WFP report says food deprivation rose from 44pc in 2019 to 70pc in 2023

Rohingyas are being subjected to "slow death", a genocide tactic, in Rakhine by the Myanmar military amid a raging war between the junta and its proxies and the Arakan Army, says a new report.

Bangladesh has called upon the international community to invest in improving livelihood opportunities for the Rohingya to support their reintegration in Rakhine

Bangladesh has expressed grave concern at the recent reports of burning of Rohingya villages at Buthidaung in Rakhine, forced displacement of Rohingyas, and their forced conscription..It also urged all warring parties in Myanmar to protect the Rohingya and ensure their safety and security.

Around 20 percent of the Rohingyas tested in Cox's Bazar refugee camps have active hepatitis C infection, according to a recent study by Doctors Without Borders

The United States has said it will continue to advocate with the countries in the region and at the United Nations for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Myanmar so that the Rohingyas and others displaced by the violence can safely return home

Global aid agency Caritas Internationalis has made an urgent call for the international community to step up funding for the "forgotten" Rohingyas

Bangladesh has sought China’s support in creating a “conducive environment” and engaging with Myanmar government for early repatriation of the Rohingya refugees to their ancestral land

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will partially increase food rations for all Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar camps

Foreign Minister urges UN, other partners

'If the Rohingyas are not repatriated soon, dissatisfaction may turn this place [Rohingya camps] into a potential hub for international terrorists,' says Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has sought continuous support from the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to ensure the safe and sustainable repatriation of nearly 1.3 million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar

The United Nations warned on Friday that escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State had forced around 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee, amid allegations of killings and burnings of property

The US is "deeply troubled" by reports of escalating violence and intercommunal tension in Rakhine State of Myanmar, said State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller today

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has told outgoing Myanmar Ambassador Aung Kyaw Moe that Myanmar can demonstrate its willingness by at least starting the Rohingya repatriation

Says foreign minister

Ambassador Jeffrey Prescott, the US representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, has called on the international community to continue its support to the Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi host communities, said a press release

A new study on the Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char revealed yesterday that around 25 percent of adolescent girls, under the age of 16, and 44 percent of young women faced unwanted sexual contact from July 2023 to January 2024

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud today said they want to begin repatriation of the Rohingyas, noting that Myanmar's internal conflict which has always been there cannot be an excuse for delaying the Rohingya repatriation

Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Amy Pope yesterday said making the Rohingyas more self-reliant with a much more comprehensive approach does not mean that they will stay in Bangladesh forever