Rohingya crisis

3 Rohingya youths held with 20,000 yaba in Teknaf

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members has arrested three Rohingya youths along with 20,925 pieces of yaba from Naf river in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
30 September 2017, 11:15 AM

Fear of epidemic disaster as disease stalks Rohingya camps

Rashida Begum steers clear of the water pump near the reeking latrine shared by more than 100 families in a grim corner of Bangladesh that has grown into one of the world's largest refugee settlements in just weeks.
30 September 2017, 04:36 AM

Is South Asia the new Middle East?

The Middle East is often viewed as a region waylaid by feelings of collective humiliation and violent rivalries, both between and within countries.
29 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Saving the miracles

The photo in the newspaper, of a baby girl born a few days ago at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia makes me marvel at how beautiful she is; but the next moment I remember the reality she has been born into—what the future holds for her, what her mother had to go through while fleeing her own country and whether she too, will have to face hunger, disease and emotional trauma.
29 September 2017, 18:00 PM

UN Secretary General's call

We are heartened by the UN Secretary General's categorical condemnation of what he has termed a "humanitarian nightmare" referring to the unbelievable trauma experienced by Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh to escape indescribable violence.
29 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Deep division, no action

China and Russia has once again prevented the UN Security Council from making any decision on Myanmar to protect Rohingyas from atrocities, just three years after demonstrating a strong anti-genocide stance.
29 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Dhaka for safe, sustainable return of all

Bangladesh has called for measures to ensure safe, voluntary and sustainable return of all the people displaced from Myanmar into its territory over the years, including those displaced recently.
29 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Unicef seeks international support for ensuring protection of Rohingya children’s rights

Unicef has called for international support to the efforts being led by Bangladesh government to deliver urgent humanitarian aid and ensure the protection of children’s rights.
29 September 2017, 09:51 AM

Rohingya crisis getting acute for diplomatic failure: BNP

The Awami League-led Bangladesh government failed to bring neighbouring leading nations and the United Nations together in resolving the Rohingya crisis, BNP alleges.
29 September 2017, 08:41 AM

Death toll in Rohingya boat capsize rises to 20

The death toll in Rohingya trawler capsize incident in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar rises to 20 as four more bodies are recovered from the Bay.
29 September 2017, 05:01 AM

15 Rohingyas die as trawler capsizes in Bay near Cox’s Bazar

At least 15 people die as a trawler carrying Rohingyas from Myanmar capsized in the Bay near Inani beach in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar today.
28 September 2017, 12:20 PM

Myanmar cancels UN visit to Rakhine: Report

United Nations says a visit to Myanmar's Rakhine state which was due to take place today (September 28) has been cancelled by the authorities, reports BBC. The visit is to have been the first time representatives of UN agencies would have been allowed to visit the area.
28 September 2017, 11:48 AM

Bangladesh needs longer-term plan for Rohingya: UN

The nearly half a million Rohingya refugees who have entered Bangladesh since August will likely not be leaving soon, the UN says, calling for longer-term plans to manage the influx.
28 September 2017, 05:14 AM

War and the prize: How some Nobel laureates turn away from peace

Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is the latest in a long line of Nobel Peace Prize laureates to disappoint many of those who once applauded her, and probably won’t be the last.
28 September 2017, 04:57 AM

Hindus Displaced from Rakhine: No puja for them this time

Rashmati Sharma had celebrated Durga Puja with her family and neighbours in Myanmar with due religious fervour last year. Her
27 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Crisis: Bangladesh wants strong UNSC stance

Dhaka wants the UN Security Council to take “strong stance and swift action” to end the "ethnic cleansing" in Myanmar and to restore peace and stability in the strife-torn Rakhine State to facilitate a smooth return of Rohingyas.
27 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Heat, unsafe water take toll on kids

Wrapping his two-year-old daughter in a towel, Jiraman Ali was walking fast towards a medial camp near their temporary shelter at Balukhali in Ukhia.
27 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Refugee Crisis: WB offers $400m, Japan gives $3m

Bangladesh can avail as much as $400 million from the World Bank as grants if it rolls out programmes exclusively for the Rohingya
27 September 2017, 18:00 PM

India stands by Bangladesh

India stands by Bangladesh in diplomatic and humanitarian ways for addressing the Rohingya crisis, Indian High Commissioner to
27 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Rohingya crisis: WB ready to assist govt

If the government wants, the World Bank will support Bangladesh in addressing the Rohingya refugee crisis, says a top official of the global lender.
27 September 2017, 07:22 AM