Amid growing international pressure, Win Myat Aye, an influential Myanmar minister who is overseeing repatriation of the Rohingyas,

Visiting Myanmar's cabinet minister says Rohingyas will be taken back by giving them citizenship and with dignity.

Seven Myanmar soldiers are sentenced to jail with hard labour for their part in the extrajudicial killings of 10 Rohingya Muslim men, according to a Facebook post by the army chief.

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has asked judges to rule whether she can open a probe into the mass deportations of the Rohingya people from Myanmar.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged India to put more pressure on Myanmar to take back over one million Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.

Bangladesh says the international community including the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has a shared responsibility to amplify the voices of Rohingyas, the most persecuted minority of the world.

Indonesian fishermen rescue at least five Rohingya Muslims off the island of Sumatra and bring them ashore, officials say, in the first such landing this year amid media reports that five others had died at sea.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there has been virtually no progress on repatriation of the Rohingyas although Bangladesh

Canada should welcome Rohingya refugees and encourage other nations to do the same, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special envoy

Canada should take a leadership role in responding to the Rohingya crisis by ramping up humanitarian aid and development efforts and showing a willingness to welcome refugees from the region, Bob Rae, Canada's special envoy to Myanmar, says in his final report.

Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi has called for re-imposition of sanctions against Myanmar as a way to put pressure on the Southeast Asian country accused of genocide.

Myanmar's panel of international advisers on Rohingya issues says that the coming monsoon season could bring "enormous deaths" as refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh are not built to withstand the storms.

Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi calls for re-imposition of sanctions against Myanmar as a way to put pressure on the Southeast Asian country that has been accused of genocide and driving out some seven lakh Rohingyas since August last year.

Facebook's chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg says the social media company is aware that its tools have been used to spread anti-Rohingya propaganda and "incite real harm" in Myanmar.

United Nations’ Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller, is travelling to Myanmar.

The government has chalked out a detailed plan to avert natural disasters in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps in the upcoming monsoon, Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said yesterday, requesting the international community not to worry.

Nearly two lakh Rohingyas are facing a grave risk of landslide at their makeshift camps in Ukhia of Cox's Bazar. All those camps could also be ravaged if there is a nor'wester or cyclone.

The World Health Organization has appealed to the international community to contribute generously to enable appropriate and timely

The United States has said that it will work “hand in hand” with Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue, not only through aid but also through sustained support for the voluntary, dignified and safe return of Rohingyas to their homes in Myanmar.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her call to the international community to continue pressurising the Myanmar