Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells the parliament that the entire world at present has raised their voices against the persecution of Rohingya people in Myanmar and requested the Myanmar government to bring their citizens back to the country.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is going to visit Myanmar on Saturday at a time when Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is facing global criticism due to alleged atrocities on Rohingya Muslims in the country’s Rakhine state, reports The Standard.

The Rohingya influx towards Bangladesh may reach 10 lakh this year if the exodus fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state continues, the United Nations has said.

Rohingya insurgents, whose raids in western Myanmar provoked an army crackdown that spurred a humanitarian crisis, have denied any links to global terror groups, days after Al-Qaeda urged Muslims to rally to their cause.

Bangladesh to raise the Rohingya issue in the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session highlighting the main causes of the longstanding crisis and will put forward some proposals for solving the problem as early as possible, foreign minister says.

India's first bullet train project, a $19-billion initiative linking Ahmedabad to Mumbai, is launched as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe hailed fast-growing ties between Asia's two biggest democracies.

Talking to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed "deep concerns" over treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities in her country.

Twenty Rohingya refugees, who entered Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar, are found in Manikganj, around 450 kilometres away from Cox’s Bazar camps, as they lost their way after crossing the border looking for shelter.

Unicef trucks filled with emergency water, sanitation and hygiene supplies for thousands of Rohingya children are headed to Cox's Bazar, with a steady stream of supplies in the pipeline for the coming days and weeks.

India, Morocco and Indonesia have sent aid and emergency support for the Rohingyas in Bangladesh, who have fled into the country following persecution in Myanmar.

Four dead bodies of Rohingya refugees are recovered in Naf River and the Bay of Bengal near Cox’s Bazar, raising the death toll from Rohingya boat capsize incidents to 91.

Timor Leste, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have the highest rates of undernourishment in Asia, according to the Asian Development Bank.

Myanmar presidential office spokesman Zaw Htay says 176 of 471 ethnic Rohingya villages in three townships are now completely empty and at least 34 others are partially abandoned since the crisis erupted on August 25, 2017, when an insurgent Rohingya group attacked police outposts in Rakhine and Myanmar’s military responded with “clearance operations” against the rebels.

Philippine lawmakers have moved to cut the budget of the nation's human rights commission to $20 and impeach the Supreme Court

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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi will address the crisis engulfing Rakhine state next week, in her first speech since scores were killed in violence that has sent nearly 380,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh and sullied her reputation as a defender of the oppressed.

Twelve Nobel Laureates including Dr Muhammad Yunus are among 27 international eminent personalities who have sent an open letter to the UN Security Council urging its intervention to end the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine state of Myanmar.

The UN appeals to the international community to keep aside politics and support the ongoing humanitarian efforts to help Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar.

Two flights – one of UN refugee agency and another of United Arab Emirates –landed in Bangladesh with supplies to help 25,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, UNHCR Spokesperson in Bangladesh Joseph S Tripura said today.

BNP today appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for visiting Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar but strongly criticised her government for not adopting a motion in parliament condemning the ongoing genocide against ethnic community in Myanmar.