The perspective towards Rohingya refugees needs to shift from viewing them as a burden to recognising them as a competent community

Since 2022, the security situation in the refugee camps has deteriorated—including killings, kidnapping, gender-based violence and child protection incidents.

Review of ‘The Displaced Rohingyas: A Tale Of A Vulnerable Community’ (Routledge, 2024), edited by SK Tawfique M Haque, Bulbul Siddiqi, and Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan.

Myanmar is facing a structural metamorphosis, putting its South and Southeast Asian neighbours on alert.

A 30-member Myanmar delegation—during their recent visit to Cox’s Bazar—failed to make any commitment to the refugees regarding their request for repatriation to their original homes

Is it a battle of numbers that give political actors the right to dehumanise them? We wish to believe that crises create the push for alternatives and that, in this case, collective actions will be towards this direction.

It is worth considering that, according to historian Yuval Noah Harari, we may not be able to fully evade violence, as our evolutionary past has instilled certain inclinations within us that could be linked to violence.

China now appears to be quite active in trying to make the Rohingya repatriation a reality.

Repatriation is becoming a distant dream for the Rohingya

For those who are especially interested in literature in book form, the first two floors of the exhibition hold treasures. 

I Feel No Peace is the latest in this string of books exploring the Rohingya experience. It offers, in particular, a narrative account of their history and their experience with NGOs and the UN. 

A 36-year-old Rohingya refugee activist was preparing a list of refugees allegedly abused by Bangladesh’s Armed Police Battalion (APBn). In consequence, he faced arrest, arbitrary detention and torture, he claimed.

UN recognition of the 1971 East Pakistan genocide is not only important for the global body to regain its credibility and effectiveness, but also to expose a military institution which is seen as of strategic value to the West.

Myanmar's geopolitical value is putting Bangladesh in a tight spot

A Rohingya man was killed as a “landmine exploded” in Myanmar territory close to Ghumdhum border in Bandarban when he went there to catch fish yesterday morning.

What does the recent ICJ decision regarding Myanmar mean for Rohingya refugees?

Myanmar, by its actions near the border, have lately been violating international rules and posing serious threats to the sovereignty of Bangladesh, analysts have said.

The next stage of Bangladesh-India relations should involve long-term, innovative projects.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today requested countries, which had previously expressed interest in resettling Rohingyas in their states, to take in a large number of Rohingyas and alleviate Bangladesh’s problems.

Int'l community must put their money where their mouth is