Myanmar Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh
Rohingyas held with 9,000 yaba tablets at Dhaka airport
Two Rohingyas have been held at Dhaka airport with nearly 9,000 pieces of contraband yaba tablets stuffed inside their stomach.
13 June 2019, 08:46 AM
Bangladesh informs UN of Myanmar's non-cooperation on Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh has shared the existing problems regarding the Rohingya issue with the UN and informed it about Myanmar's non-cooperation in starting the repatriation.
13 June 2019, 06:54 AM
Bangladesh for early start to Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh has pressed Myanmar on early start of physical repatriation of the Rohingya refugees during a top bilateral meeting.
3 May 2019, 14:05 PM
4 Rohingyas detained at Dhaka airport
Four Rohingya people including three women are detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka while attempting to fly to Indonesia.
31 March 2019, 13:01 PM
WB okays $165m to help provide for Rohingyas
The World Bank has approved a $165 million grant to help Bangladesh provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for the Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar and took shelter in Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas in Cox's Bazar.
9 March 2019, 18:00 PM
WB approves $165m grant to help Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar
The World Bank (WB) approves a $165million grant to help Bangladesh provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for the Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar and took shelter in Teknaf and Ukhia Upazila in Cox's Bazar.
9 March 2019, 06:29 AM
Myanmar yet to create safe atmosphere for Rohingya repatriation: FM
Although Myanmar has agreed to take back eight lakh Rohingyas, it is yet to create a congenial atmosphere for their repatriation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says..
23 February 2019, 13:22 PM
Myanmar has failed to act
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it is unfortunate that Myanmar has failed to create a congenial atmosphere to take back Rohingyas, despite signing an agreement with Bangladesh on repatriation.
20 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Refugees: Aid agencies seek $920m for this year
The United Nations aid agencies and NGO partners yesterday launched a Joint Response Plan, seeking $920 million to meet the needs of over a million Rohingya refugees and vulnerable Bangladeshis in Cox's Bazar.
15 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Show genuine commitment to end displacement in Rakhine: Jolie
UNHCR special envoy and famous Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie urges the Myanmar authorities to show the genuine commitment to end the cycle of violence, displacement and improve the conditions for all communities in Rakhine state, including Rohingyas.
5 February 2019, 09:53 AM
Rohingya Persecution: Pence issues sharp rebuke to Suu Kyi
US Vice President Mike Pence yesterday expressed the Trump administration's strongest condemnation yet of Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims, telling leader Aung San Suu Kyi that "persecution" by her country's army was "without excuse".
14 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Rohingya repatriation should be voluntary, dignified: US
US Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (Africa and Asia) Richard Albrighton says the repatriation of Rohingyas should be safe, dignified and voluntary.
11 November 2018, 15:59 PM
Experts air new concerns about UN response to Myanmar crisis
UN-backed investigators who examined a crackdown by Myanmar security forces that caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh issue a searing critique of the United Nations’ own response to the human rights crisis.
18 September 2018, 08:20 AM
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
Of lies and deception
The grainy black-and-white photo, printed in a new book on the Rohingya crisis authored by Myanmar's army, shows a man standing over two bodies, wielding a farming tool. "Bengalis killed local ethnics brutally", reads the caption.
31 August 2018, 18:00 PM
14-POINT RECOMMENDATION OF UN FACT-FINDING MISSION
The UN Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar draws up a non-exhaustive list of alleged perpetrators of atrocity crimes against the country’s Rohingya community, indicating priority subjects for investigation and prosecution under international law.
26 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Force Myanmar to face ICC for atrocities: Southeast Asian MPs
More than 130 lawmakers from across Southeast Asia demand the international community bring officials in Myanmar to justice for the atrocious crimes it committed against its Rohingya population in Rakhine State.
24 August 2018, 04:11 AM
'Everything is business': Rohingya crisis presents economic opportunity
Captain Min Min, a Buddhist from Myanmar, looks on as a stream of Muslim Rohingya labourers zig-zag up narrow gangplanks hauling sacks of ginger from his boat onto Bangladeshi soil -- one of many seizing the economic opportunities presented by a refugee crisis.
19 August 2018, 08:35 AM
Japanese FM in Dhaka to discuss bilateral, Rohingya issues
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono arrives in Dhaka on a brief visit to further promote the Bangladesh-Japan comprehensive partnership and discuss other issues of mutual interests, including Rohingya crisis.
7 August 2018, 07:09 AM
HRW opposes plan to move Rohingyas
Bangladesh should dramatically improve living conditions for Rohingya in the world's largest refugee camp and scrap plans to move many to a flood-prone island, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
6 August 2018, 18:00 PM