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Supplies stretched, challenges many

Amarpreet Singh and Jeevan Jyot Singh, two Indian volunteers with Khalsa Aid, stand looking at the long lines of refugees behind a truck laden with sacks of rice in Balukhali area of Ukhia. They are a little taken aback at the sheer number of people.
16 September 2017

One of the fastest growing crises:UN

The humanitarian situation in parts of Bangladesh sheltering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees continues to deteriorate, making it one of the fastest growing refugee crises of recent years, according to the United Nations.
16 September 2017

Rohingya influx in Bangladesh now 409,000: IOM

An estimated 409,000 Rohingyas have arrived in Bangladesh until September 10, fleeing the military crackdown in Myanmar, says a report published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
16 September 2017

AL team to hold talks with China over Rohingya issue: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says a delegation of the party will hold discussion with Chinese leader over Rohingya issue during its upcoming visit to China.
16 September 2017

UK for permanent solution to Rohingya crisis: British envoy

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake says there is now a global understanding that the decades-old crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine State’s cannot be allowed to continue and the UK is active to find a lasting solution to the Rohingya situation.
16 September 2017

Rohingya influx: IOM seeks coordinated response

International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking a coordinated humanitarian response to the massive inflow of Rohingyas arriving in Cox’s Bazar.
16 September 2017

Who is supplying weapons to Myanmar?

In the backdrops of Rohingya crisis, Al Jazeera has portrayed the flow of weapons to Myanmar from different parts of the world. According to the graphic, most of Myanmar's military imports come from China, Russia, India, Israel and Ukraine.
16 September 2017

National unity needed to deal with Rohingya crisis: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir underscores the need for forging a nation unity to cope up with the Rohingya crisis on humanitarian ground.
16 September 2017

How reliefs can be sent for Rohingya refugees

State Minister for Foreign affairs Shahriar Alam has called upon the countrymen to send reliefs for Rohingya people who have fled into Bangladesh from violence in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
16 September 2017

Don’t rent out houses to Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh police to locals

Police instruct locals not to rent out their houses to the Rohingya refugees, who have entered Bangladesh after fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
16 September 2017

CPJ urges Bangladesh govt to release 2 Myanmar journos

Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Bangladesh to immediately release two Myanmar journalists detained on September 7 by the police and drop all charges against them.
16 September 2017

Rohingya crisis fastest growing in recent years: UN

The humanitarian situation in parts of Bangladesh sheltering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees continues to deteriorate, making the crisis one of the fastest growing refugee crises of recent years, according to the United Nations.
16 September 2017

Turkey thanks Bangladesh for hosting Rohingya refugees

The Turkish Deputy Prime Minister in a meeting with Bangladesh Ambassador to Turkey thanks the Bangladesh government for hosting a big number of the Rohingya refugees.
16 September 2017

UK declares £25m aid for Myanmar violence victims

Britain announces an additional £25million aid to meet the urgent needs of the people in both Myanmar and Bangladesh affected by the violence in Rakhine state.
16 September 2017

ICRC concerned over violence against Rohingya in Myanmar

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expresses grave concern over the violence and its effect on all people in the northern areas of Rakhine in Myanmar.
16 September 2017

Vaccination campaign for 1.5 lakh Rohingya children

A rubella and polio vaccination campaign for 1.5 lakh children of Rohingya refugees started in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar this morning as Bangladesh sees an influx of people fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
16 September 2017

Un Sung Fuh Ror

Aung San Suu Kyi – what an impressive resume.
15 September 2017

What I saw in Ukhia

According to the latest UN report, nearly 400,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed over to Bangladesh. The Rohingya people, living in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, are fleeing their homes they have lived in for 200 hundred years.
15 September 2017

Scorched earth

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have come up with new evidence pointing that the Myanmar army is deliberately burning Rohingya villages and shooting people, which is nothing but ethnic cleansing.
15 September 2017

The forgotten citizens of Rakhine State

The forebears of Rohingya refugees Mohammad Alam and Mohammad Ali were Myanmar citizens. The two even voted in the 2010 general elections.
15 September 2017