Pope Francis calls on the people of Myanmar to embrace peace and reconciliation on the third day of his visit fraught with diplomatic risk over a military crackdown that has triggered the flight of about 625,000 Muslim Rohingyas from the predominantly Buddhist country.

The latest agreement on repatriation of the Rohingyas may not be as effective as the two previous deals signed between Bangladesh and Myanmar in 1978 and 1992 respectively.

United Nations urges Myanmar to report the condition of Rohingya refugee women and girls exclusively, now in Bangladesh escaping Myanmar’s persecution.

Bangladesh government allots 2,312 crore for temporarily accommodating the Rohingya refugees, who fled persecution in Myanmar and await repatriation.

Pope Francis urges the leaders of majority-Buddhist Myanmar to commit themselves to justice, human rights and respect for "each ethnic group and its identity", while avoiding a diplomatic backlash by not using the highly charged term "Rohingya" in his addresses to officials, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped off an honour granting her the Freedom of Oxford over her response to the country's Rohingya crisis.

Pope Francis is likely to meet a small group of Rohingyas in Dhaka during his three-day visit from November 30 to December 2, which comes after his visit to Myanmar.

Myanmar’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, will soon visit Beijing, state media said on Monday, as the southeast Asian nation appears to draw closer to its northern neighbour, China, amid global criticism over an exodus of Rohingya refugees.

United Kingdom's International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt today pledged that the UK will continue to stand by Rohingya people and Bangladesh.

In this second part video of a documentary series, Malaysian journalists go undercover to experience the desperate living conditions of migrant workers mostly from Bangladesh in Malaysia. It shows how an international human trafficking ring uses private colleges in Malaysia to exploit young Bangladeshis.

Pope Francis lands in Myanmar on a mission to dampen a powder keg of religious tension that many fear might only add sparks.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government wants to resolve the Rohingya crisis keeping “good relations” with Myanmar unharmed.

President M Abdul Hamid assures the Rohingyas of their safe and dignified return to their homeland in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

The United Kingdom along with other countries will continue to put pressure on Myanmar so that condition is created for early repatriation of the Rohingya people.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government wants to solve the Rohingya crisis keeping the 'good relations' with neighbouring Myanmar unharmed.

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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir raises a question over the fate of the Rohingyas, who entered Bangladesh before October 9, 2016 in the face of persecution in Myanmar.

Pakistani authorities order private television channels to go off air during a police and paramilitary crackdown on Islamist protesters in the capital.

Expressing his satisfaction over the arrangement signed with Myanmar on repatriation of the Rohingyas, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says the deal hampered no interests of Bangladesh.