Myanmar Rohingya crisis
India gives fresh relief for Rohingya refugees
India has handed over a fresh consignment of aid of mostly emergency food items and monsoon protection for the Rohingya refugees sheltered in Cox’s Bazar.
9 May 2018, 09:56 AM
UNSC should refer Myanmar to ICC: HRW
Human Rights Watch says the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should immediately refer the situation in Myanmar, including the widespread and systematic abuses against ethnic Rohingya, to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
9 May 2018, 09:46 AM
‘Bangladesh, involve ICC into Rohingya crisis’
Bangladesh government should encourage the International Criminal Court (ICC) to exercise jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute the crime of deporting Rohingyas, says a Southeast Asia-based rights organisation, Fortify Rights.
9 May 2018, 06:31 AM
UK pledges fresh £70m fund for Rohingya refugees
The United Kingdom has pledged fresh support for the Rohingya refugees sheltered in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, ahead of the monsoon season alongside its aid to cholera vaccination.
7 May 2018, 09:49 AM
OIC to form ministerial body over Rohingya issue
The Organisation for Islamic Cooperation decides to establish an OIC ministerial committee on accountability for crimes against the Rohingya.
6 May 2018, 07:48 AM
President calls for OIC action to ensure just right of Rohingyas
President Abdul Hamid calls upon the OIC members to take action 'right now' to ensure a peaceful life with the justified right of Rohingya people.
5 May 2018, 14:21 PM
Myanmar authorities must face accountability: Bob Rae
Myanmar authorities must face accountability for the crimes against the Rohingyas, says Canada's special envoy to the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
3 May 2018, 07:01 AM
UN could help Myanmar gather evidence of crimes against Rohingya: British envoy
Britain's UN envoy on Tuesday suggested the UN Security Council could consider helping Myanmar collect evidence of crimes committed during a military crackdown of the Rohingya people, denounced by the world body as ethnic cleansing after most recent bout of persecution of the Muslim minority last year.
2 May 2018, 06:11 AM
Justice they want
The topi-clad man is holding a placard reading a three-word sentence, simple but sharp like a piercing bullet. "We want justice". Coming from a member of the world's most persecuted people of our time -- the Rohingyas.
29 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Rohingya crisis: UNSC delegation in Cox’s Bazar
The high-level 15-member delegation of the UN Security Council reaches Cox's Bazar to see the brutalities that Rohingyas faced during the recent ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State of Myanmar.
28 April 2018, 11:20 AM
2 lakh Rohingyas went abroad with Bangladeshi passport: Minister
At least two lakh Rohingya people went abroad with Bangladeshi passport, the minister for expatriates' welfare and overseas employment says.
28 April 2018, 09:09 AM
UNSC team due on April 29
Bangladesh is to describe the brutalities that the Rohingyas faced in Rakhine State and steps taken by the government here to the UN Security Council delegation, which is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on April 29.
22 April 2018, 10:36 AM
Trudeau hails PM for dealing with Rohingya crisis
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau highly appreciates Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina for her outstanding leadership in handling the protracted Rohingya crisis.
19 April 2018, 14:36 PM
Responsibility Myanmar's
The UN Refugee Agency has inked a deal with Bangladesh on voluntary returns of Rohingya refugees but said conditions in Myanmar are not yet conducive to a safe, dignified and sustainable repatriation.
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM
More time needed to verify Rohingyas: Myanmar minister
Win Myat Aye, Myanmar's social welfare, relief and resettlement minister, says the Rohingya repatriation process has delayed as they need more time to verify the identities of the refugees.
7 April 2018, 12:39 PM
Fear and isolation for Myanmar's remaining Rohingyas
Rohingya Muslim minority are disappearing fast from Myanmar as their lives are still shaped by tension and fear in a mainly-Buddhist country that has methodically stripped the Muslim minority of legal rights and security.
5 April 2018, 10:32 AM
Intent to deceive
Myanmar is living up to the global suspicion about its real intention behind signing the deal for repatriation of more than seven lakh Rohingya refugees. The intention, as suspected by experts and global rights bodies, was all but taking back the Rohingyas.
30 March 2018, 18:00 PM
No quick fix to Rohingya crisis: New Chinese ambassador
The new Chinese Ambassador Zhang Zuo says that there is no quick solution to Rohingya crisis.
21 March 2018, 08:36 AM
TREES, HILLS RAZED by ROHINGYAS
It was around eleven in the morning.
20 March 2018, 18:00 PM
BGB, BGP conduct joint patrol at border
Bangladesh and Myanmar’s border troopers conduct a joint patrol at Cox’s Bazar border.
14 March 2018, 07:21 AM