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UN warns Myanmar conflict blocking Rohingya return
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73rd UN General Assembly: Dhaka to call for action on Rohingya issue
Bangladesh plans to raise the Rohingya issue in the upcoming 73rd UN General Assembly and urge the international community to unite and mount more pressure on Myanmar to resolve the lingering crisis.
7 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Myanmar ‘rejects’ ICC decision over Rohingya crisis
Myanmar “resolutely” rejects a ruling by the International Criminal Court (ICC) empowering the tribunal to probe alleged crimes against the Rohingya even though the Southeast Asian nation is not a member of it.
7 September 2018, 15:31 PM
WHO lauds Bangladesh support for Rohingyas
WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh highly appreciates Bangladesh's all-out support in the full range of care, including good health care, for Rohingya people living here.
7 September 2018, 15:22 PM
US to press Myanmar for safe Rohingya repatriation
The United States says it will continue to press Myanmar to create the conditions necessary to allow safe, voluntary and dignified return of Rohingyas to their homes in Myanmar from Bangladesh.
7 September 2018, 13:46 PM
Malaysian PM condemns lesbian caning
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday denounced the caning of two women convicted of having lesbian sex in violation of strict Islamic laws, after the punishment sparked a storm of criticism.
6 September 2018, 18:00 PM
ICC has the jurisdiction
The International Criminal Court ruled yesterday it has jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh as a possible crime against humanity.
6 September 2018, 18:00 PM
FB to build $1b Singapore data centre, first in Asia
Facebook said yesterday it will invest over $1 billion to build a data centre in Singapore, its first in Asia, powered by renewable energy and adapted to the city-state's tropical climate.
6 September 2018, 18:00 PM
UK's Hunt to host Myanmar talks at UN
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he would host talks at the UN this month over allegations Myanmar's military committed genocide against the Rohingya minority, warning the perpetrators must be brought to justice.
6 September 2018, 04:32 AM
Human Trafficking: 65 Bangladeshi workers rescued in Malaysia
Malaysian immigration police have rescued 65 Bangladeshi workers, believed to be victims of human trafficking, from the dormitory of a foreign worker recruitment company in Bandar Baru Nilai and arrested two Malaysians over the incident.
5 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Mayor on Duterte's 'narco list' killed
A Philippine mayor on President Rodrigo Duterte's list of allegedly narcotics-linked officials was shot dead in his own office yesterday.
5 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Freedom of the press essential to democracy
US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called on Myanmar's government to reverse a court ruling that imprisoned two Reuters journalists for seven years and to release them immediately.
5 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Indonesian district bans men, women from dining together
A district in Indonesia's deeply Islamic Aceh province has banned men and women from dining together unless they are married or related, an official said yesterday, saying it would help women be "more well behaved".
5 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Dhaka hopes for start of Rohingya repatriation 'soon'
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday said they are expecting to begin the Rohingya repatriation soon by sending the first batch of over 3,000 forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.
5 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Rohingya protesters call for freedom for Reuters reporters in Myanmar
About 50 Rohingya Muslim refugees gathers in a muddy sports field in a camp in Bangladesh to protest against the conviction in Myanmar of two Reuters reporters, who were arrested while covering the plight of their community.
5 September 2018, 15:05 PM
US Vice President Pence calls for release of jailed Reuters journalists
US Vice President Mike Pence calls on Myanmar's government to reverse a court ruling that imprisoned two Reuters journalists for seven years and to release them immediately.
5 September 2018, 06:37 AM
Families of jailed Myanmar reporters appeal for release
The wife of one of two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar makes an emotional appeal to Aung San Suu Kyi to free her husband for the sake of their young daughter, as the leader comes under increasing criticism for her silence on the case.
4 September 2018, 14:07 PM
Outrage as 2 Reuters journos jailed for 7 yrs
Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar's state secrets law while reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims were jailed for seven years yesterday, fuelling international outrage a week after the army was accused of genocide.
3 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Photos: Myanmar's army offers rare apology
The Myanmar military issues a rare apology, acknowledging that two photographs it published in a book on the crisis over the Rohingya Muslim minority were "published incorrectly".
3 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Malaysia FM acquitted of corruption charges
Malaysia's finance minister was yesterday cleared of corruption charges brought against him by the former government, which critics said
3 September 2018, 18:00 PM
CPJ condemns jailing of 2 Reuters journos in Myanmar
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the sentencing of two reporters of Reuters in Myanmar to seven years each in prison on charges of breaching the Official Secrets Act.
3 September 2018, 13:38 PM