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Myanmar military's murderous melodrama
Myanmar has based its entire brutal, shameless operation on unarmed Rohingya civilian men, women and children, on the vaunted single incident of August 25 when reportedly...
13 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Another eyewash?
Myanmar's military has launched an internal probe into the conduct of soldiers during an offensive that has sent more than half a million Rohingyas fleeing to Bangladesh, many saying they witnessed killings, rape and arson by troops.
13 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sets out aid plan to end Rohingya crisis
Aung San Suu Kyi has set out plans for a new humanitarian project to enable Myanmar's Rakhine State to emerge as a peaceful and developed region, which a close adviser said showed her determination to fix the country's refugee crisis.
13 October 2017, 15:10 PM
Bangladesh wants UN involvement to end Rohingya crisis: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says Bangladesh wants United Nations involvement in discussion with Myanmar for repatriation of the Rohingyas.
13 October 2017, 14:56 PM
Myanmar army opens probe amid reports of killings, abuse of Rohingyas
Myanmar's military launches an internal probe into the conduct of soldiers during a counteroffensive that has sent more than half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, many saying they witnessed killings, rape and arson by troops.
13 October 2017, 14:46 PM
18 Rohingyas held in Satkhira
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detain 18 Rohingyas from a house in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira after they enter Bangladesh illegally through India-Bangladesh border.
13 October 2017, 12:51 PM
Workshop on Rohingya crisis in Dhaka tomorrow
A daylong workshop on "Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions of the Rohingya Issue: Dealing with a Man-made Crisis" will be held in Dhaka.
13 October 2017, 11:59 AM
Duterte threatens to expel EU diplomats
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday threatened to expel European ambassadors, accusing their governments without citing
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Floods kill 37 in Vietnam
At least 37 people have died and another 40 are missing as floods and landslides ravage north and central Vietnam, destroying homes
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Top UN official in Myanmar recalled
The UN has announced that its top official in Myanmar is being recalled to headquarters in New York amid allegations that she
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Myanmar army doing no wrong!
The Myanmar army has now accused the world media of “exaggerating” the number of Rohingya refugees fleeing its brutal crackdown
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Birth Control: Rohingyas lack awareness
Selina Begum, 22, started walking from Rohingya settlements in Thyankhali camp to collect some relief goods with her two-year-old daughter yesterday.
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
A baby born into chaos
Mohammed Jubayed came into the world shortly after midday in a baking hot military tent in the chaos of a vast refugee camp in Bangladesh, now home to nearly a million Rohingya.
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
3 Rohingyas detained from Bogra passport office
Police detain three Rohingya people from Bogra passport office as they attempted to collect Bangladeshi passports, providing fake birth certificates.
12 October 2017, 15:07 PM
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan to visit Myanmar October 23
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says he will visit Myanmar on October 23 for holding talks with the Myanmar government on repatriation of the Rohingyas, who were forcibly ousted from their homes in the Rakhine state and pushed into Bangladesh.
12 October 2017, 12:08 PM
Kabir Suman sings for Rohingyas
Renowned Indian Bangla songwriter and singer Kabir Suman has just released a track condemning the Myanmar military for persecuting Rohingya people who are crossing into Bangladesh from their own land of Rakhine state.
12 October 2017, 09:12 AM
Another lie by Myanmar army chief, calls exodus exaggerated
The media has "exaggerated" the number of Rohingya refugees fleeing an army crackdown, Myanmar's commander-in-chief says, in a brash rebuttal of accusations of ethnic cleansing by his forces.
12 October 2017, 07:02 AM
Bangladesh to seek WB assistance for Rohingyas: Muhith
Bangladesh will seek assistance from The World Bank for the forcibly displaced Rohingya people who crossed over into Bangladesh from August 25, Finance Minister AMA Muhith says.
12 October 2017, 04:27 AM
Three NGOs 'barred' from relief work
A parliamentary body yesterday called upon the government to keep vigil on the non-government organisations so that they cannot
11 October 2017, 20:24 PM
UN's Bosnia promise forgotten in Myanmar
After the shame of Bosnia, there should not have been a Myanmar.
Yet, Myanmar happened because the big nations on both sides of the East-West divide have rendered the UN an ineffective organisation, a platform to talk and not to take actions.
11 October 2017, 18:00 PM