The Indian home ministry asks all states to trace and medically screen all Rohingya Muslim refugees in the country over concerns that they may have attended Tablighi Jamaat’s congregation and Ijtema resulting into contraction of coronavirus.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday criticized as "too slow" Myanmar's efforts to allow the return of Rohingya Muslim refugees, describing the lack of progress as a source of "enormous frustration."

Myanmar is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return, the country's National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said yesterday.

Myanmar has only been able to verify 374 Rohingya Muslim refugees for possible repatriation from Bangladesh, officials said

Myanmar is only able to verify 374 Rohingya Muslim refugees for possible repatriation from Bangladesh, officials say, blaming their neighbour for not providing the correct information about the refugees.

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urges Myanmar to make sure the half-million Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled in the last two months can go home, and not go to camps.

Scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees offer Eid prayers in Bangladesh, many of them recent arrivals fleeing a surge in communal violence in neighbouring Myanmar.