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Three killed in refugee camp stampede: report
Two children and a woman were killed in a stampede for aid near a Bangladesh refugee camp, UN agencies said yesterday amid widespread fights among Rohingyas for food and clothing thrown from relief trucks, reports AFP.
16 September 2017, 18:00 PM
International community has two things on their hands
The unanim-ously adopted press statement of the UN Security Council (UNSC) condemning violence in Myanmar at the closed-door meeting on Wednesday is encouraging but unlikely to deter the Myanmar government from continuing its heinous acts of ethnic cleansing.
16 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Rohingyas fan out
Law enforcers are struggling to stop the spread of Rohingyas from registered as well as temporary camps as middlemen and locals are helping the refugees to settle outside the camps.
16 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Water, Sanitation Crisis: Roadside refugees suffer the brunt
Tens of thousands of Rohingyas, who are staying either in the open or in makeshift tents by the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway, hardly have any drinking water and sanitation facilities.
16 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Supplies stretched, challenges many
Amarpreet Singh and Jeevan Jyot Singh, two Indian volunteers with Khalsa Aid, stand looking at the long lines of refugees behind a truck laden with sacks of rice in Balukhali area of Ukhia. They are a little taken aback at the sheer number of people.
16 September 2017, 18:00 PM
One of the fastest growing crises:UN
The humanitarian situation in parts of Bangladesh sheltering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees continues to deteriorate, making it one of the fastest growing refugee crises of recent years, according to the United Nations.
16 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Deporting Rohingyas: Indian rights commission to oppose
India's National Human Rights Commission has said it will oppose the move to deport Rohingya refugees staying illegally in the country when the Indian government submits its affidavit on the issue to the Supreme Court tomorrow.
16 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Rohingya influx in Bangladesh now 409,000: IOM
An estimated 409,000 Rohingyas have arrived in Bangladesh until September 10, fleeing the military crackdown in Myanmar, says a report published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
16 September 2017, 14:57 PM
AL team to hold talks with China over Rohingya issue: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says a delegation of the party will hold discussion with Chinese leader over Rohingya issue during its upcoming visit to China.
16 September 2017, 14:39 PM
UK for permanent solution to Rohingya crisis: British envoy
British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake says there is now a global understanding that the decades-old crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine State’s cannot be allowed to continue and the UK is active to find a lasting solution to the Rohingya situation.
16 September 2017, 14:19 PM
Rohingya influx: IOM seeks coordinated response
International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking a coordinated humanitarian response to the massive inflow of Rohingyas arriving in Cox’s Bazar.
16 September 2017, 13:39 PM
Who is supplying weapons to Myanmar?
In the backdrops of Rohingya crisis, Al Jazeera has portrayed the flow of weapons to Myanmar from different parts of the world. According to the graphic, most of Myanmar's military imports come from China, Russia, India, Israel and Ukraine.
16 September 2017, 12:25 PM
National unity needed to deal with Rohingya crisis: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir underscores the need for forging a nation unity to cope up with the Rohingya crisis on humanitarian ground.
16 September 2017, 12:19 PM
How reliefs can be sent for Rohingya refugees
State Minister for Foreign affairs Shahriar Alam has called upon the countrymen to send reliefs for Rohingya people who have fled into Bangladesh from violence in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
16 September 2017, 11:50 AM
Don’t rent out houses to Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh police to locals
Police instruct locals not to rent out their houses to the Rohingya refugees, who have entered Bangladesh after fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
16 September 2017, 11:30 AM
CPJ urges Bangladesh govt to release 2 Myanmar journos
Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Bangladesh to immediately release two Myanmar journalists detained on September 7 by the police and drop all charges against them.
16 September 2017, 10:18 AM
Rohingya crisis fastest growing in recent years: UN
The humanitarian situation in parts of Bangladesh sheltering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees continues to deteriorate, making the crisis one of the fastest growing refugee crises of recent years, according to the United Nations.
16 September 2017, 08:45 AM
Turkey thanks Bangladesh for hosting Rohingya refugees
The Turkish Deputy Prime Minister in a meeting with Bangladesh Ambassador to Turkey thanks the Bangladesh government for hosting a big number of the Rohingya refugees.
16 September 2017, 08:27 AM
UK declares £25m aid for Myanmar violence victims
Britain announces an additional £25million aid to meet the urgent needs of the people in both Myanmar and Bangladesh affected by the violence in Rakhine state.
16 September 2017, 08:19 AM
ICRC concerned over violence against Rohingya in Myanmar
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expresses grave concern over the violence and its effect on all people in the northern areas of Rakhine in Myanmar.
16 September 2017, 06:40 AM