Rohingya man found dead in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp

Police recovered body of a Rohingya man from a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila today..The law enforcers primarily suspected that the youth, Mohammad Ilyas, 28, was strangled to death over marital feud, our Cox’s Bazar correspondent reports, quoting police..The body was r
21 February 2023, 15:03 PM

Help us relocate Rohingyas to Bhasan Char, PM tells UN

The prime minister made the plea while UN resident coordinator Gwyn Lewis called on her at the Gono Bhaban
20 February 2023, 07:12 AM

Foreign envoys happy with facilities at Bhasan Char: foreign ministry

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, PM's principle secretary, senior officials and ambassadors of Japan, China, France, Indonesia and resident representatives of UN, UNHCR, WFP in Bangladesh visited Bhasan Char yesterday
18 February 2023, 10:39 AM

Local body lists 239 zero-line Rohingyas on Tambru border

The local union parishad has listed 68 Rohingya families from a zero-line camp on the Tambru border in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari.
17 February 2023, 13:44 PM

UN to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees, citing fund shortfall

The World Food Program (WFP) said it would reduce the value of its food assistance to $10 per person from $12 starting next month
17 February 2023, 10:26 AM

Family planning strategy for Rohingyas launched in Cox’s Bazar

The strategy was developed and approved in October 2022 under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Health Sector Cox's Bazar, and the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) working group supported by the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA
16 February 2023, 14:56 PM

US working to help Bangladesh with Rohingya crisis: Chollet

"We are working every day to try to help Bangladesh as they are hosting these refugees, but also to deal with the root causes of this crisis, which rest inside Myanmar," says Chollet
15 February 2023, 09:09 AM

Zero-Line Camp: Another 273 Rohingyas relocated to Kutupalong

Some 273 more refugees from 53 families were transferred to the Kutupalong transit camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar yesterday, on the second day of relocating the stranded Rohingyas who fled into Bangladesh territory from a zero-line refugee camp amid violence.
6 February 2023, 18:00 PM

273 more zero-line Rohingyas relocated

Some 273 more refugees from 53 families were transferred to the Kutupalong transit camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar yesterday, on the second day of relocating the stranded Rohingyas who fled into Bangladesh territory from a zero-line refugee camp amid violence.
6 February 2023, 16:33 PM

Tambru border: Relocation of Rohingyas begins

The relocation process of stranded Rohingyas, who fled into Bangladesh territory from a zero-line refugee camp amid violence, began yesterday.
5 February 2023, 15:00 PM

Tambru Border: Govt to send zero-line Rohingyas to transit camp

The government has taken an initiative to transfer 2,889 Rohingyas who fled into Bangladesh territory from a zero-line camp amid intense gunfights between two Myanmar armed groups near Bandarban’s Tambru border.
31 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Rohingyas, host community: USAID announces $75m assistance

The USAID has announced an additional USD 75 million in humanitarian assistance to help Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and members of the host community to meet ongoing needs that have been exacerbated by the increasing costs of food and fuel. With this new funding, USAID will w
26 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Myanmar lacks sincerity in taking back Rohingyas: Momen

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today said the Myanmar government lacks sincerity in taking back Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
26 January 2023, 09:26 AM

‘Pilot project’ of Rohingya repatriation to be executed soon

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has expressed optimism that the “pilot project” of Rohingya repatriation would be executed at an early date.
22 January 2023, 15:00 PM

Tambru border: Rohingyas passing days under open sky

The Rohingyas driven out of their homes near the Tambru border in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari upazila have been spending the last five days under the open sky in a schoolyard in Konarpara.
22 January 2023, 13:28 PM

Ensuring Rohingya security a challenging task for law enforcers: Shahriar

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today said it is one of the most challenging tasks for the law enforcement agencies to deal with the safety and security issues of the Rohingyas and host community in Cox's Bazar and their role should not be undermined.
21 January 2023, 11:16 AM

Over 3,500 Rohingyas attempted deadly sea crossings in 2022: UNHCR

More than 3,500 desperate Rohingyas attempted deadly sea crossings in 39 boats in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal in 2022, according to the latest data from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
18 January 2023, 09:03 AM

‘Alarming’ rise in Rohingya lost at sea

The UN yesterday decried the “alarming” rise in the number of Rohingya refugees lost at sea fleeing their Myanmar homeland or Bangladesh last year, warning more would die without concerted action.
17 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Human trafficking: 26 Rohingyas rescued in Cox’s Bazar

Police rescued 26 Rohingyas, including women and children, who were being trafficked to Malaysia and Thailand via the Teknaf coast of Cox's Bazar yesterday.
12 January 2023, 18:50 PM

UNHCR urges countries for action to rescue Rohingyas adrift at sea

The situation of the Rohingya refugees who have been stranded in the Indian Ocean for the past month is becoming more and more desperate, the UN agency for refugees said today while reiterating its appeal to countries in the area to assist in saving them.
23 December 2022, 14:10 PM