Rohingya crisis: Unicef appeals for urgent aid

Without immediate additional funding, Unicef says it will not be able to continue providing lifesaving aid and protection to Rohingya children who have fled to Bangladesh following horrific violence in Myanmar.
18 October 2017, 16:02 PM

Rohingya influx puts locals into financial trouble

The hike in the prices of almost all essential products following the influx of Rohingyas who fled persecution in Myanmar's Rakhine State has put the locals in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas into a great financial trouble.
18 October 2017, 13:42 PM

EU wants Myanmar’s reply before slapping embargoes

The European Union says that it wants to see Myanmar's reply before going for tougher measures like imposing an economic embargo or other restrictive measures against the country.
18 October 2017, 12:09 PM

UN top official witnesses dozens of burnt Rohingya villages

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has viewed dozens of burned and destroyed villages of Rohingyas in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
18 October 2017, 11:00 AM

Indian folk singer shot dead after receiving ‘life-threat’

A 22-year-old Indian singer is shot dead on her way back home in Delhi after a performance in Haryana's Panipat.
18 October 2017, 09:57 AM

Italy has highest number of Unesco heritage sites

Italy has the highest number of Unesco heritage sites in the world. In Asia, China and India house the most heritage sites.
18 October 2017, 07:40 AM

IPU calls upon UNSC, Human Rights Council for intervention on Rohingya crisis

Inter-Parliamentary Union in its 137th Assembly calls upon the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and Human Rights Council to urgently intervene and halt the human tragedy affecting the Rohingya minority of Myanmar.
18 October 2017, 07:29 AM

World now much closer to Bangladesh over Rohingya issue: FM

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali today said the international community is much closer to Bangladesh than ever before over the Rohingya issue which, he thinks, is an outcome of its diplomacy.
18 October 2017, 06:12 AM

Myanmar army killed hundreds of Rohingyas: Amnesty

Myanmar security forces killed hundreds of men, women and children during a systematic campaign to expel Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International says in a new report that calls for an arms embargo on the country and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators.
18 October 2017, 04:24 AM

World MPs slam ethnic cleansing in Myanmar

The global parliamentary community yesterday condemned the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya minority in the Northern Rakhine state
17 October 2017, 20:53 PM

Foreign minister to visit Myanmar November 19

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will visit Myanmar next month to attend the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to be held in the country's capital.
17 October 2017, 20:46 PM

Marawi 'liberated' from IS: Duterte

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday declared a southern city "liberated from terrorists' influence" but the military said the five-
17 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Urgent need for fund, aid

Amid fresh waves of Rohingya influx, the UN has urged the international community to come together to support the October 23 pledging conference to meet the life-saving needs of the displaced Myanmar nationals and to promote their safe return home. Three UN-led aid bodies have appealed for $434 million over six months (Sept 2017 to Feb 2018) to help up to 1.2 million people, including some 400,000 Rohingyas already in Bangladesh before the latest crisis began in late August.
17 October 2017, 18:00 PM

UN shelved hunger report on Rohingyas

The UN World Food Programme withdrew a critical report revealing desperate hunger that the persecuted Rohingya population had been living with in Rakhine State of Myanmar, as its government demanded it be taken down.
17 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Rich become richer, poor get poorer

The poor's share in the national income eroded further in the past six years, with the richer segment of the population having bigger stakes.
17 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Pakistan SC notes inconsistencies in Imran's money trail regarding 100,000 pounds

The Supreme Court of Pakistan notes that the money trail submitted by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan regarding a sum of nearly 100,000 pounds was inconsistent.
17 October 2017, 12:43 PM

Up to 15,000 refugees stranded near Bangladesh-Myanmar border, says UNHCR

The UN Refugee Agency is concerned about the humanitarian condition of thousands of new arrivals who are stranded near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
17 October 2017, 09:57 AM

Speaker for playing effective role in solving Rohingya crisis

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury urges the international community to play an effective and sustainable role in resolving the Rohingya crisis which created a humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh.
17 October 2017, 09:24 AM

Rohingya crisis: UN calls for global solidarity ahead of pledging conference

Senior United Nations officials are urging the international community to come together in support of a 23 October pledging conference to “send a strong message to Rohingya refugees and their generous hosts in Bangladesh that the world is there for them in their greatest time of need.”
17 October 2017, 06:16 AM

UN report on Rohingya hunger withdrawn over Myanmar govt request, The Guardian says

World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations has withdrawn its critical report revealing recently desperate hunger among the persecuted Rohingya people after the Myanmar government demanded it be taken down, reports The Guardian.
17 October 2017, 06:07 AM