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Rakhine horror recounted

The Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar's refugee camps yesterday recalled the horrors of killings, rapes and torching of their houses by the Myanmar military exactly a year ago.
25 August 2018

Refugee Camps in Bhashan Char: Relocation process 'will start in Sept'

Bangladesh has planned to begin the relocation process of the Rohingya refugees, who fled the brutal military crackdown in Myanmar last year, from all refugee camps to Bhashan Char from September.
25 August 2018

Funds so far inadequate

When the Rohingyas started pouring into Bangladesh with horrific stories of atrocities committed by the Myanmar military, people of Ukhia and Teknaf welcomed them with dry food and water.
25 August 2018

Rohingyas to be at risk if funding not urgently secured: UN

The lives of Rohingyas "will once again be at risk" if funding is not urgently secured, say UN officials.
25 August 2018

Militant group claims 'legitimate right' to defend Rohingya

Rohingya militants whose deadly attacks last year spurred the ruthless Myanmar army crackdown that drove 700,000 of the minority into Bangladesh says it acted to "defend" the Muslim group from persecution.
25 August 2018

Bring Myanmar govt, military to justice: Civil society, NGO members

Marking a year of Rohingya influx, a group of civil society and NGO members form a human chain in front of National Press Club in Dhaka demanding justice for "genocide" carried out by the Myanmar government and military in Rakhine state.
25 August 2018

Myanmar crackdown splits Rohingyas with little hope of return

One year later, despite months of discussions among Myanmar, Bangladesh, the United Nations and a string of aid agencies, there are few signs that the Rohingya can go home anytime soon.
25 August 2018

One Year of Rohingya Crisis: The fastest growing refugee crisis

On August 25 last year, hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas started fleeing military operations in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and crossing the border to take shelter in Bangladesh. Several rounds of talks have been held for repatriation of the refugees. But so far, there is no visible progress.
24 August 2018

One Year of Rohingya Crisis: Standing up for humanity

It's one of the greatest refugee crises after World War II. The UN called it et
24 August 2018

The Rohingya influx: One year on

It is a tented city of nearly a million souls crammed in just 26sq km of undulating terrain.
24 August 2018

Moaning about loud prayer call not blasphemy

Indonesia's biggest Islamic organisation called for greater tolerance yesterday as it criticised a court that jailed a mother of four for blasphemy after complaining that a mosque in her neighborhood was too loud.
24 August 2018

Caring for the little souls

Lunchtime was just over at Balukhali camp 8E. The household of Akhter Hujur officially has four members -- himself, his young wife, her sister and a tiny infant daughter -- but there is always one extra mouth to feed. That mouth belongs to a person with neither mother or father, nor family.
24 August 2018

Unicef warns of a 'lost generation'

The refugee crisis in Bangladesh sparked by the mass exodus of people from Myanmar a year ago risks creating a “lost generation” of Rohingya children who lack the life skills they will need in future, Unicef has warned.
24 August 2018

Delay In Repatriation : Suu Kyi's comments draw flak

Aung San Suu Kyi's remark that pace of Rohingya return depends on Bangladesh is grossly wrong and reflects the lack of Myanmar's sincerity to a sustainable solution to the crisis, says international relations analysts.
24 August 2018

Return still elusive

The repatriation of the Rohingyas remains elusive even nine months after the signing of an agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar.
24 August 2018

World leaders failed to act

World leaders’ failure to act has allowed the Myanmar security forces’ perpetrators of crimes against humanity to remain at large for a year after their murderous campaign against the Rohingya prompted an exodus of epic proportions, Amnesty International says.
24 August 2018

One year on, Rohingyas facing an uncertain future and legal limbo: MSF

One year since over 700,000 Rohingya refugees were forced to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh, the denial of their legal status, coupled with unacceptable living conditions in haphazard makeshift camps, continues to trap refugees in a cycle of suffering and poor health, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says.
24 August 2018

Rohingya repatriation talks go nowhere

The Rohingya crisis steps into the first anniversary with no real progress in the repatriation drive by Bangladesh other than the continuation of dialogue with Myanmar though Rohingyas are still coming into Bangladesh due to the absence of conducive environment in Rakhine.
24 August 2018

UK calls on int’l community to prioritise long-term support for Rohingyas

The UK calls on the international community to prioritise long-term support for the Rohingya people on the anniversary of the crisis, according to a press release of UK Department for International Development.
24 August 2018

Force Myanmar to face ICC for atrocities: Southeast Asian MPs

More than 130 lawmakers from across Southeast Asia demand the international community bring officials in Myanmar to justice for the atrocious crimes it committed against its Rohingya population in Rakhine State.
24 August 2018