Dhaka, Sept 6 – Accusing the government of having failed to take any step to resolve the Rohingya crisis, BNP on Wednesday urged it to raise the issue at the United Nations. “Foreign ministers from Indonesia and Turkey are arriving…
Category: Conflicts
Rohingya refugees now 150000: UN chief writes to UNSC
Nearly 150,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in less than two weeks, after the United Nations chief warned there is a risk of ethnic cleansing that could destabilise the wider region. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi blamed…
Give Muslims legal status – UN chief urges Myanmar
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday it’s crucial that Myanmar’s government immediately reverse its longstanding policy and give Rohingya Muslims either nationality or legal status so they can lead normal lives and freely move, find jobs, and get an education. Guterres…
7 skulls found at Mirpur militant hideout
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered the skulls of seven people, including two women and two children, from the suspected militant hideout at Mirpur’s Mazar Road in the city on Wednesday. “We found the skulls of militant Abdullah, his…
Suu Kyi says all in Rakhine defended
In her first comments on Myanmar’s latest Rohingya crisis, de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her government is protecting everyone in Rakhine state. But she criticised the “huge iceberg of misinformation” about the conflict promoting the interests of terrorists,…
MEP accuses Suu Kyi of reneging on deal
Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP for the South East of England since 1999, has accused Myanmar’s de facto ruler Aung San Suu Ky for reneging on a deal on civil rights for the Rohingyas. The MEP, who is Secretary-General of the…
EC wants unrestricted humanitarian access to Myanmar
Brussels, Sept 5 – The Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides of the European Commission in a statement on Monday demanded unrestricted humanitarian access, including for aid workers, is critical to reaching 350,000 vulnerable people in Rakhine…
Dr Yunus wants UNSC to intervene in Rohingya crisis
Dhaka, Sept 5 – Noting that the Rohingya crisis is deteriorating very fast, Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to intervene to end the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
Indonesia ready to help BD over Rohingya issue
Dhaka, Sept 5 – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsu di on Tuesday expressed her country’s readiness to help Bangladesh “ease burden” on it over the Rohingya issue.
Mirpur suspected militant hideout rocked by bombs blasts
Dhaka, Sept 5 – The suspected militants cordoned off in a hideout at Mirpur’s Mazar Road failed to surrender before law enforcers within a stipulated time on Monday evening today, and then commenced a ‘daring counterattack of bomb explosions and…
PM Hasina urges Int’l community to take back Myanmar nationals
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the international community to put pressure on Myanmar to take back their nationals from Bangladesh. “Hosting a huge number of Myanmar nationals is a big burden for Bangladesh and we have given shelter to…
Muslims deeply disturbed by Myanmar Violence: Erdogan tells Suu Kyi
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan told Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday that violence against Rohingyas was of deep concern to the Muslim world, and will send his foreign minister to neighbouring Bangladesh to discuss the fighting. Myanmar has…
Rab cordon off suspected ‘militant hideout’ in capital
Dhaka, Sep 5 –Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have cordoned off a house at Mirpur Mazar Road under Darus Salam Police Station in the capital suspecting it as a militant hideout.
World should stand beside Rohingyas: Matia
Dhaka, Sept 4 – Bangladesh’s Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury said on Sunday the world should stand beside Rohingyas and create pressure on the Myanmar government to bring them back to their own land.
Rohingya persecution: Indonesian Minister due Tuesday
Dhaka, Sept 4 – Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi will arrive here on Tuesday to discuss with Bangladesh leadership the current persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine. The Indonesian Foreign Minister will arrive Tuesday…
Wounded and ‘afraid,’ Rohingya seek hospital aid
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 4 (AP/UNB)- With thousands of Rohingya refugees streaming daily across the swampy border into Bangladesh, one hospital was struggling Monday to treat dozens of men who had arrived with broken bones, bullet wounds and horrific stories of…
Satellite images show massive fire destruction on Rakhine
New satellite imagery shows several hundred buildings burned in Burma’s Rakhine State, Human Rights Watch said today. Imagery from the Rohingya Muslim village of Chein Khar Li in Rathedaung township shows 700 buildings burned, a near total destruction of the…
Bullets and bloodshed behind exodus of Rohingyas: HRW
The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar has criticised the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, for failing to protect the Rohingya Muslim minority. Yanghee Lee said the situation in Rakhine was “really grave” and it…
Dhaka expresses concern over N korea nuke tests
Bangladesh has expressed grave concerns at the successive nuclear tests conducted by North Korea. With utter disregard to the concerns expressed by the international community, North Korea has carried out its 6th nuclear test on September, said the Foreign Ministry…
South Korea’s live-fire missile drill against North’s nuclear test
South Korea has conducted a missile drill simulating an attack on the North Korean nuclear test site, in response to Pyongyang’s sixth nuclear test.
Over 2,000 rohingyas arrested and sent back
Dhaka, Sept 3 -Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard arrested over two thousand Rohingyas in a drive at several houses of St Martin in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday.
Indonesian minister to raise Rohingya plight with Suu Kyi
Jakarta, Sept 3 (AP/UNB)- The foreign minister of Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, has flown to Myanmar to discuss the crisis in Rakhine state with the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Govt conspiring to remove CJ using Article 97: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 03 – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that the government is trying to remove Chief Justice SK Sinha using article 97 of the Constitution.
North Korea announces successful test of hydrogen bomb
North Korea on Sunday announced the successful test of a hydrozen bomb in a broadcast on Korean Central TelevishydrogenV) at 15.00 local time. The test represents North Korea’s sixth in history. Pyongyang previously conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009, 2013…
N Korea announces improved hydrogen bomb test
Seoul, Sep 3 (AP/UNB) — South Korean officials say they have detected an artificial 5.6 magnitude quake in North Korea and are analyzing whether Pyongyang has conducted its sixth nuclear test. South Korea’s weather agency said Sunday the unusual seismic…
Beaten, shot, hacked to death – 50,000 Rohingyas flee
Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, Sep 2 – They have come in their thousands, crossing hills and rivers, marshes and rice paddies for the chance to cross into Bangladesh and escape the mass killings they say are being perpetrated against their…
Obama’s Myanmar legacy in trouble for no fault of Trump
Washington, Sep 2 (AP/UNB) — One of former President Barack Obama’s greatest foreign policy achievements is at risk — and it has nothing to do with his successor.
Stand beside Rohingyas: Muhith
Dhaka, Sept 2 – Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday urged the world community to stand beside Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
Kenyatta blasts court after vote annulled
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has branded judges in the country’s Supreme Court “crooks” after they annulled his win in presidential elections.
Putin says putting pressure on North Korea is futile
Russian President Vladimir Putin has weighed into the North Korea crisis, warning the US and others against going down a “dead-end road” and calling for talks to resolve the issue.