Rohingya repatriation

WATER scarcity hits Rohingya camp areas

A long, winding queue of Rohingyas starts to form near the only working tubewell before daybreak. As the small hours go by and the sun begins to glare, the thirsty people leave their 5-10 litre water containers in the queue and wait nearby.
1 June 2018, 18:00 PM

UNDP, UNHCR to sign MoU with Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) agrees on text of a Memorandum of Understaning (MoU) with Myanmar government to support the creation of conditions for the return of Rohingya refugees.
1 June 2018, 05:05 AM

Investigate atrocities on Rohingyas

Human rights lawyers representing 400 Rohingya women and girls have called upon the International Criminal Court in The Hague to open a criminal investigation into the continuing atrocities, including genocide, against the Rohingyas.
31 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Investigate atrocities on Rohingyas

Human rights lawyers representing 400 Rohingya women and girls have called upon the International Criminal Court in The Hague to open a criminal investigation into the continuing atrocities, including genocide, against the Rohingyas.
31 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Dhaka can pursue ICC options

Bangladesh need not suffer from indecision as to whether it would be better for it to opt for politically or diplomatically negotiated settlement, instead of participating in the ICC process by submitting the opinion on investigating the possible atrocity crimes against the Rohingya, said Prof Rafiqul Islam.
31 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Dhaka can pursue ICC options

Bangladesh need not suffer from indecision as to whether it would be better for it to opt for politically or diplomatically negotiated settlement, instead of participating in the ICC process by submitting the opinion on investigating the possible atrocity crimes against the Rohingya, said Prof Rafiqul Islam.
31 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Conditions yet to be created in Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation: UNHCR

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) makes it clear that conditions are not in place yet for the safe, secure and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.
31 May 2018, 13:43 PM

Rohingya Repatriation: Myanmar's claim raises eyebrows

Dhaka again refuted the Myanmar government's claim of “receiving” 62 Rohingya refugees, among the 700,000 who fled to Bangladesh due to a brutal military crackdown in Rakhine State.
28 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingya crisis: Awami League seeks support of Russia, China, India

​The ruling Awami League calls upon Russia, China and India to accelerate the safe and dignified repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their homeland in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
28 May 2018, 15:09 PM

Provide info on rape of Rohingya women

Myanmar should comply with a United Nations committee's request for information on the military's responsibility for widespread rape of Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine State, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Fortify Rights said yesterday.
24 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Trudeau unveils Rohingya strategy

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled his country's strategy to step up its response to the Rohingya crisis which has left hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas to seek refuge in Bangladesh.
24 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Priyanka shocked by horrific stories of Rohingya kids

Walking through the muddy paths, Priyanka witnessed the men, women, children and elderly, all crammed in the makeshift refugee camps after fleeing the brutal crackdown by the Myanmar military.
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM

'This ordeal will leave them scarred'

Her journey and experience thus far have already reminded everyone of the horrors of the Rohingya crisis that began late last year, as she visited the bordering region of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar where hundreds and thousands of refugees are now stationed.
22 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Leave no-man's land

Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) yesterday asked Rohingyas living on no man's land along the Tombru border in Bandarban to leave the area.
19 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Human Rights Review: UNHRC adopts draft report on Bangladesh

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has adopted the draft report on the human rights review of Bangladesh, with recommendations on taking steps to halt forced disappearance, extra judicial killing, and ensure freedom of expression in media, politics and religion.
17 May 2018, 20:14 PM

Dhaka remained silent on rights concerns

The Bangladesh delegation to the United Nation's Universal Periodic Review failed to respond to pressing human rights concerns in the country, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
17 May 2018, 18:00 PM

India for safe, speedy return of Rohingyas

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has underlined the need for "safe, speedy and sustainable return" of the Rohingyas to Myanmar from Bangladesh.
11 May 2018, 18:00 PM

It's genocide

Tawakkol Karman, a Nobel Peace Prize winner from Yemen, yesterday said what Myanmar did to the Rohingyas was “genocide”.
11 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Refer Myanmar to ICC now

Four global human rights bodies have demanded that the UN Security Council immediately refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for holding accountable the perpetrators of widespread and systematic abuses against the Rohingya in Rakhine.
9 May 2018, 18:00 PM

UN must act to end plight of Rohingyas

Ambassador Joanna Wronecka of Poland, this month's UN Security Council president, has said that the United Nations has to act when Rohingya refugees are suffering.
5 May 2018, 18:00 PM