Act now to solve Rohingya crisis

Lawmakers from Commonwealth countries have called upon the international community to take urgent action to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
7 November 2017

Myanmar needs to engage with UN, Bangladesh

The UN Security Council has called upon Myanmar and Bangladesh to invite the UN refugee agency and other relevant international
7 November 2017

WB offers both loan and grant

At a time when Bangladesh is hosting over a million Rohingya refugees as a show of compassion, the World Bank is offering the
7 November 2017

TIB against taking ADB fund as loan

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government not to take financial assistance from ADB for the Rohingya
7 November 2017

5 Rohingyas jailed for selling mobile, SIMs

Five Rohingyas are jailed by a Rab mobile court for setting up shops in Cox’s Bazar and selling mobile phones and SIM cards to Rohingya refugees, who have fled military persecution in Myanmar.
7 November 2017

Myanmar should come forward recognising Rohingyas as its nationals

Speaker of Indian Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan says Myanmar should come forward for solving the ongoing Rohingya crisis recognising the people as its nationals.
7 November 2017

CPA calls for urgent action to resolve Rohingya crisis

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) today called for urgent action from the international community to resolve the ongoing Rohingya crisis.
7 November 2017

‘No Rohingya issue in CPC resolution’

No resolution on Rohingya issue is adopted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in its annual conference being held in Dhaka.
7 November 2017

UN Security Council urges Myanmar to stop excessive military force in Rakhine state

The United Nations Security Council urges the Myanmar government to “ensure no further excessive use of military force in Rakhine state,” where violence has forced more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee the Buddhist-majority Asian country.
7 November 2017

Still trickling in, as fear runs high

With no food, money and in constant fear in Rakhine State, Rohingyas are still trickling into Bangladesh.
6 November 2017

CPA lawmakers stand by Dhaka

Lawmakers from Commonwealth countries have committed their full support for Bangladesh in resolving the Rohingya crisis. The commitment came yesterday after Dhaka briefed them on the issue during the annual conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in the capital.
5 November 2017

CPA solidarity on Rohingya issue

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) member countries have extended full support to Bangladesh with commitment to stand beside the country on resolving Rohingya crisis.
5 November 2017

US working to solve Rohingya crisis through diplomatic efforts: Shanon

Visiting US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A Shannon says they are working to resolve the Rohingya crisis through diplomatic efforts.
5 November 2017

Pretence won’t work, Canadian envoy Bob Rae tells Myanmar State Counselor Suu Kyi

Amid widespread international criticism for failing to address the issue of displaced Rohingya refugees, Canada’s newly-appointed special envoy has said Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi’s “pretence” will not help to resolve the ongoing crisis.
5 November 2017

Rohingya Crisis: China recipe not working

The Chinese recipe for resolving the Rohingya crisis is not working. Yet, Beijing is insisting on it.
4 November 2017

Responsibility lies with Myanmar

The US wants Myanmar to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas in their own villages following their exodus from violence-wracked Rakhine State towards Bangladesh, a senior State Department official said in Dhaka yesterday.
4 November 2017

Scottish council withdraws offer to award Suu Kyi

In the wake of the Rohingya crisis, the Glasgow City Council on Friday withdraws their offer to award Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
4 November 2017

Rohingya repatriation Myanmar’s responsibility: US

A top official of US today said it is Myanmar’s responsibility to repatriate Rohingya people, who fled to Bangladesh following persecution in Rakhine state.
4 November 2017

'Humanitarian needs of Rohingyas rise as displacement continues'

As displacement continues, the humanitarian and protection needs of the Rohingya also rise, says UN Migration Agency IOM in its latest report.
4 November 2017

Making Myanmar behave - A worthwhile mission

When levers and counter-levers pull away in opposite directions the object of delivering change is stuck on the pulley, as it were. This is understandable as a scientific concept. But what is so eerily unethical is the oxygen of support Myanmar not only receives from a handful of countries, but is also pumped up by.
3 November 2017