Astronomers find the 'impossible': A galaxy without dark matter

Stupefied astronomers unveil the first and only known galaxy without dark matter, the invisible and poorly-understood substance thought to make up a quarter of the Universe.
29 March 2018

Dhaka to seek Moscow support

Bangladesh will seek Russia's support in addressing the Rohingya crisis during Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali's official visit to
28 March 2018

Stand by them

A group of interfaith leaders of the US yesterday called upon the international community to stand in solidarity with the persecuted
28 March 2018

US donates 1mn health products for Rohingyas

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided 622,800 doses of injectable contraceptives to the government of Bangladesh for the Rohingya refugees.
28 March 2018

Bangladesh sees little foreign funds for Rohingya refugee island, Shahriar Alam tells Reuters

Bangladesh is not expecting much help from foreign donors as it forges ahead with plans to relocate 100,000 Rohingya refugees to an uninhabited island, an undertaking that does not yet have a timeline, Mohammed Shahriar Alam, state minister for foreign affairs, says in an interview.
27 March 2018

Trump lauds Hasina’s role in Rohingya crisis

US President Donald Trump lauds the “personal leadership” of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in addressing the plight of the Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh from Rakhine State in Myanmar.
25 March 2018

No quick fix to Rohingya crisis: New Chinese ambassador

The new Chinese Ambassador Zhang Zuo says that there is no quick solution to Rohingya crisis.
21 March 2018

Tribute song for US-Bangla plane crash victims

Music artists from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka have put together a tribute song in memoirs of the victims of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash that killed 51 people.
21 March 2018

Myanmar is worst-performing country for aid access

Myanmar tops a list of countries where the ability of aid groups to reach people in need has worsened in the past six months, the Geneva-based research group ACAPS has said.
20 March 2018

Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'unwell', scraps Australia public appearance

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi pulls out of a public speech and question-and-answer session in Sydney because she was "not feeling well", the event's organisers say.
19 March 2018

Suu Kyi spoke at length about Myanmar troubles: Turnbull

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi spoke at length about her country’s troubled western state of Rakhine at a Sydney conference on Sunday and appealed to Southeast Asian neighbors for help, Australia’s prime minister says.
19 March 2018

US-Bangla plane crash survivor Kabir Hossain returns

Kabir Hossain, one of the injured victims of the US-Bangla plane crash, is brought back to Dhaka.
19 March 2018

ASEAN leaders tackle Rohingya crisis and urge South China Sea calm

Australia and its ASEAN neighbours vows to boost defence ties while stressing the importance of non-militarisation in the disputed South China Sea at a summit where the "complex" Rohingya crisis took centre stage.
18 March 2018

Malaysian journalists’ investigation follows traffickers to Bangladesh

In the middle of a bustling town in Bangladesh, two R.AGE undercover journalists hide in a van, listening in as one human trafficker after another sold their lies.
18 March 2018

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

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

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

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

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

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