Members of Congress are sharpening their criticism of Myanmar's crackdown that has forced a half-million Rohingyas to flee to

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley calls on countries to suspend providing weapons to Myanmar over violence against Rohingya Muslims until the military puts sufficient accountability measures in place.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the violence against Myanamar's Rohingya Muslims in the northern part of Rakhine state could spread to central Rakhine, where 250,000 more people were at risk of displacement.

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Myanmar authorities have cancelled the planned visit of UN representatives to Rakhine State that has seen widespread violence forcing over 500,000 Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh.

A visiting British minister has said Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is willing to take back all the Rohingyas.

Bangladesh is tackling the Rohingya crisis very effectively at the diplomatic level, Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla said yesterday.

At least 10 children and five women were killed when a trawler carrying Rohingyas from Myanmar capsized in the Bay near Inani beach in Cox's Bazar yesterday, police said. The death toll may rise further as more than 50 refugees remain missing.

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Over 501,800 Rohingya people have fled to Bangladesh following persecution in Rakhine state of Myanmar since the August 25 this year, according to the United Nations.

The United Kingdom extends full support to Bangladesh over the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis and will continue to do so in the United Nations and all other international forums on this issue, a British minister says.

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat says her country will stand beside Bangladesh to mitigate the crisis of Rohingya people fleeing from Myanmar.

International aid groups in Myanmar have urged the government to allow free access to Rakhine State, where an army offensive has sent 480,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh but hundreds of thousands remain cut off from food, shelter and medical care.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam calls upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to manage India, China and Russia diplomatically for garnering their support to end the Rohingya crisis.

At least 15 people die as a trawler carrying Rohingyas from Myanmar capsized in the Bay near Inani beach in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar today.

Director General of UN Migration Agency William Lacy Swing says he is deeply shocked and concerned over the human rights abuse, sexual and gender-based violence against Rohingyas in Myanmar.

United Nations says a visit to Myanmar's Rakhine state which was due to take place today (September 28) has been cancelled by the authorities, reports BBC. The visit is to have been the first time representatives of UN agencies would have been allowed to visit the area.

Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque says the government has decided to call Rohingya people "forcibly displaced nationals from Myanmar" instead of “refugees”.