Put pressure on Myanmar to implement Kofi Annan Commission report: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the international community including the United Nations (UN) to keep up pressure on the Myanmar government to implement Kofi Annan Commission report on the Rohingya Issue.
1 February 2018, 15:57 PM

Decision of repatriating Rohingyas premature: UN envoy

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee says the decision of repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees anytime soon was premature.
1 February 2018, 15:53 PM

AP confirms 5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves

More than five mass graves, all previously unreported, have been confirmed by The Associated Press through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and through time-stamped cellphone videos.
1 February 2018, 05:42 AM

Boosting patient well-being with pet-assisted therapy

The therapist who started the project is among 3,500 who won health quality service awards.
31 January 2018, 04:47 AM

Indonesia police force 'manly makeover' on transgender beauticians

Indonesian police forcibly cut the hair of a group of transgender women and made them wear male clothing, authorities say, amid a crackdown on the LGBT community in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation.
30 January 2018, 06:21 AM

Rohingya presence creating massive socio-economic pressure: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh is facing massive socio-economic and demographic pressure due to the presence of a huge number of Rohingyas.
29 January 2018, 15:18 PM

Cockroach in car gives woman a fright, causing her to crash into overhead bridge

The sight of a cockroach crawling in her car gave a 61-year-old woman such a fright that she crashed into one end of an overhead bridge in Jurong East Central of Singapore last Friday.
29 January 2018, 04:38 AM

Indonesian president for quick solution to Rohingya crisis

Visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo laid emphasis on having a peaceful and quick solution to the Rohingya crisis against the backdrop of the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Myanmar.
28 January 2018, 07:53 AM

Suu Kyi lives in 'bubble', says US diplomat in row with Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi remains Myanmar’s best hope for change, veteran US mediator Bill Richardson said on Friday, days after he got into a fight with the Nobel laureate and quit an international panel advising her government on the Rohingya crisis.
27 January 2018, 04:19 AM

Thai polls delayed

Thailand's former ruling party yesterday slammed the junta's latest postponement of elections until 2019. Late Thursday, the military
26 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Richardson bins Myanmar's claim

Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson denied he was asked by Myanmar's government to step down from an international advisory board on the Rohingya crisis, his spokesman said yesterday.
26 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingya crisis: Myanmar to face stronger EU pressure in Feb

The European Union is likely to come up with a more genuine pressure on Myanmar in February so that it acts promptly and creates an environment for the sustainable return of Rohingyas to their homeland from Bangladesh.
26 January 2018, 12:06 PM

Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson dropped from advisory panel: Myanmar

Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson was pursuing “his own agenda” when he was asked to step down from Myanmar’s international advisory board on the Rohingya crisis, the Myanmar government says.
26 January 2018, 04:35 AM

USAID announces $18m aid more for Rohingyas

USAID declares a donation of $18.4 million in humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar.
25 January 2018, 16:21 PM

Over 10 lakh Rohingyas registered so far

A total of 10.38 lakh Rohingyas are registered so far and they will not be able to carry Bangladeshi passport or National Identity (NID) Card anymore.
25 January 2018, 14:25 PM

Richardson quits Myanmar's 'whitewash' Rohingya crisis panel

Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson resigns from an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis, saying it is conducting a "whitewash" and accusing the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi of lacking "moral leadership".
25 January 2018, 04:35 AM

Put pressure on Myanmar for ensuring safe repatriation of Rohingyas: ASEAN parliamentary body

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights call upon the Southeast Asian regional community to mount pressure on Myanmar for ensuring safe and voluntary repatriation of the Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
24 January 2018, 11:42 AM

Pakistan arrests serial killer suspect over rape, murder of girl, 7

Pakistan Police say they arrested a man suspected to be a serial killer responsible for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl, a case that ignited nationwide protests over allegations of government inaction.
24 January 2018, 04:26 AM

UN urges rethink of Rohingya repatriations without safeguards

The UN refugee agency and other groups urge a rethink of the plan to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar amid fears of forced repatriations and the inability of aid agencies to ensure the safety of hundreds of thousands who fled bloodshed at home.
23 January 2018, 10:46 AM

Prevent premature repatriation of Rohingyas: Fortify Rights to Bangladesh, Myanmar

Fortify Rights, a human rights organisation in Southeast Asia, releases a new film titled “No Man’s Land” that focuses on the plan to repatriate Rohingya to Myanmar and urges Myanmar and Bangladesh to ensure the repatriation of Rohingya refugees through a voluntary, safe, and dignified process and only when Myanmar authorities have restored the rights of Rohingyas.
22 January 2018, 15:18 PM