Rohingya

Persecution of Rohingyas

A statement, issued recently by a United Nations Special rapporteur, reconfirms once again the gross human rights violations in Myanmar.
25 July 2017

UNHCR chief Filippo visits Rohingyas

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, visits two Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar and talked to Myanmar’s minority people, who fled to Bangladesh due to persecution.
10 July 2017

What humanity has chosen to forget

Years later, we are now witnessing the greatest movement of the uprooted that the world has ever known. Even more than during the Second World War, as some 65.3 million people were displaced from their homes, 21.3 million of them refugees, according to 2015 UN figures.
19 June 2017

6 Myanmar citizens among 8 held with Yaba tablets

Rapid Action Battalion in a drive detains eight people, including six Myanmar citizens, along with 6 lakh Yaba tablets in Patenga of Chittagong city early today.
19 March 2017

Thousands flee Myanmar army clashes with insurgents near China border

Thousands of people have fled clashes between the Myanmar military and ethnic rebels along the border with China, a Chinese official says.
8 March 2017

Activists reject Myanmar's new Rakhine body as Annan visits

A new body set up by Myanmar's government to investigate allegations of rights abuses against Rohingya in Rakhine lacks credibility, activists said Friday, as former UN chief Kofi Annan began a visit to the troubled state.
2 December 2016

Malaysia decides not to abandon soccer tournament over Myanmar Rohingya crackdown

Malaysia decided on Friday to carry on with a regional soccer tournament co-hosted by Myanmar, days after a Malaysian minister said it was considering pulling out in protest against Myanmar's bloody crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims.
25 November 2016

Malaysia debates pulling out of ASEAN soccer cup over Myanmar's Rohingya crackdown

Malaysia is considering pulling its side out of a major regional soccer tournament co-hosted by Myanmar in protest over Myanmar's crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims, a senior Malaysian official said on Wednesday.
23 November 2016

Bangladeshi Without Borders

Meet Iqbal Huda, known as “Tidal”, a Cox’s Bazar native who has spent his entire life helping people in distresss access free, need-based medical care— irrespective of creed, race, religion or political convictions.
27 October 2016

Kofi Annan to lead commission on Rohingya issue

Aung San Suu Kyi picks ex- UN chief Kofi Annan to lead commission to stop human rights abuses in Rakhine State between Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims.
24 August 2016

Preserving hope

Rohingya from Rakhine State of Myanmar have been displaced for decades, which leads to hopelessness and frustration due to lack of political or socioeconomic prospects either in Bangladesh or back in Myanmar where they do not enjoy citizenship.
19 June 2016

Anomalous case of incarcerated 'released prisoners'

The right to secure protection and to access justice by asylum seekers and refugees is a long established principle. There is enough evidence to show that due to fear of being arrested under the FA the undocumented Rohingyas refrain from reporting any offence committed against them.
10 June 2016

UNHCR: Release Roghingya refugees from detention

The Rohingya refugees who arrived in Malaysia after being stranded in the Bay of Bengal a year ago must be released from detention, says United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
8 June 2016

Rohingya crisis: Politics of denial

Myanmar has no reason or justification to deny the history and existence of Rohingyas as an ethnic race of its land. Then why does the hardline nationalist group continue to be so provocative against this community?
6 May 2016

Migrant crisis: Migrant Offshore Aid Station to begin mission in Andaman Sea

Global search and rescue charity, Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), will begin a new mission in the Andaman Sea and adjacent areas on March 3 to track, monitor and, if needed, provide search and rescue of refugees or migrants.
26 February 2016

Rohingya census begins in 6 dists

The government yesterday began a household survey to register the undocumented Rohingya population and also to get an idea of the circumstances under which they fled their home country, Myanmar.
12 February 2016

Rohingya census process in 6 districts begins

Primary task to conduct a census of unregistered Rohingya population in Bangladesh has begun in six districts.
12 February 2016

Amnesty International warns over Rohingya crisis

Amnesty International said Bangladeshi migrants and persecuted Rohingya fleeing Myanmar faced "hellish" conditions on trafficking boats.
21 October 2015

Europe’s dilemma is a stark closer to Asia

Persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and thousands of Bangladeshi nationals have undertaken perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea to reach countries in Southeast Asia.
20 September 2015

Body of missing BGB man found in Sangu

A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) man, who went missing following a boat capsize incident in Sangu River on Thursday, is found dead in remote Tindu area of Bandarban.
12 September 2015