New refugee camps to be moved into ‘restricted zone’

Bangladesh authorities will be moving the newly-built refugee camps into the zone allotted for Rohingyas, where access of outsiders will be restricted.
20 September 2017

Suu Kyi’s award suspended by UK union over Myanmar crisis

One of Britain’s largest trade unions has suspended an award given to Aung San Suu Kyi when she was a political prisoner, as international criticism mounts over Myanmar refugee crisis, according to a report of The Guardian.
20 September 2017

Rohingya crisis: Civil society urges int’l intervention

Civil society leaders have called upon the international community to intervene immediately and stop the persecution on Rohingyas in Myanmar.
20 September 2017

Myanmar's Suu Kyi denies going 'soft' on military

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rejects a suggestion she is soft on the military, which the United Nations has accused of ethnic cleansing, saying her relationship with the generals was normal and her objective was national reconciliation.
20 September 2017

Tillerson talks to Suu Kyi on Myanmar refugee crisis

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke by phone with Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday about the Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis as international condemnation intensified over the plight of the minority group.
20 September 2017

OIC urges Myanmar for probe into Rohingya issue

Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) contact group on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has urged Burma to accept UN Human Rights Council’s fact finding mission for an independent mission into the Rohingya crisis.
20 September 2017

Saudi King orders $15m to help Rohingya refugees

King Salman of Saudi Arabia orders the allocation of $15 million to alleviate the suffering of Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.
20 September 2017

'Resolve Rohingya crisis before it’s too late'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the OIC member states to show a unity for solving the Rohingya crisis before it is too late and placed some proposals before the OIC, including full implementation of the recommendations made by the Kofi Annan Commission.
20 September 2017

Stop military ops against Rohingyas

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday urged Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, just hours
19 September 2017

Rains heap further woes on refugees

Nur Begum, 55, came to Bangladesh from Myanmar's Maungdaw with her young son and daughter in tow. She witnessed her husband
19 September 2017

India 'deeply concerned over violence in Rakhine'

India's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Rajiv K Chander, yesterday said New Delhi was deeply concerned about the
19 September 2017

Guarding against a communal narrative

The background to the ethno-religious violence against the Rohingyas and the combined effort of all communities in helping the refugees should be an antidote to the hate Myanmar preaches. We must remember that what we are doing to help the Rohingyas and speak up for them stems from a shared humanity, it rises above the communal politics of Myanmar.
19 September 2017

Rohingyas and the cost of kindness

It is certain that the present Rohingya sensation will soon die down, and be replaced in public memory by something far more banal.
19 September 2017

She breaks silence yet remains silent

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally broke her silence on the Rohingya refugee crisis yesterday, insisting that her country was not "afraid of international scrutiny." But her speech in Naypyidaw drew widespread criticism: she did not denounce atrocities against Rohingyas and claimed the government needed more time to investigate the exodus of the minority group.
19 September 2017

PM expects no help from Trump

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she spoke to US President Donald Trump yesterday about Rohingyas flooding into Bangladesh from
19 September 2017

UN wants unfettered, full access to Rakhine

UN human rights investigators yesterday demanded "full and unfettered" access to Myanmar to probe the situation in its conflict-affected Rakhine State amid an aid group's fear of "very real risk" of deaths of Rohingyas there.
19 September 2017

Rohingya refugee crisis: Britain suspends Myanmar military training

Britain suspended its training programme for military in Myanmar due to the violence in Rakhine state, a British government spokesman says.
19 September 2017

UN chief urges Myanmar to halt military campaign against Rohingyas

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, just hours after Aung San Suu Kyi failed to quell an international outcry in a much-anticipated address.
19 September 2017

Refugees International urges Trump for sanctions on Myanmar

Refugee International urges US President Donald Trump to impose financial sanctions and arms embargo on Myanmar who is accused of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
19 September 2017

India deeply concerned at recent spate of violence in Myanmar

India’s permanent representative to UN in Geneva, Rajiv K. Chander says India is deeply concerned about the recent spate of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state that has forced to flee a large number of Rohingyas to neighbouring Bangladesh.
19 September 2017