The Philippine central bank's money laundering watchdog said yesterday it had received a request from a special anti-corruption

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.

Dark clouds started to gather on the horizon near Teknaf yesterday morning and soon they covered the entire sky. The wind picked up

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.

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”.

Ruling Awami League’s general secretary and road transport and bridges minister, Obaidul Quader hopes China and Russia will back United Nations Security Council’s proposal.

Three years down the line of UN Security Council's 20th commemoration of Rwanda genocide which saw the adoption of a unanimous resolution to fight genocide, China and Russia have changed their stance to take action against "a textbook case of ethnic cleansing" in Myanmar.

India and China sends their second consignment of emergency relief materials for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who fled the persecution in Myanmar.

Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims continue to arrive in Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.

The nearly half a million Rohingya refugees who have entered Bangladesh since August will likely not be leaving soon, the UN says, calling for longer-term plans to manage the influx.