Myanmar Rohingya crisis
Myanmar prosecutor seeks Official Secrets Act charges against two Reuters reporters
Myanmar prosecutors have sought charges against two Reuters reporters under the Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years, the reporters’ lawyer says.
11 January 2018, 11:04 AM
Only 34pc of $434m fund for Rohingyas raised so far: Report
Only 34 percent of the $434 million needed to provide assistance to 1.2 million people, including host communities in Cox's Bazar district, has been raised when Rohingyas are still suffering from various problems, says a new report released.
4 December 2017, 04:24 AM
Aid workers blocked from entering Muslim camp in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Buddhists in Myanmar block aid workers from visiting a camp for displaced Muslims in the central part of Rakhine State, where the United Nations fears the spread of violence that has already displaced hundreds of thousands.
25 October 2017, 14:38 PM
Don’t register marriage with Rohingyas
The government directs the marriage registrars not to conduct any marriage among Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas.
25 October 2017, 11:00 AM
Khaleda to visit Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar next week
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Cox's Bazar next week to see the condition of the Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.
24 October 2017, 09:27 AM
Speaker for playing effective role in solving Rohingya crisis
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury urges the international community to play an effective and sustainable role in resolving the Rohingya crisis which created a humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh.
17 October 2017, 09:24 AM
‘New satellite images confirm mass destruction in Myanmar’
At least 288 villages are partially or totally destroyed by fire in northern Rakhine State of Myanmar since August 25, 2017, according to new satellite images released by Human Rights Watch.
17 October 2017, 05:48 AM
12 Rohingyas die as boat capsizes in Teknaf
At least 12 Rohingya people, including six children and four women, died as a boat carrying them capsized in the Naf River near Shah Porir Dwip area in Teknaf upazila.
16 October 2017, 03:10 AM
3 more Rohingya bodies recovered from the Bay
The death toll from the October 8 Rohingya boat capsize reaches 37 as three more bodies of Rohingya women were recovered from the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
15 October 2017, 06:45 AM
Myanmar military's murderous melodrama
Myanmar has based its entire brutal, shameless operation on unarmed Rohingya civilian men, women and children, on the vaunted single incident of August 25 when reportedly...
13 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Kabir Suman sings for Rohingyas
Renowned Indian Bangla songwriter and singer Kabir Suman has just released a track condemning the Myanmar military for persecuting Rohingya people who are crossing into Bangladesh from their own land of Rakhine state.
12 October 2017, 09:12 AM
UN needs reform: PM Hasina’s adviser
Speaking over the Rohingya issue, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s international affairs adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi advocates for a reform of the United Nations.
9 October 2017, 08:45 AM
Has UN failed the Rohingyas?
Endless streams of Rohingyas have crossed the Naf River into Bangladesh. The deaths of children at sea stand out most vividly. Rohingyas have left behind everything they had once known in the face of the Myanmar military's brutalities against their own people.
8 October 2017, 18:00 PM
TIB condemns UN for failing to avert Rohingya crisis
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) strongly condemns the failure of the United Nations to act upon a report of an independent expert it commissioned before the Myanmar military crackdown on Rohingyas in Rakhine.
8 October 2017, 13:33 PM
18,523 pregnant Rohingyas, 42,541 children in health risks
Around 18,523 pregnant Rohingya women, who have entered Bangladesh during the massive exodus of Muslim community of the Rakhine state in Myanmar following persecution there carried out by its military forces, have been suffering from many health-related problems.
8 October 2017, 07:32 AM
A road map to ending the Rohingya crisis
In her address to the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, “I have come here with a heavy heart...after seeing the hungry, distressed and desperate Rohingyas from Myanmar, who took shelter in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.”
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
No Rohingya repatriation amid risk of human rights violations in Myanmar: Amnesty
The international community must help ensure that no Rohingya refugees are forced back to Myanmar as long as they remain at risk of serious human rights violations following the army’s vicious campaign of ethnic cleansing, Amnesty International says.
4 October 2017, 15:33 PM
Bangladesh seeks UN support for Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh solicits support from the UN to ensure the return of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their homeland in Myanmar.
4 October 2017, 11:05 AM
Fakhrul blasts India, China over Rohingya issue
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir criticises China and India for their role in supporting the heinous crime committed by the Myanmar army on Rohingya people.
29 September 2017, 15:53 PM
Rohingya crisis: IOM chief shocked over sexual, gender-based violence in Myanmar
Director General of UN Migration Agency William Lacy Swing says he is deeply shocked and concerned over the human rights abuse, sexual and gender-based violence against Rohingyas in Myanmar.
28 September 2017, 12:08 PM