IOM appeals for US$ 182m to help Rohingyas, local community

IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is appealing for USD 182.1 million to assist 900,000 Rohingya refugees and local community members in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
18 March 2018, 08:44 AM

Crushed hopes greet Aung San Suu Kyi in Australia

The long journey to find peace for Rohingya refugee Kobir Ahmed can be told through the different birth countries of his eight children -- Myanmar, Malaysia and Australia -- although they remain citizens of no nation.
18 March 2018, 04:16 AM

Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena says he has lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 after Buddhist-Muslim clashes.
18 March 2018, 04:10 AM

Lawyers in Australia seek to prosecute Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity

Lawyers in Australia file a private application in a Melbourne court seeking prosecution to press charges against Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of crimes against humanity committed against ethnic Rohingya minorities in the country’s Rakhine state.
17 March 2018, 04:33 AM

Canadian aviation expert joins Nepal plane crash probe team

A Canadian aviation expert joins the probe body in Nepal to investigate into the plane crash of US-Bangla Airlines.
16 March 2018, 07:48 AM

With Rohingya gone, Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine seek Muslim-free 'buffer zone'

Buddhist flags hang limply from bamboo poles at the entrance to Koe Tan Kauk, a "model" village for ethnic Rakhine migrants shuttled north to repopulate an area once dominated by Rohingya Muslims.
16 March 2018, 07:04 AM

Malaysia to dissolve House at end of March

Malaysia's parliament will be dissolved on March 28, 29 or 30, making way for general elections that must be held by August, The Star
15 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Duterte to quit ICC over drug inquiry

President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he was pulling the Philippines out of the treaty underpinning the International Criminal
14 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Myanmar verifies fewer than 400 Rohingya for repatriation

Myanmar is only able to verify 374 Rohingya Muslim refugees for possible repatriation from Bangladesh, officials say, blaming their neighbour for not providing the correct information about the refugees.
14 March 2018, 15:42 PM

BGB, BGP conduct joint patrol at border

Bangladesh and Myanmar’s border troopers conduct a joint patrol at Cox’s Bazar border.
14 March 2018, 07:21 AM

Govt declares mourning day tomorrow

The government declares to observe mourning day on Thursday following the casualties in the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal.
14 March 2018, 06:19 AM

US-Bangla plane crash: What caused it?

Fifty-one people die when a US-Bangla Airlines plane carrying 71 passengers and crew crashes on “abnormal” landing at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). Does faulty communication or technical malfunction cause the crash of Flight Bangla Star 211 at Kathmandu’s TIA?
14 March 2018, 04:39 AM

US gives Philippine air force first drones

The United States yesterday gave the Philippine air force its first surveillance drone system, as the two nations step up cooperation in the
13 March 2018, 18:00 PM

UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred

UN human rights experts investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar said on Monday that Facebook had played a role in spreading
13 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Cate Blanchett to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar March 17

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and acclaimed actress Cate Blanchett is set to visit the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh on March 17.
13 March 2018, 15:37 PM

UN investigators cite Facebook role in Myanmar crisis

UN human rights experts investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar say that Facebook had played a role in spreading hate speech there.
13 March 2018, 15:06 PM

Atrocity crimes on Rohingya were preventable: UN adviser

United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng says the atrocity crimes on Rohingyas carried out by the Myanmar army were predictable and preventable.
13 March 2018, 11:56 AM

Bodies of US-Bangla crash victims taken to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for autopsy

Bodies of all 49 passengers who were killed in the US-Bangla plane crash are taken to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Kathmandu.
13 March 2018, 11:19 AM

Decent work atmosphere for Bangladesh workers in Singapore to continue, hopes PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hopes that Singapore will continue providing a decent work atmosphere for Bangladeshi workers as the country continues to be a favourite destination for them.
12 March 2018, 06:35 AM

Bangladesh, Singapore sign two MoUs

Bangladesh and Singapore sign two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for collaboration over Public Private Partnership (PPP) and air services.
12 March 2018, 06:13 AM