Rohingya departures by boat from Bangladesh triple in first half of 2025

Says Save the Children; 87 children among 1,088 refugees embarked on sea journeys during this time
16 October 2025, 09:47 AM

Rohingya crisis: UN meet renews focus, but yields no breakthrough

The high-level conference on the Rohingya at the UN in New York has been able to draw global attention anew on the crisis that was losing focus amid other global crises, but the level of political commitment required for a lasting solution still remains a big question.
1 October 2025, 18:10 PM

UK pledges $36m more for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Aid to focus on urgent needs like food, water, healthcare and protection services
1 October 2025, 13:04 PM

Rohingya crisis: Yunus lays out 7-point plan at UN conference

Bangladesh has proposed a seven-point plan for a lasting solution to the Rohingya crisis, urging the international community to adopt a clear roadmap for repatriation and intensify pressure on Myanmar.
30 September 2025, 18:00 PM

UN warns Myanmar conflict blocking Rohingya return

UN special envoy to Myanmar says escalating conflict presents a seemingly insurmountable barrier to their return
30 September 2025, 15:15 PM

Rohingya crisis: Political solution, not aid, only way out

The Rohingya have called for active leadership by the UN, regional powers and OIC to pressure Myanmar's actors.
24 September 2025, 18:07 PM

'Only a democratic Myanmar can ensure Rohingya repatriation'

In an interview with The Daily Star, exiled Myanmar reporters discuss Rohingya plights
8 September 2025, 09:33 AM

We want ASEAN- Bangladesh-China summit on Rohingyas

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), a platform of former and current lawmakers of Southeast Asian countries, yesterday proposed an international conference involving Bangladesh, China and ASEAN countries to resolve the Rohingya issue.
3 September 2025, 20:08 PM

Sexual abuse rampant in Rohingya camps

Sexual harassment remains the most pressing concern for Rohingya women and adolescents living in squalid refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, according to a study released yesterday.
31 August 2025, 19:23 PM

Rohingyas may go hungry after November: WFP

Food assistance for over 1.2 million Rohingyas in Bangladesh will end after November 30 unless urgent funds are secured, the World Food Programme has warned.
26 August 2025, 18:06 PM

Dialogue on Rohingya crisis ends with calls for continuous global funding

Funding of the Joint Response Plan stands at approximately 60%
26 August 2025, 14:08 PM

‘Engaging all to resolve Rohingya crisis’

The Stakeholders’ Dialogue has once again reflected the Rohingyas’ clear and unmistakable yearning to return to Myanmar, said National Security Adviser and High Representative for the Rohingya Issue Khalilur Rahman yesterday.
25 August 2025, 20:25 PM

Bleak future for Rohingya, as Dhaka seeks to tackle crisis

Both Bangladesh and the UN want to provide stable conditions in Myanmar for the Rohingya to eventually return. That seems unlikely any time soon.
25 August 2025, 18:36 PM

‘We want justice, we want accountability’

Justice and accountability for atrocities against the Rohingyas must remain central to any resolution of the crisis, speakers said at a stakeholders’ dialogue in Cox’s Bazar.
25 August 2025, 18:32 PM

Repatriation hinges on Myanmar

It is the responsibility of Myanmar to create conditions that would allow Rohingya refugees to return home voluntarily, safely, and with dignity, said the United Nations.
25 August 2025, 18:10 PM

‘We mustn’t wait till last Rohingya leaves Rakhine’

Urging the international community to take stronger action to ensure justice, repatriation, and stability for the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday placed a seven-point proposal to help resolve the Rohingya crisis.
25 August 2025, 18:02 PM

‘Curbing arms flow to Myanmar junta key to Rohingya repatriation’

Says UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar Tom Andrew
25 August 2025, 13:11 PM

Rohingya influx: 8 years on, repatriation still elusive

Since the repatriation deal was signed with Myanmar in November 2017, Bangladesh tried but failed to send Rohingyas back.
24 August 2025, 18:12 PM

Speakers demand clear roadmap for Rohingya repatriation

Education is a fundamental right of Rohingya children that cannot be denied, says a speaker
24 August 2025, 14:08 PM

Threat of fresh Rohingya influx looms as clashes erupt in Myanmar

Residents, gripped by panic, reported that this was the most intense gunfire they had heard in months.
23 August 2025, 18:20 PM