Rohingya crisis

Rohingya camps: Violence rears its head after a year of relative calm

After a year of decline, violence between armed groups in the Rohingya camps has risen.
7 September 2026

‘We want to go home’

“I want to be a doctor,” said 16-year-old Syed Kasim, a class six student living in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.
26 August 2026

Rohingya return in a quagmire

Internal conflicts and changing power dynamics in Myanmar, along with escalating geopolitical tensions, are making the prospect of Rohingya repatriation more complicated, analysts say.
26 August 2026

‘Must not be a forgotten issue’

Conditions for Rohingya repatriation remain absent as the crisis enters its 10th year, while shrinking aid, insecurity and prolonged displacement deepen uncertainty for refugees and host communities.
25 August 2026

9 years of Rohingya influx: Burden now heavier

With the 12 lakh-strong Rohingya refugee population growing and international funding shrinking, Bangladesh faces a mounting burden of hosting the persecuted minority from Myanmar.
25 August 2026

Rohingya repatriation needs more than diplomacy

Sustainable Rohingya repatriation requires documented history and diplomatic leverage to establish the community's enduring roots in Rakhine.
23 August 2026

Nine years on, Rohingya refugees need more than shelter

Nine years on, Rohingya refugees need more than shelter: secure housing, fair protection systems and durable solutions.
23 August 2026

‘Business as usual is not an option in resolving the Rohingya crisis’

The overall number of refugees has increased, while funding, which used to be relatively healthy before, has declined.
22 August 2026

Rohingya crisis a toll on economy and environment

The Rohingya crisis is putting huge pressure on Bangladesh’s economy and damaging the environment in areas hosting the refugees, Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said yesterday.
21 August 2026

Rohingya crisis putting huge pressure on economy, fuelling crime: Army chief

Gen Waker also identifies border issues, CHT insurgency and energy crisis as major national challenges
20 August 2026

Myanmar’s partial Rohingya repatriation plan: Another attempt to mislead Bangladesh?

Myanmar’s latest repatriation proposal risks repeating past cycles of partial returns while leaving most Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh behind.
20 August 2026

Create conditions for safe return of Rohingya

Myanmar must fix its questionable verification process.
16 August 2026

Rohingya crisis outside BIMSTEC’s mandate, says secretary general

Comparing BIMSTEC with SAARC is 'misleading and misplaced', Indra Mani Pandey says
21 July 2026

Can the new Rohingya committee move repatriation beyond promises?

The formation of a national committee on the Rohingya crisis, headed by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, is an important political signal.
21 July 2026

Rohingya crisis deepens but global focus shifts

The BNP government has inherited one of the most complex foreign policy and humanitarian challenges in Bangladesh’s history: the Rohingya crisis.
20 July 2026

500 feared dead as boats sink

Two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days, UN agencies said yesterday, as refugees from the war-torn country continue to make perilous maritime journeys in search of safety and better opportunities.
17 July 2026

PM to head national committee on Rohingya repatriation strategy

11-member committee will formulate a national strategy and coordinate implementation across agencies
13 July 2026

Bangladesh needs a new rulebook for the evolving Rohingya crisis

What is the point of negotiating repatriation with Myanmar’s central government when Rakhine State, the territory those refugees would return to, is no longer under that government’s control?
10 July 2026

Why tensions are rising between Rohingya and Bangladeshis

Years after the Rohingya influx, Kutupalong's host communities continue bearing mounting economic, environmental, and social costs largely unnoticed.
6 July 2026

Govt working on dialogue with Myanmar, Arakan Army for Rohingya repatriation: Khalilur

Repatriation depends on Rakhine state's stability, he says
17 June 2026