Rohingya refugee

Why Myanmar’s Rohingya repatriation plan rings hollow

Myanmar’s recent announcement to repatriate 180,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has drawn international attention.
8 April 2025, 09:40 AM

Monthly food ration per Rohingya now $12

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has moved away from its recent decision to halve the monthly food aid for the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhashan Char.
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Complicity in Rohingya genocide cannot go unpunished

Rohingya in Myanmar face denial of rights, atrocities, and forced displacement since 1962.
12 March 2025, 06:00 AM

To solve the Rohingya crisis, we must address the root causes

The Rohingya crisis continues to mystify everyone with its uncertainties.
4 February 2025, 06:09 AM

The international community has failed to protect the Rohingya

The perspective towards Rohingya refugees needs to shift from viewing them as a burden to recognising them as a competent community
25 August 2024, 03:00 AM

A call for true solidarity with the Rohingya community

International stakeholders, the philanthropic community and private sector actors should increase financial aid to the Rohingya community.
20 June 2024, 09:00 AM

Solidarity for refugees and refugee hosts

Since 2022, the security situation in the refugee camps has deteriorated—including killings, kidnapping, gender-based violence and child protection incidents.
20 June 2024, 05:53 AM

Rohingya repatriation: Can we ever find a viable scheme?

International support for the Rohingya people is diminishing by the day.
28 November 2023, 03:00 AM

For sustainable Rohingya repatriation, citizenship and security are must

A 30-member Myanmar delegation—during their recent visit to Cox’s Bazar—failed to make any commitment to the refugees regarding their request for repatriation to their original homes
16 November 2023, 03:00 AM

UK announces £3 million in humanitarian support for Rohingyas

UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Philip Barton has announced that UK will provide £3,000,000 (around Tk 42 crore) of new funding to support Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char
12 September 2023, 07:56 AM

Between ifs and buts dwindles the future of the Rohingya

Is it a battle of numbers that give political actors the right to dehumanise them? We wish to believe that crises create the push for alternatives and that, in this case, collective actions will be towards this direction.
30 August 2023, 13:30 PM

Rohingya repatriation: Easier said than done

Even if they go back to their homeland, what exactly is awaiting them there?
9 August 2023, 03:00 AM

Rohingya Repatriation: China now active but uncertainties yet to clear up

China now appears to be quite active in trying to make the Rohingya repatriation a reality.
30 May 2023, 01:30 AM

Combatting the Rohingya refugee crisis with nature-based solutions

Environment and ecosystem rehabilitation has always been a cross-cutting issue in the JRPs. It is indeed exciting for environmentalists to see NbS finding its place in the world's largest refugee camp sheltering about a million of Myanmar’s Muslim minority.
5 May 2023, 06:00 AM

Rohingya, Geopolitics and Myanmar: An Uncertain Future

Myanmar's geopolitical value is putting Bangladesh in a tight spot
14 November 2022, 15:00 PM

Rohingya man narrates 16 days’ ordeal on route of trafficking

A transnational syndicate is using a new land route through Myanmar to traffic people, mostly Rohingyas from refugee camps in Bangladesh, to Thailand and Malaysia.
13 October 2022, 02:30 AM

Tempering expectations in the aftermath of ICJ’s decision

What does the recent ICJ decision regarding Myanmar mean for Rohingya refugees?
28 September 2022, 18:52 PM

Why should Bangladesh pay for Myanmar's internal conflict?

Maj Gen ANM Muniruzzaman, ndc, psc (retd) spoke to us regarding the current tensions at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
21 September 2022, 10:50 AM

Bangladesh won't take any more Rohingyas: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today (September 19, 2022) said Bangladesh will not allow any more Rohingya people from Myanmar to enter its territory.
19 September 2022, 15:47 PM

‘Bangladesh can’t wait forever to resolve the Teesta issue’

The next stage of Bangladesh-India relations should involve long-term, innovative projects.
5 September 2022, 13:41 PM