Bangladesh won’t respond to Myanmar provocation: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says Bangladesh will not respond to any provocation of Myanmar despite repeated violation of its airspace by its drones and helicopters.
23 September 2017

Action if mobile phone operators sell SIM cards to Rohingya refugees, says Tarana Halim

Mobile phone operators of the country will face legal actions if they are found involved in selling SIM cards to Rohingya refugees, State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim says.
23 September 2017

World must join to stop Rohingya genocide: Shabana Azmi

The violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar amounts to genocide and the world must get together to stop it, says actor-activist Shabana Azmi.
23 September 2017

1,000 musicians join forces to welcome refugees

Musicians, artists, activists and local communities across more than 200 cities in 60 countries, come together in a statement of support for the world’s refugees.
23 September 2017

‘Rohingyas in India have no link to terror’

The two Rohingya refugees who have approached India’s top court against the government’s plans to deport them have said that the community has no connection to any criminal or terrorist activity.
23 September 2017

Process for taking back some Rohingya refugees ‘anytime’, Suu Kei tells Nikkei

Facing worldwide outrage over ethnic violence that forced over four lakhs of Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her country is willing to start the verification process “any time” to take back some of the Rohingya refugees.
23 September 2017

Army joins relief efforts among Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh Army starts working on the relief efforts and rehabilitation of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar.
23 September 2017

Half of UN Security Council ask UN chief to publicly brief on Myanmar

Seven members of the United Nations Security Council, including the United States and Britain, ask UN chief Antonio Guterres to publicly brief the 15-member body next week on the violence in Myanmar that he has described as ethnic cleansing.
23 September 2017

Fires continue at Rohingya villages in Myanmar: Amnesty

Amnesty International says new satellite images and videos taken as recently as Friday afternoon in Myanmar’s Rakhine state show smoke rising from Rohingya Muslim villages, contradicting Aung San Suu Kyi’s claims that military operations there have ended.
23 September 2017

PM urges quick, effective UN steps

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought expeditious UN and global interventions to protect all civilians in Myanmar's Rakhine State and take effective steps for a permanent solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis. Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, she called upon the UN secretary-general to immediately send a “fact-finding mission” to Rakhine.
22 September 2017

Myanmar found guilty of genocide

The Myanmar government is guilty of genocide against the Rohingya people, according to the verdict of international Permanent Peoples' Tribunal.
22 September 2017

Expecting mothers in urgent need of food, healthcare

Amid several hundred Rohingya people, Sajeda Begum was trying her best to grab some food or other aid thrown from running vehicles on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf road yesterday.
22 September 2017

Army to help dist admin in relief efforts

Bangladesh Army will start working in coordination with the district administration on the relief efforts and rehabilitation of Rohingya
22 September 2017

Fresh fires, blast hit Rakhine

Twenty homes caught fire and a bomb was detonated near a mosque in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the government said yesterday, the
22 September 2017

Army to join in relief distribution for Rohingyas

Bangladesh Army will participate in the relief and rehabilitation work of the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar from tomorrow, authorities say.
22 September 2017

Saudi king’s aid for Rohingyas arrive

The first consignment of Saudi Arabia’s aid for the Rohingya refugees including food, shelter and other relief items reaches Bangladesh.
22 September 2017

Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh cracking down propagandists on Facebook

Bangladesh is stepping up to face the propagation of hate campaigns and false information regarding the country’s ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis on the social media.
22 September 2017

China welcomes Myanmars efforts to alleviate situation in Rakhine

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said China welcomes the measures taken by Myanmar's government to alleviate the situation in Rakhine state.
22 September 2017

India using chilli sprays, stun grenades to dissuade Rohingya influx

India has stepped up security along its largely porous eastern border with Bangladesh and is using "chilli and stun grenades" to block the entry of Rohingya Muslims fleeing from violence in their homeland of Myanmar, officials have said
22 September 2017

US pressing Suu Kyi, Myanmar military over Rohingya:Haley

The United States is worried about the "tragedies" in Myanmar affecting Rohingya Muslims and US authorities are pressing government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar's military leaders to stop the crackdown, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said.
22 September 2017