470,000 in need of shelters; 13,418 take part in biometric registration AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Sept 25 – The land that has been allocated for the new site for providing shelter to Rohingyas is ‘not suitable’ for habitation…
Category: Conflicts
Stop persecution of Rohingya, ICSF tells Myanmar
It calls on India, China to persuade Myanmar to resolve crisis Dhaka, Sept – International Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF) on Sunday called on the Myanmar authorities to pay heed to international opinion and immediately stop its persecution of Rohingya.
BNP against ‘safe zones’ for Rohingyas: 4-point response
Dhaka, Sept 24 – BNP on Sunday opposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposal for creating ‘safe zones’ for Rohingyas in Myanmar terming it a ‘conspiratorial and dangerous’ move.
Stones to drones: A short history of war on earth
Gar Smith War is humanity’s deadliest activity. From 500 BC to AD 2000 history records more than 1000 [1,022] major documented wars. In the 20th Century, an estimated 165 wars killed as many as 258 million people — more than…
3 BD peacekeepers killed in Mali blast
Three Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed and four others injured as an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by terrorists exploded in Mali on Sunday. A clash took place between the Bangladeshi peacekeepers working in the UN mission in Mali and terrorists…
79 Rohingyas sent back to refugee camp after detention
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 24 – Police and members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a joint drive detained 79 Rohingya people in Ukhia for eight hours between 12:00 pm and 8:00 pm on Saturday.
Seven countries seek UN council meeting on Myanmar
France, Britain, the United States and four other countries have asked the UN Security Council to meet next week to discuss the ongoing violence in Myanmar, according to a request seen by AFP on Friday. The seven countries including Egypt,…
Key myths and facts about the atomic bombings of Japan
By Robert J Barsocchini In 1945, US president Harry Truman (who had dictatorial control over the atomic bomb) and his advisor James Byrnes intentionally prolonged the US war with Japan until, and apparently so that, they could target Japanese civilians,…
Hasina’s proposals on Rohingya crisis very positive: Prof Riaz
The five-point proposal made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the United Nations (UN) to find solution to the Rohingya crisis is specific, which is a very positive but needs support from other countries, said an international analyst. “Bangladesh now…
11 arrested in Dhaka city for alleged ‘terror financing’
Dhaka, Sept 23 – Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 11 people from different areas of capital Dhaka on Friday allegedly for providing financial assistance to militancy.
BD Islamist parties for int’l peacekeeping force in Rakhine
Dhaka – Different Islamic parties and organizations yesterday demanded deployment of international peacekeepers in Arakan under the supervision of the United Nations and to immediately stop the cleansing drive of the Myanmar authority against the Rohingya.
BNP criticises PM for not blasting Myanmar at UN
BNP on Friday voiced anger at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for not ‘denouncing’ Myanmar in her address to the United Nations General Assembly for carrying out genocide against Rohingyas in Rakhine State. “The Prime Minister this early morning addressed the…
Mymamar refugees describe military atrocities
Ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burmese security forces in Burma’s Rakhine State have described killings, shelling, and arson in their villages that have all the hallmarks of a campaign of “ethnic cleansing,” Human Rights Watch said today. Burmese army, police, and…
People’s tribunal finds Myanmar guilty of Rohingya genocide
The Myanmar government is guilty of genocide against the Rohingya people and other Muslim minorities, according to the international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, reports a Malaysian Daily. The seven-man panel tribunal announced its verdict after considering documentary and expert evidence as…
British MPs call Rohingyas repression ‘ethnic cleansing’
Dhaka, Sept 22 – A delegation of three British lawmakers led by the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group of Bangladesh Ms Anne Main, MP, Thursday endorsed the global condemnation of atrocities on Rohingyas dubbing it “ethnic cleansing” after a…
Kim says ‘deranged’ Trump shows need for nukes
Kim Jong-un has said remarks by “deranged” US President Donald Trump have convinced him he is right to develop weapons for North Korea.
Myanmar army chief urges internally displaced to return to Rakhine
Myanmar’s army chief called on Thursday for people internally displaced by violence in Rakhine State to go home and rebuild communities, but he made no mention of 422,000 Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh to escape his force’s operations. Senior…
BNP wants national unity to resolve Rohingya crisis
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said their party wants a national unity to drum up world opinion to resolve Rohingya crisis and repatriate Myanmar’s persecuted citizens taken shelter in the country. “There’s no alternative to forging…
Mob block aidboat shipment to Rakhine in Myanmar
Police in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have fired warning shots to disperse a Buddhist mob trying to block a boat carrying aid, reports say. The boat was bound for the violence-hit north, where a military campaign sparked by militant attacks has…
Force Burma to take back Rohingyas – PM tells IOM chief
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) William Lacy Swing to create pressure on Myanmar government to take back Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. She made the call when the IOM DG…
Mob attack, Red Cross crash hamper urgently-needed Rohingya aid
Myanmar police clashed with an angry mob blocking an aid shipment in Rakhine state, hampering urgently-needed relief efforts for Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence. Communal tensions remain high across Rakhine where raids by Rohingya militants at the end of…
Trump urges ‘strong and swift’ UN action for Rohingya
In strongest US response yet, vice president says violence against Muslim minority sowing ‘seeds of hatred and chaos’. US President Donald Trump wants the United Nations Security Council to take “strong and swift action” to end violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya…
Myanmar tries to asuage the world over refugee crisis
UN, Sep 21 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar tried to reassure the world Wednesday about its handling of the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh and said it is committed to resolving sectarian tensions in the strife-hit region.
Govt failed to convince world leaders on Rohingya crisis: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 20 – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday alleged that the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has failed to convince global leaders to take an effective initiative for resolving the Rohingya crisis.
Aung San Suu Kyi: A leader in denial?
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Sep 20 (IPS) – After finally breaking the silence with a much anticipated address on the ongoing crisis in Rakhine State, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has disappointed the world as she refuses…
House owner of ‘militant den’ remanded in explosives case
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Habibullah Bahar Azad, owner of a suspected militant den in city's Mirpur Mazar Road area, on a 3-day remand in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.
OIC urges Myanmar to take Rohingyas back
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged the government of Myanmar to take urgent steps for the sustainable return of Rohingya refugees and internally and externally displaced Rohingya Muslims to their homeland, in safety, security, dignity and with ensured…
Rohingya Exodus the Fastest, Most Concentrated Refugee Movement in Asia Since 1971
An uncle of mine, a reporter for the German news magazine, DER SPIEGEL, covered Bangladesh’s war of secession from Pakistan. I made Dhaka my home some 40 years later, for two years in a country at peace with its neighbours…
‘We are a world in pieces’ – UN chief
By António Guterres We are a world in pieces. We need to be a world at peace. And I strongly believe that, together, we can build peace. We can restore trust and create a better world for all. I will…
Are Suu Kyi’s Rohingya claims correct?
Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been speaking about the violence and refugee crisis in Rakhine State.