Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta assured Bangladesh's interim government today of his efforts to secure ASEAN's support for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar

Bangladesh is planning to organise an international conference in the second half of next year aiming to resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said today

Says CA's high representative on Rohingya issue

Bangladesh needs to develop a national consensus on solving the Rohingya crisis that has become more complicated by the civil war in Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State, said Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain.

Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain said yesterday that while the Bay of Bengal holds significant importance for Bangladesh, it also attracts the attention of global powers like India, the US, and China, each of whom has their own strategic interests in the region.

One of the top suspected criminals of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army has been arrested in Ukhiya Rohingya camp of Cox's Bazar along with two hand grenades, one locally made short gun and four rounds of shotgun cartridges, said police

26 detained by police, 70 managed to flee

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said Bangladesh is ready to work with the international community to create an environment for a dignified and sustainable return of the Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has urged the UN Security Council to take decisive action in response to the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh and the ongoing suffering of Myanmar's citizens amid conflict in Rakhine State

"We must pay attention," Yunus said at a high-level discussion on the Rohingya crisis held on the sidelines of UN General Assembly

"The international community cannot let Bangladesh shoulder this enormous responsibility alone," Uzra Zeya said at the high-level UNGA side event on Rohingya crisis

The most recent arrivals are staying with the relatives at the camp sharing their limited daily rations provided by the UN agencies.

Says foreign adviser

Human Rights Watch has said about one million Rohingya refugees are facing increasingly dire conditions in the Cox's Bazar camps amid surging violence by armed groups and criminal gangs

255 Myanmar groups urge interim govt

There is growing concern along border areas in Cox's Bazar of a fresh Rohingya influx into Bangladesh from the conflict zone in Myanmar's Rakhine, due to recent attacks on the Muslim ethnic group

At least 10 bodies washed ashore at a beach in Teknaf after a boat carrying Rohingyas from Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal this (Tuesday) morning

Bangladesh invited the current Asean chairman, Laos Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, to visit the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar to see for himself the plights of the 1.2 million refugees

Abducted from the Cox’s Bazar camps, Rohingya refugees have been transported to Myanmar and forced to join the Myanmar junta’s military, said human rights group Fortify Rights

Myanmar Foreign Minister Than Swe has responded positively to start repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homeland-Myanmar