Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Watch Live from Ukhia Rohingya shelter

Follow the fresh influx of Rohingya refugees at Kutupalong camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar as our Star Live team member Priyo Yusuf is reporting Live over our Facebook page.
5 September 2017, 05:58 AM

Persecution of all Muslims in Myanmar on the rise: Rights group

The systematic persecution of minority Muslims is on the rise across Myanmar and not confined to the northwestern state of Rakhine, where recent violence has sent nearly 90,000 Muslim Rohingya fleeing, a Myanmar rights group says.
5 September 2017, 05:45 AM

50 Rohingyas held in Cox’s Bazar

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detain 50 Rohingyas for entering the country amid escalating tension in Myanmar's Rakhine state following an attack by insurgents.
5 September 2017, 04:57 AM

Indonesian minister to meet Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis

Indonesia's foreign minister is due to meet Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday to discuss delivering humanitarian aid to members of Myanmar's Rohingya minority, as Indonesian protesters urged their government to take a tougher line.
4 September 2017, 09:21 AM

Erdoğan accuses Myanmar of ‘genocide’ as thousands of Rohingya flee to Bangladesh

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Myanmar of "genocide" against the Rohingya Muslim minority, who have fled in the tens of thousands across the border into Bangladesh to escape ethnic violence.
2 September 2017, 08:21 AM

Bangladesh medical camp serving Rohingya refugees

Border Guard Bangladesh has set up a medical camp to extend support to the thousands of Rohingya refugees who have taken shelter in Naikhyangchhari of Bandarban fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
31 August 2017, 08:23 AM

Bodies of 19 Rohingyas recovered as boat capsizes in Teknaf

Nineteen bodies are recovered from the Bay of Bengal after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar trying to enter Bangladesh capsized in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar last night.
31 August 2017, 04:36 AM

They come in thousands

A few thousand Rohingya refugees entered Bangladesh yesterday slipping through the Rezu Aamtali border in Naikkhangchhari of Bandarban.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Put pressure on Myanmar

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the United States to put pressure on Myanmar to stop pushing Rohingyas into Bangladesh.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM

BGB sends back 75 Rohingya refugees

Border Guard Bangladesh detains 75 Rohingya refugees in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar and sends them back as hundreds of them continue to try to enter Bangladesh through different unguarded border points since the last four days.
30 August 2017, 07:59 AM

Rohingya men answer call to arms against Myanmar's forces

Heavily pregnant and confined to a squalid Bangladeshi refugee camp, Ayesha Begum does not regret that her husband will miss the imminent birth of their sixth child as he fights alongside Rohingya militants in Myanmar.
29 August 2017, 10:00 AM

Rohingya influx continues

Following yesterday’s mass exodus that saw nearly 2,000 Rohingya refugees entering Bangladesh territory from Myanmar, hundreds of Rohingyas are seen at the no man's land at Ghumdhum in Naikhyangchhari upazila of Bandarban.
27 August 2017, 06:34 AM

Myanmar border police shoots on Rohingya refugees at Bandarban border

Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) fires gun shots at some Rohingya refugees near Toombro border on Naf river in Bandarban.
26 August 2017, 09:40 AM

Regional Governance Matters

The majority of the Asian states rejected the International Law on Refugees, established under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol, claiming it to be irrelevant to the Asian refugee experiences.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM