Rohingya crisis

Over 2,350 injured Rohingyas treated

Bangladesh said yesterday it had treated more than 2,350 Rohingya refugees for serious injuries sustained during ethnic violence in
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Rohingya woman names her newborn baby girl after Sheikh Hasina

A Rohingya refugee woman, who has taken shelter in a refugee camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar, has delivered a baby girl and named her after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
21 September 2017, 14:31 PM

Facebook bans 'dangerous' Rohingya militant group

Facebook says it has banned a Rohingya militant group from its site, designating it a 'dangerous organisation' as information on the deepening crisis is muddied by claims, counter-claims and hate speech on social media.
21 September 2017, 06:30 AM

Unite, act now

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the OIC member states to show unity for solving the Rohingya crisis before it is too late.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Medical facilities stretched to limit

In Kutupalong camp 1, Nasima Khatun, nearly 70 years old, is being carried using a unique device fashioned out of a bamboo stick
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Nobel laureate can learn from a taxi driver

An assassin shot him in the head at close range as he was about to leave Yangon airport in his family car. He fell to the ground, bleeding.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Global community steps up relief efforts

The United Nations and the international community are ramping up relief operations for the Rohingya refugees.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Malaysian tribunal reveals horrific details of atrocities against Rohingyas

A woman from Laung Don village flees her house when Myanmar soldiers came into the village, leaving behind her sister who had just given birth and her newborn baby.
20 September 2017, 15:15 PM

US to give USD32m aid for Rohingya refugees

The United States will provide nearly USD32 million in humanitarian aid to help Rohingya refugees, the State Department says.
20 September 2017, 13:45 PM

Hindus fleeing Myanmar violence hope for shelter in Modi's India

Hundreds of Hindus who have gotten caught in the crossfire between Myanmar's military and Rohingya insurgents, have fled to Bangladesh are placing their hopes on the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in neighbouring India.
20 September 2017, 12:40 PM

S Korea provides USD1.5m for Rohingyas in Bangladesh

South Korea pledges humanitarian aid of USD 1.5 Million for emergency relief operation for a large number of Rohingya refugees who recently crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar.
20 September 2017, 10:59 AM

Myanmar's Suu Kyi denies going 'soft' on military

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rejects a suggestion she is soft on the military, which the United Nations has accused of ethnic cleansing, saying her relationship with the generals was normal and her objective was national reconciliation.
20 September 2017, 07:02 AM

Saudi King orders $15m to help Rohingya refugees

King Salman of Saudi Arabia orders the allocation of $15 million to alleviate the suffering of Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.
20 September 2017, 05:09 AM

Rohingyas and the cost of kindness

It is certain that the present Rohingya sensation will soon die down, and be replaced in public memory by something far more banal.
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Suu Kyi's first public speech

Needless to say that Myanmar's state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi's much awaited public speech regarding the crisis in the Rakhine state is deeply disappointing. We are shocked that she has chosen to gloss over the gross human rights violations carried out by Myanmarese security forces against Rohingyas.
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM

PM expects no help from Trump

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she spoke to US President Donald Trump yesterday about Rohingyas flooding into Bangladesh from
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM

UN wants unfettered, full access to Rakhine

UN human rights investigators yesterday demanded "full and unfettered" access to Myanmar to probe the situation in its conflict-affected Rakhine State amid an aid group's fear of "very real risk" of deaths of Rohingyas there.
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Rains heap further woes on refugees

Nur Begum, 55, came to Bangladesh from Myanmar's Maungdaw with her young son and daughter in tow. She witnessed her husband
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Crisis: PM seeks global support at UN

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had talks with some dignitaries, including US President Donald Trump, attending the UN General
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Guarding against a communal narrative

The background to the ethno-religious violence against the Rohingyas and the combined effort of all communities in helping the refugees should be an antidote to the hate Myanmar preaches. We must remember that what we are doing to help the Rohingyas and speak up for them stems from a shared humanity, it rises above the communal politics of Myanmar.
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM