Rohingya Influx

45 Rohingya fleeing Bhasan Char detained in Ctg

"Acting on a tip-off, police detained 45 Rohingya people inside a closed ship-breaking yard. Among them, 14 are men, 11 women, and 20 children."
12 May 2025, 15:57 PM

Every day 30-40 Rohingyas coming to Bangladesh

Rohingyas are entering Bangladesh through various points along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border from Naikhongchhari in Bandarban to Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar.
6 May 2025, 18:09 PM

Myanmar identifies 180,000 Rohingyas for return

Another 70,000 pending further scrutiny
4 April 2025, 12:50 PM

US to give $73 million to aid Rohingya refugees: state dept

'This food and nutrition support through @WFP will provide critically needed food and nutrition assistance for more than one million people,' US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce says in a post on X
27 March 2025, 15:56 PM

UNGA adopts resolution on high-level conference on Rohingya crisis

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution on the scope, modalities, format, and organisation of the high-level conference on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar under the sponsorship of Malaysia and Finland
26 March 2025, 13:53 PM

Petition addressing UN chief urges creating self-sufficiency for the Rohingya

'Failure to take such steps may lead to tragic incidents'
16 March 2025, 15:22 PM

UN chief speaks with Rohingya children at learning centre

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to Rohingya children at a learning centre in the Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar today
14 March 2025, 13:48 PM

Rohingyas urge Yunus to facilitate their swift return

They made the call during his visit to the Rohingya camp along with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at an iftar event in Cox’s Bazar today
14 March 2025, 13:42 PM

UN chief pledges to mobilise support for Rohingyas

Says he will be reaching out to all countries for sufficient funds
14 March 2025, 12:00 PM

Malnutrition reaches alarming levels: Unicef

Severe acute malnutrition in the Rohingya refugee camps has surged by 27 percent in February this year compared to the same period last year, pushing more children into life-threatening hunger, Unicef said in a statement yesterday.
11 March 2025, 18:55 PM

Yunus, UN chief to visit Rohingya camp

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus along with UN Secretary-General António Guterres is scheduled to visit the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar on March 14.
10 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Rohingya refugees: WFP seeks urgent funding to avoid aid deficit

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday called for urgent funding for its Bangladesh operations, warning that a funding deficit would curb rations for the Rohingya in the world’s largest refugee settlement.
7 March 2025, 18:00 PM

WFP halves food ration for Rohingyas

The WFP decision comes amid the Trump administration's termination of USAID funding worldwide.
5 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Fear of hunger grips camps

Rohingya refugees and locals of Cox’s Bazar have expressed a deep concern over the reduction in funds for food aid.
5 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Japan to provide $1.8m aid to Rohingyas

The government of Japan has signed an agreement with the World Food Programme to provide $1.8 million in life-saving food assistance to Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, according to a press release from the Embassy of Japan yesterday.
18 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Rohingyas hit by US fund cuts

Trump administration’s executive order to suspend US-funded projects and funding globally has started hitting the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, which is sheltering more than a million Rohingya and taking the brunt in its fullest form for decades.
4 February 2025, 18:39 PM

US-funded projects stare at fund crunch

US-financed development projects across Bangladesh are set to face a fund crunch as USAID notifies them to stop work in line with the policies of US President Donald Trump.
26 January 2025, 18:10 PM

Fresh influx worsens Rohingya crisis

Renewed violence in Myanmar has forced around 80,000 more Rohingyas to take shelter in Bangladesh since August last year, worsening the already precarious situation in Cox’s Bazar camps, shows a recent study.
26 January 2025, 18:05 PM

Child dies in Rohingya camp fire

A five-year-old child died in a fire that broke out at the Mochhoni Rohingya camp in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.
17 January 2025, 19:05 PM

Rohingya refugees: 30 children, eight women rescued by Teknaf police

Police have rescued 38 Rohingya refugees after they illegally entered Bangladesh territory by crossing the Bay of Bengal through the Teknaf coastline in Cox’s Bazar.
16 January 2025, 18:08 PM