Suu Kyi’s lost honours

Since the beginning of ongoing Rohingya crisis, the world’s biggest humanitarian catastrophe, many international organisations withdrew or suspended awards and titles they gave to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her contribution and struggle in democracy.
8 March 2018

US Holocaust museum rescinds award to Myanmar's Suu Kyi

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop military attacks on her country's minority Rohingya Muslims, the museum says.
8 March 2018

Myanmar's ethnic cleansing of Rohingya continues: UN human rights official

Myanmar's "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims was continuing, a senior UN human rights official said on Tuesday, more than six months after insurgent attacks sparked a security response that has driven nearly 700,000 people into Bangladesh.
6 March 2018

Not cleared for take-off

A Bangladeshi passenger who reportedly stripped naked and attacked a stewardess during a flight from Malaysia has been arrested,
5 March 2018

Myanmar Army takes position along border again

After a three-day interval, Myanmar Army again took position along Tambru border in Naikkhonchhari upazila of Bandarban district, creating panic among the Rohingyas who have taken shelter on no man's land.
5 March 2018

Former Rohingya MP Aung Zaw Win held in Myanmar

A former Rohingya MP is reportedly arrested in Myanmar over allegation of financing the insurgent group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).
5 March 2018

India to help Rohingyas during cyclone season: Shringla

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla says his country will extend supports to Bangladesh to help the Rohingyas during the upcoming cyclone season.
4 March 2018

Myanmar removes heavy weapons from border: Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says Myanmar has removed its heavy weapons from Tambru border in Bandarban following a flag meeting held on yesterday.
3 March 2018

Myanmar must take back Rohingyas with dignity: Lisa Curtis

Myanmar has to take back the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh after ensuring their security and dignity, Deputy Assistant to US President Donald Trump Lisa Curtis says.
3 March 2018

Moon to get 4G mobile network by 2019

The moon will get its first mobile phone network next year, enabling high-definition streaming from the lunar landscape back to earth, part of a project to back the first privately funded moon mission.
3 March 2018

US official Lisa Curtis in Cox's Bazar to meet Rohingyas

Deputy Assistant to US President Donald Trump Lisa Curtis arrives on a three-day official visit to discuss the issues of bilateral interests, including security and Rohingya crisis.
2 March 2018

UNHCR working to protect Rohingyas from elephants

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, joins up with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Bangladesh to reduce human-elephant conflict in and around the world’s largest Kutuplang and Balukhali Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar area.
2 March 2018

EU stresses for voluntary Rohingya repatriation

The European Union again pitches for voluntary, safe and dignified return of Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh, who escaped persecution in Myanmar.
2 March 2018

Myanmar defends troop build-up on Bangladesh border near Rohingya camp

Myanmar defends deploying fresh troops to a border zone with Bangladesh where thousands of Rohingya refugees are camped, blaming a militant threat as Dhaka called for an immediate retreat to lower tensions along the troubled frontier.
2 March 2018

Myanmar says, border deployment for security

Myanmar has stated security concerns as explanation for the heavy reinforcement along Bangladesh’s border near Rohingya camps during today’s flag meeting between the two border forces.
2 March 2018

Myanmar border police fires blank shot at Bandarban border

Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) fires blank shots near Ghumdhum border in Naikhyangchhari upazila of Bandarban.
1 March 2018

Suu Kyi sold her soul to devil: Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi

Claiming that Aung San Suu Kyi has chosen to turn a blind eye to the genocide taking place in her country to retain her political power, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Iran's Shirin Ebadi says that their fellow laureate has sold her soul to the devil.
1 March 2018

Bangladesh summons Myanmar ambassador, hands protest note

Bangladesh Foreign Ministry summons Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka U Lwin Oo and protests the deployment of additional troops on the bordering area in Myanmar.
1 March 2018

Myanmar violated border norms deploying addl forces: BGB

Myanmar has violated border norms by deploying additional forces with arms on their bordering area which is opposite to Bangladesh’s Tombru border, Border Guard Bangladesh Additional Director General Brig Gen Mojibur Rahman says.
1 March 2018

Rohingya crisis: Myanmar ‘bars entry’ for UK govt body after criticism

The Myanmar authorities allegedly block entry for a fact-finding committee of the British government following criticism by the UK MPs over Myanmar’s role in the Rohingya crisis.
1 March 2018