The finance ministry has moved to assess how much budgetary allocation is needed for handling the increasing number of Rohingyas

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Cox's Bazar to see the condition of the Rohingyas, who have fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.

Buddhists in Myanmar block aid workers from visiting a camp for displaced Muslims in the central part of Rakhine State, where the United Nations fears the spread of violence that has already displaced hundreds of thousands.

The government directs the marriage registrars not to conduct any marriage among Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas.

The United States says it wants accountability for atrocities in Rakhine State of Myanmar and their efforts seek to end the violence, support the displaced and their return home.

Amid worldwide criticism and backlash, State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi says her government has started working to repatriate those who have entered Bangladesh to flee violence in the country.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) pushes in six Rohingyas of a family through Nazirakona border in Mujibnagar upazila of Meherpur early today.

With Paraguay removing visa requirements for Singaporeans, the Singapore passport is now the "most powerful" in the world, with a visa-free score of 159.

The US is considering a range of steps including “targeted sanctions” against the Myanmar government over its "violent, traumatic abuses" of Rohingyas which triggered a massive exodus in the restive Rakhine State.

Bangladesh and Myanmar yesterday decided to form a joint working group by November 30 to start the repatriation of Rohingyas who fled violence in Rakhine State and took shelter in Bangladesh.

When Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said during her Dhaka visit that Bangladesh-India relation “goes far beyond a strategic partnership”, that certainly created a ripple across many fronts – from global politics, to the Myanmar generals to the hapless Rohingyas.

US government officials decline to characterize the treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims as ethnic cleansing, but listed new measures including targeted sanctions Washington is considering to address the crisis.

Bangladesh and Myanmar decide to constitute a joint working group by November 30 to repatriate the Rohingya people, who fled persecution in Rakhine state.

The United Kingdom and Switzerland has pledged additional $24 million as assistance for the Rohingya people who are crossing into Bangladesh to escape persecution of Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Cox's Bazar next week to see the condition of the Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.

Urging Myanmar government to facilitate the safe and voluntary return of all Rohingyas from Bangladesh, the US has said that it is exploring scopes to impose sanctions against the country.

United Nations Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has said she will convey the ongoing Rohingya crisis issue in her next report with more details and importance.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau names Bob Rae as his special envoy to Myanmar to address the Rohingya crisis.

The threat of infectious diseases looms large in Cox's Bazar Rohingya refugee camps as well as the local communities and beyond with hardly any sign of the Myanmar nationals going back anytime soon. Experts fear that the bordering district, where more than six lakh refugees are sheltered in overcrowded camps lacking pure water and sanitation facilities, is faced with a long-term public health challenge.

The head of the UN agency that coordinates humanitarian aid says they have pledged roughly $340 million to help more than