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The UN Refugee Agency will begin distributing warm clothing to Rohingya refugees sheltered in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh from Sunday, the organisation says.

A total of 8,44,227 Rohingyas have undergone biometric registration till December 14, an official release says.

The world renowned 114 organisations and 32 individuals in a joint statement underscores the need for prioritising protection of the civilians in Rakhine and called upon the Myanmar authority to address the roots of the conflict.

Surveys conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in refugee settlement camps in Bangladesh estimate that at least 6,700 Rohingya, in the most conservative estimations, were killed in Myanmar between August 25 and September 24 after violence broke out in its Rakhine state.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman says the 'origins and solutions to the Rohingya crisis rest in Myanmar'.

The oldest and most distant black hole ever observed -- a celestial brute 800 million times more massive than the sun -- is providing scientists some surprises about the nature of the universe when, on a cosmic scale, it was a mere toddler.

As women narrate their stories of shame– of how they were raped repeatedly by Myanmar army to the media, the case becomes even more convincing for UN special representative of secretary general to put soldiers on dock at the ICC in Hague, as she promised. Only one problem, and not a small one at that, may throw the spanner in the wheel – that Myanmar is not a signatory to the Rome Statute to the ICC.

The Cox's Bazar district administration has imposed a weeklong ban on NGOs involved in distributing aid to Rohingyas at Ukhia and Teknaf from Monday to restore discipline in local business apparently affected by illegal relief trade.

A delegation of Myanmar working group will visit Bangladesh on December 19 to ascertain the modalities for execution of the bilateral deal signed between Dhaka and Naypyidaw for repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingya people.

Bangladesh launches a vaccination campaign against diphtheria and other preventable diseases for Rohingya children aged six weeks to six years living in 12 camps and temporary refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar.

Human Rights Watch has disapproved of the Rohingya repatriation deal inked between Bangladesh and Myanmar, and said it will “be bad” for the refugees.

The Philippines bank through which $81 million stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank was channelled in February 2016 has accused Dhaka’s monetary authority of covering up its negligence and demanded that it stop making the bank a “scapegoat.”

Three Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar lack basic facilities like food, health and shelter, rights activist Sultana Kamal says. There is a continued risk of human trafficking at the refugee camps, Sultana Kamal added while addressing a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU).

Former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad returns the two awards he received from the Selangor Palace, a move believed to be related to the palace’s outrage over his remark on the Bugis, an ethnic group.

Bangladesh has said not only bilateral, but the international community’s urgent action is needed for the permanent solution to Rohingya crisis.

The European Union has said free, fair and inclusive elections in the period ahead, in accordance with international standards for democratic elections, will contribute to creating a more prosperous Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has reiterated its support to the Rome Statute as it urges the world to bring an end to the culture of impunity and to work towards full implementation of the Statute.

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says that peace and stability must be restored in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state before any Rohingyas can return from Bangladesh, under international standards on voluntary repatriation.

The government has decided not to erect makeshift Rohingya settlements in three southeastern hill districts of Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Bandarban considering their delicate ecological and socio-economic systems, officials say.