Within a week of the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that provisionally recognised the group identity of the Rohingya and the unremitting persecution that the community has endured over decades,

The United Nations and global humanitarian community have welcomed Bangladesh government’s decision to expand access to education for Rohingya children living in settlements in Cox’s Bazar.

Rohingya children living in Bangladesh refugee camps are to be allowed to receive a formal education after a change of heart by Dhaka in a move welcomed by right activists.

The United States is arranging a charter flight tomorrow to bring its citizens and diplomats back from the Chinese city of Wuhan, epicentre of the outbreak of a new coronavirus, the Wall Stree Journal reports.

Two women, one pregnant, have been killed and seven other people injured after Myanmar troops shelled a Rohingya village, according to a lawmaker and a villager, two days after the UN's highest court ordered the country to protect the minority community.

Norway says that it expects Myanmar to fully implement the provisional measures ordered by International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Myanmar and its ally China will face mounting pressure after the World Court asked Naypyidaw to stop genocidal acts in Rakhine State, analysts said.

The UN Human Rights Office calls on Myanmar to immediately and unconditionally implement the top UN court's order in full, consistently with its obligations under the Charter and the Court's Statute.

Amnesty International releases a music video on the occasion of the International Day of Education to encourage people of Bangladesh and around the world to support education for Rohingya children and those of host communities in Bangladesh.

The UK government has welcomed the verdict of International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Myanmar and said the country must do more to protect the Rohingyas.

Myanmar rejected accusations of “genocide” in a statement by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding yesterday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, the Mizzima reports.

As the world observes the International Day of Education today, nearly five million children are growing up in Bangladesh without access to education. These include not just the 4.3 million Bangladeshi children who have not seen the inside of a classroom, but also the half a million Rohingya children who have been languishing in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.

The Rohingyas have been facing persecution for decades. They have lived without citizenship and faced restrictions on freedom of movement. They have also been denied basic rights.

In a landmark ruling, the top court of the United Nations has ordered Myanmar to prevent acts of genocide against the country’s persecuted Rohingya minority and to stop destroying evidence.

ARMY OPERATIONS * On Aug 25, 2017, Rohingya militants attack police posts; a dozen officers killed

Finally, what the Rohingyas have been crying out and what Bangladesh has been saying at the top of its voice has been recognised at the World Court. We hope the whole world is now listening at last.

The verdict of the International Court of Justice hopefully will stop recurrence of ethnic cleansing and genocide in the world, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said in an instant reaction.

In ordering Myanmar on Thursday to take immediate measures to prevent atrocities against its Muslim Rohingya minority, the International Court of Justice in The Hague was handing down a binding ruling with no possibility of appeal - and no means of enforcement.

The Gambia says the verdict of the International Court of Justice is a major step towards holding Myanmar accountable for alleged acts of Genocide against Rohingya.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says "war crimes" may have been committed against Rohingya Muslims but denied genocide, saying refugees had "exaggerated" the extent of abuses against them.