Dhaka wants UNSC to deliver on Rohingya issue

Bangladesh wants the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to deliver on Rohingya issue to have a sustainable solution to the crisis as the body having responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security sits on Monday.
22 July 2018, 05:02 AM

Key member resigns from Myanmar advisory panel

A key member of an international advisory panel on Myanmar's crisis-hit Rakhine state resigns, telling AFP that the Aung San Suu Kyi-appointed board risks becoming "part of the problem" in a conflict that forced 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee.
21 July 2018, 11:54 AM

Germany to help Bangladesh find solution to Rohingya crisis

German Foreign Minister of State Niels Annen has said his government will provide political support to have a solution to Rohingya crisis through ensuring safe and sustainable return of the displaced people to their own homeland.
20 July 2018, 10:40 AM

'It is a miracle'

Twelve boys and their football coach who were rescued after being trapped for over a fortnight in a flooded Thai cave spoke publicly of their incredible ordeal for the first time yesterday at a press conference beamed around the world.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingya want to return to Myanmar as citizens: UN

Myanmar's Rohingya refugees have told a UN envoy who visited their camp in Bangladesh this week that they will return home if it is safe and if they are granted citizenship rights, a UN statement says.
18 July 2018, 05:03 AM

HRW urges Myanmar to make amends for seized land

Myanmar's government should expedite restitution for past illegal confiscations of land, an international human rights group says, detailing how previous land seizures there are still harming farmers under the civilian-led government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
18 July 2018, 04:35 AM

Najib to refile lawsuits against top 1MDB investigators

Former Malaysian premier Najib Razak will file fresh civil suits against three investigators of a multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, after he withdrew his earlier applications against them on Monday.
18 July 2018, 04:27 AM

Musk faces legal action after 'pedo' tweet

A British caver who helped rescue 12 boys from a Thai cave yesterday said he may take legal action against Elon Musk after the entrepreneur called him a "pedo".
16 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Reuters journo takes stand as Myanmar trial begins

One of two Reuters journalists charged in Myanmar with breaking a state secrets law while reporting on the Rohingya crisis protested his innocence yesterday on the first day of a trial that has provoked global condemnation.
16 July 2018, 18:00 PM

23 human trafficking ‘agents’ nabbed by Thai police

The Thai police arrests 23 human-trafficking “agents” as part of a major operation to prevent the country's south from becoming a transit destination for migrants trying to cross illegally into Malaysia.
16 July 2018, 12:20 PM

‘IOM to help Bangladesh repatriate Rohingyas’

Visiting Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) William Lacy Swing reaffirms Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that his organisation will extend all sorts of support to Bangladesh for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees.
16 July 2018, 10:55 AM

Myanmar arrests government critic

Myanmar police have arrested a prominent government critic on suspicion of violating sedition laws, an offence that carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
15 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Four cave footballers stateless: official

The chief of Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district emphasises that Thai citizenship shall be granted based on the law and there will be no exemption even for four of the footballers rescued from the cave.
15 July 2018, 05:58 AM

Int'l community urged to step up pressure on Myanmar to repatriate Rohingyas

Bangladesh has urged the international community to continue and "step up pressure on Myanmar" authorities so that the Rohingyas can return to their ancestral homes in Myanmar in safety, dignity and sustainable livelihood.
15 July 2018, 04:56 AM

9 agencies to begin reporting to new Malaysian parliament

An administrative overhaul by the Pakatan Harapan government will see nine agencies operating as independent entities and reporting directly to Malaysian parliament when it starts tomorrow.
15 July 2018, 04:37 AM

‘We are always missing you’: Torn apart by violence, Rohingya families connect through letters

Rohingyas arrested in a Myanmar army sweep in August 2017 send letters from a prison hundreds of miles away in Myanmar’s Rakhine state to their dear ones who managed to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.
14 July 2018, 12:52 PM

UN readies to send experts to Rakhine

The United Nations is preparing to send teams of experts into Myanmar's Rakhine state to begin work aimed at eventually repatriating Rohingya Muslims who fled violence last year, the regional head of the UN development agency said on Thursday.
13 July 2018, 18:00 PM

THAI CAVE MIRACLE

Twelve boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand planned to explore the cavern complex for only about an hour before treacherous flood waters rose to trap them for more than two weeks, one of the boys' fathers said.
13 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Women vow to defy men who banned their vote in Pakistan village

Men banned women from voting in the village of Mohri Pur sometime around 1947, and they have obeyed ever since -- until this year, when changes to Pakistan's election laws and women's attitudes could shift the dynamic.
13 July 2018, 05:51 AM

UN readies to send experts to Myanmar's Rakhine after Rohingya return deal: official

The United Nations is preparing to send teams of experts into Myanmar's Rakhine state to begin work aimed at eventually repatriating Rohingya Muslims who fled violence last year, the regional head of the UN development agency says.
13 July 2018, 04:43 AM