It is for the first time that the Council had agreed on any kind of statement on Myanmar in nine years. Obviously, absence of any kind of international response to hold Myanmar accountable for its appalling treatment of Rohingyas for so long has given the rulers in Naypyidaw the feeling of impunity.

UNICEF stated on Monday that some 200,000 children housed in the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar are at serious health risk as the camp population has crossed 370,000.

We welcome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's statement that Bangladesh will stand by Rohingya refugees fleeing state-sanctioned violence and persecution in Myanmar. The premier made these remarks during her visit to a registered Rohingya camp at Kutupalong Bazar in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar on Tuesday.

The United Nation's message is loud and clear. It has denounced Myanmar's “brutal security operation” against Rohingyas as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” in what is its strongest ever condemnation of Myanmar.

Members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have, over the years, built a reputation for beating up anyone who does not agree with unethical practices by some members of their fraternity.

The humanitarian response of the administration to the plight of the Rohingya refugees has been commendably proactive, and we think that the plan to allocate a specific piece of area to shelter, and register them, is judicious.

The government should be congratulated for inaugurating Bangladesh's second submarine cable which, if properly used, will ensure faster Internet connection speed for the consumers.

While we would like to support our law enforcing agencies in their endeavours to maintain security for all citizens, we cannot help but feel concerned about some of their methods. The constantly emerging contradictory narratives that surround incidents involving law enforcing agencies cannot possibly have any positive effect.

The persecution of the Rohingyas by Myanmar has only been met by sparse and feeble condemnation by the international community,

It is said the wheels of justice move slowly in Bangladesh. When each lower court judge is burdened with an average of 2,000 cases for hearing and disposal, we begin to comprehend why it takes years to wind up legal proceedings.

It's disappointing that despite having two women at the country's helm for decades, the presence of women in our wider political landscape is barely noticeable.

It is high time that the government takes steps so that furnace oil is supplied to power producing plants at the market rate to all oil-run power plants, state-owned or otherwise.

Bangladesh has taken a much needed diplomatic initiative to request the UN, Germany, India and International Committee of the Red Cross to set up a "safe zone" in Myanmar to ensure safety, security, food and shelter for the thousands of Rohingyas fleeing violence and possible death.

For thousands of people returning to Dhaka from 21 southern and south-western districts after having spent the Eid vacation, Tuesday midnight was nothing short of nightmarish.

Suu Kyi's denial of the persecution of the Rohingyas as "fake information" and Modi's one-sided position on the matter have shocked us. This was not the outcome of the Modi–Suu Kyi meeting that we in Bangladesh were looking forward to.

As we pointed out in our editorial yesterday, it is essential that we know the identities of the refugees so that they may be easily repatriated to Myanmar when the situation returns to normalcy.

This incident shows the extent to which the militants are willing to go to keep their agenda afloat. If they had been captured alive, the law enforcement agencies could have extracted valuable information by interrogating them.

Rohingyas are flooding over the border into Bangladesh in the tens of thousands. We fear that this will create a lot of problems for us in the future because these Rohingyas are not being registered by the administration.

As people have started to return to their workplaces after spending the Eid with their near and dear ones, news of road accidents have also started to reach us. According to our report, at least 38 people died in the last four days in road crashes while dozens others were injured.

The UN estimates that in just over one week more than 70,000 Rohingya have crossed over to Bangladesh. Bangladesh estimates the number stands between fifty and sixty thousand.