducts first sea-based space rocket launch

China launches a space rocket from sea for the first time, the latest step in Beijing's push to become a major space power.
5 June 2019, 12:03 PM

‘75% Rohingya babies born in unsafe condition’

Save the Children, an aid agency, has claimed that around 75 percent Rohingya babies are born in unsafe and unhygienic makeshift shelters, putting lives of both mother and children at a great risk.
3 June 2019, 14:38 PM

OIC for filing case against Rakhine’s human rights violation

The OIC Islamic Summit Conference has called for launching the case of Myanmar’s human rights violations against Rohingya at the International Court of Justice on behalf of the organisation.
3 June 2019, 09:39 AM

ERC amasses $18m fund for Rohingyas

Emirates Red Crescent Authority accumulates nearly US$ 18 million fund in a weeklong campaign to support livelihood of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh.
2 June 2019, 13:59 PM

OIC to extend cooperation for Rohingya repatriation

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) holds Myanmar authorities responsible for atrocities on Rohingyas and reaches a consent to extend all-out cooperation for the immediate repatriation of the forcibly displaced people from Bangladesh.
30 May 2019, 15:28 PM

PM places five ideas to make better Asia

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina puts forward five ideas to make a better Asia and says Bangladesh wants to resolve the Rohingya crisis through dialogues which is a lesson for the world to overcome chaos in a peaceful manner.
30 May 2019, 05:43 AM

Tokyo stands by Bangladesh over Rohingya repatriation issue

Japan extends its full support to Bangladesh’s call for safe and dignified return of Rohingyas to their homeland as the two countries came up with a joint press statement following talks between Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina and her counterpart Shizo Abe.
29 May 2019, 13:50 PM

Rohingya crisis ‘our problem’ too, says SKorea actor Jung

South Korean actor Jung Woo-sung, a goodwill ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency, stresses the need for his country to support the Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar after his second visit to the world’s largest refugee camp.
29 May 2019, 07:30 AM

Amnesty accuses Myanmar army of fresh 'war crimes' in Rakhine

Myanmar's military is guilty of committing new "war crimes", extrajudicial killings and torture in its fight against ethnic Rakhine rebels, Amnesty International says.
29 May 2019, 04:17 AM