Several thousand Rohingyas enter Bangladesh from Myanmar in fresh influx

Several thousand Rohingya people today intruded into Bangladesh through Ulubania point in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar fearing of fresh persecutions in Rakhine of Myanmar.
2 October 2017

Rohingya crisis: Decision of forming ‘joint working group’ an uncertain process, says BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has termed the decision of forming joint working group by Bangladesh and Myanmar to repatriate the Rohingya refugees as an “uncertain process.”
2 October 2017

Unicef seeks $76.1m humanitarian aid for Rohingya children

Unicef has appealed for USD76.1 million emergency humanitarian aid for Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh following ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.
2 October 2017

Myanmar takes foreign diplomats to conflict-torn Rakhine

Myanmar authorities took foreign diplomats and United Nations representatives on a tour Monday of conflict-torn northern Rakhine state, where a security crackdown has led to an exodus of more than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims.
2 October 2017

Govt has all arrangements for distressed Rohingyas: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her administration has taken all necessary measures to provide shelter, food and healthcare for distressed Myanmar nationals on humanitarian grounds.
2 October 2017

Europe puts off investment deal with Myanmar

The inking of the investment protection agreement (IPA) between the European Union and Myanmar is put off until an unknown date.
2 October 2017

507,000 in 5 weeks: IOM-led group’s estimate on influx

Some 507,000 new arrivals of Myanmar's fleeing Rohingya population are reported as of September 30, including 453,300 new arrivals identified in IOM's Needs and Population Monitoring assessments in four upazilas of Cox's Bazar district, says a new report.
1 October 2017

World Food Program seeks 75 million dollars for Rohingya crisis

The World Food Program (WFP) appeals for 75 million dollars in emergency aid over the next six months to help alleviate the suffering of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar.
1 October 2017

Dhaka wants peaceful resolve of Rohingya issue: FM

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says Bangladesh wants peaceful resolve of the Rohingya issue soon in line with the five-point proposal made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the recently concluded UN General Assembly.
1 October 2017

Solar panels to be installed for electricity in Rohingya camps, says AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says Bangladesh government will supply electricity in 12 temporary Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar by installing solar panels.
1 October 2017

Thailand says closely watching Myanmar crisis, ready to provide aid

Thailand's foreign ministry, in a rare statement on an ongoing crisis in neighbouring Myanmar's Rakhine state, says that it was "closely following the situation" and would provide aid to the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh.
1 October 2017

Suu Kyi sends minister to discuss Rohingya issue

Amid the growing pressure on Myanmar, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is now sending her representative to discuss the Rohingya issue with the Bangladesh government.
1 October 2017

Weighed down by age, anguish

As the sun's first light fell across the hills of Balukhali in Ukhia, a frailly built Mohammad Syed could be seen trying his best to walk quicker with the help of a wooden stick.
30 September 2017

WFP to help feed 5 lakh Rohingyas

The World Food Programme will provide food support to the five lakh Rohingyas, who have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, until they are repatriated, Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday said.
30 September 2017

Rohingya Crisis Talks: Myanmar team due today

A Myanmar delegation is coming to Dhaka tonight to discuss repatriation of the refugees who have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Rakhine State.
30 September 2017

Rohingya crisis: BNP stress for sanctions on Myanmar

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls upon the external world to impose sanctions on Myanmar, compelling the country to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
30 September 2017

Unicef to open 1,300 new schools for Rohingya children

Unicef will establish more than 1,300 new learning centres for Rohingya children who have fled Myanmar violence to Bangladesh since August 25.
30 September 2017

3 Rohingya youths held with 20,000 yaba in Teknaf

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members has arrested three Rohingya youths along with 20,925 pieces of yaba from Naf river in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
30 September 2017

WFP assures food support for 500,000 Rohingya refugees

World Food Programme assures of providing food support to 500,000 Rohingya until they return to Myanmar, Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya says.
30 September 2017

Oxford college removes painting of Suu Kyi from display

A portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi that was on display near the main entrance of the Oxford college where she studied as an undergraduate has been removed.
30 September 2017