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UN finds 'systemic failures' in its Rohingya response

The United Nations experienced "systemic failures" in its handling of the situation in Myanmar leading up to the 2017 mass exodus of Rohingya, a UN report said on Monday.
18 June 2019

Include Rohingyas in talks on repatriation: Rights groups

International human rights organisations have called on Asean to pressure Myanmar into allowing the ethnic group to participate in the process of their safe return.
18 June 2019

Man's first steps on the Moon, reported live by AFP

It was 10:56 pm at mission control in Houston on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon.
17 June 2019

Rohingya crisis: If not solved, it may harm stability in the region

Stressing the importance of a peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis, President Abdul Hamid has said the crisis can destabilise the entire region if it is left unresolved.
15 June 2019

Foreign minister urges India to resolve Teesta issue

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has asks his new Indian counterpart S Jaishankar to expedite initiatives to resolve the Teesta issue and sought active supports over the Rohingya crisis in their maiden talks in Tajikistan, says a foreign office statement here.
15 June 2019

President seeks CICA support to repatriate Rohingyas

President M Abdul Hamid has solicited support and cooperation from Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) partners to repatriate the forcibly displaced Rohingya people to their ancestral homeland in Myanmar with safety and dignity.
15 June 2019

Rohingyas held with 9,000 yaba tablets at Dhaka airport

Two Rohingyas have been held at Dhaka airport with nearly 9,000 pieces of contraband yaba tablets stuffed inside their stomach.
13 June 2019

Bangladesh informs UN of Myanmar's non-cooperation on Rohingya repatriation

Bangladesh has shared the existing problems regarding the Rohingya issue with the UN and informed it about Myanmar's non-cooperation in starting the repatriation.
13 June 2019

UN member states urged to play effective role over Rohingya issue

Bangladesh has urged the UN member states to play an effective role for a permanent solution to the Rohingya crisis and promote an effective migration governance to ensure safe and orderly migration.
12 June 2019

Water transport: Tripura CM plans to link Gumati with Meghna

Indian Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is keen to materialise a waterway project that will connect Gumati in the state with Meghna of Bangladesh with the potentiality of changing the state’s transport system, a senior Tripura official says.
12 June 2019

Mount pressure on Myanmar: Bangladesh to diplomats

Bangladesh urges the international community to ramp up pressure on Myanmar so that it creates a conducive environment for Rohingya repatriation.
12 June 2019

Rohingya repatriation: Envoys asked to engage international bodies

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has requested the local and foreign diplomats to engage different governments and civil society members internationally to help create a safe environment and oversee the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees.
11 June 2019

Govt to brief diplomats Wednesday; Rohingya situation in focus

The government will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka on Wednesday on current issues with special focus on the Rohingya one, said an official on Tuesday.
11 June 2019

UAE accumulates $18m fund for Rohingyas

Emirates Red Crescent Authority (ERC) has collected more than US$ 18 million fund in a weeklong campaign to support livelihood of the Rohingya people sheltered in Bangladesh.
10 June 2019

Japanese footballer Hasebe visits Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps

Makoto Hasebe, a prominent Japanese football players currently playing for Eintracht Frankfurt of Bundesliga, has visited Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar as the UNICEF Ambassador for Japan to raise awareness of Japanese people on the situation of the Rohingyas.
10 June 2019

Foreign workers generally satisfied with working conditions in Singapore: MOM survey

Foreign workers in Singapore are generally satisfied with their working conditions, according to a survey commissioned by the country's Ministry of Manpower, and would recommend the country as a place to work to their friends and relatives.
10 June 2019

PIA passenger opens emergency exit door thinking it’s toilet door

Over three dozen passengers aboard a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight were offloaded after one of them mistakenly opened the emergency door of the aircraft on the runway at Manchester airport, the carrier says.
10 June 2019

Resettling the Unsettled

The Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, described by the United Nations (UN) as the “world’s fastest growing refugee crisis,” has been one of the most discussed humanitarian crises of recent times.
8 June 2019

Trump says moon is part of Mars

US President Donald Trump declares that the moon is part of Mars and criticises NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on it by 2024.
8 June 2019

Rohingya crisis: Japan will stay beside Bangladesh

Terming the prevailing situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state complicated, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hiroyasu Izumi has said his country will stay beside the host country for immediate resolution into the crisis.
7 June 2019