Dhaka, Oct 17 – Around 15,000 more Rohingyas who fled persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State have gathered at the no-man’s land of Anjumanpara along the border in Ukhia Upazila of Cox’s Bazar to enter Bangladesh. Another 12,000 Myanmar nationals have…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has assured the government of providing all sorts of assistance in shifting Rohingyas to Bhasan Char in Noakhali, said a minister. “Kulupalong camp, located on 3,000 acres of land, is a temporary one. We’ve…
Dhaka, Oct 17 – Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will visit Myanmar next month to attend the 13th ASEM to be held in Myanmar’s capital.
Dhaka – The government should extend its anti-adulteration drive to field level from towns or cities to ensure safe food in the country, experts said.
Dhaka, Oct 16 – The European Union (EU) today decided to review all practical defence cooperation with Myanmar in light of the disproportionate use of force carried out by the security forces of the country.
Visiting Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday applauded Bangladesh for giving the distressed Rohingyas shelter and providing them with humanitarian assistance. “Malaysia is deeply concerned at the disturbing developments and took strong position on…
Nirj Deva Brussels – International development is not just about alleviating poverty; it is also about delivering security, stability, and economic opportunities to poor and fragile communities, thereby preventing citizens from having to flee their home country in search of…
Austria’s conservative People’s Party, led by 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz, is set to win the country’s general election, projections suggest.
Dhaka, Oct 15 – The Inter-Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) led by the International Organisation on Migration (IOM) has estimated the number of forcibly displaced Rohingyas of Myanmar to stand at 536,000 saying their continued influx to Bangladesh spiked humanitarian needs.
Former UN chief Kofi Annan has urged the Security Council to press for the return of half a million Rohingya refugees to their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
The European Union (EU) has said the conditions for the safe, voluntary and dignified return of those who have fled their homeland must be put in place. It also asked the Myanmar government to intensify efforts to ensure full, safe…
Dhaka, Oct 13 – Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi arrives here on Sunday on a two-day visit to discuss bilateral and Rohingya issues. ‘It reflects Malaysia’s concern, seriousness on the issue.’
Cox’s Bazar, Oct 14 – Although people – not just patients, often their guardians/families – lying around on hospital floors is a sight one gets used to in Bangladesh’s chronically crowded public hospitals, nothing prepares you for the scene at…
Dhaka, Oct 12 – UNICEF country director Edouard Beigbeder has said the disease outbreak is a real and present danger for the dwellers of makeshift Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district and host population due to the lack of hygienic…
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal will leave here for Myanmar on October 23 on a 4-day visit to discuss Rohingya issue, aiming to send them back to their homeland through diplomatic efforts. The Rohingya issue will be the key agenda,…
The Security Council will on Friday hold an informal meeting on Myanmar to hear former UN chief Kofi Annan provide details of a report on the plight of Rohingya Muslims, diplomats said. The UN’s top political affairs official, Jeffrey Feltman,…
The United Nations has announced that its top official in Myanmar is being recalled to headquarters in New York. Renata Lok-Dessallien was the focus of a BBC investigation last month in which she was accused of suppressing internal discussion on…
Dhaka – The memorandum of understanding is being signed in between M. Ehsanul Hoque, President- Baridhara Society and Nipin Gangadharan, Country Director-Action Against Hunger for assistance to Rohingya Refugees at 93 Sohrawardy Avenue on Tuesday evening.
Myanmar’s “systematic” crackdown on the Rohingya has been designed to permanently eliminate the minority Muslim community from their home in Rakhine state, the United Nations said Wednesday. “Brutal attacks against Rohingya in northern Rakhine State have been well- organised, coordinated…
The EU is to halt ties with senior Myanmar military chiefs to protest the “disproportionate use of force” against the Rohingya minority, according to an agreement seen by AFP on Wednesday. The bloc also warns it could consider sanctions if…
In order to avert a major disease outbreak in the Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar district and provide quick panacea to the ever increasing sanitation problems, UNICEF and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief of the Government of Bangladesh…
Dhaka, Oct 11 (BSS) – Bangladesh has accused Myanmar of spearheading a violent depopulation campaign to oust its ethnic minority Rohingya Muslims using the military, forcing by now a majority of them to flee to Bangladesh. “For the first time…
Buddhist villagers in relatively peaceful parts of Myanmar’s Rakhine state are enforcing a system of local apartheid that punishes people trading with minority Muslims, fuelling fears that violence in the far northwest could spread to new areas. Ethnic Rakhines, who…
A massive cholera immunization campaign began today in southeast part of the country to protect the newly influx of Rohingya people and host communities from the life-threatening diarrheal disease. “Primarily, we are administering 650,000 people aged one year and older…
Reuters Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Adjida kicked and screamed when the rough and dirty hands of the masked soldier moved up her legs and ripped off her clothes. The 13-year-old pleaded with him to stop when he climbed on top of…
Stephan Uttom, Cox’s Bazar and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka As the influx of refugees continues, the Bangladesh government has cleared forests to build the world’s largest refugee camp Aid groups and environmentalists have warned against possible the outbreak of disease…
The European Union and the United States are considering targeted sanctions against Myanmar military leaders over an offensive that has driven more than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, officials familiar with the discussions say. Interviews with more than…
Bangladesh has differed with Myanmar over the return of Myanmar nationals to their homeland from Bangladesh on the basis of the 1992 joint statement saying the situation of 1992 and the current one are ‘entirely different’. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood…
Dhaka, Oct 8 – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday alleged that BNP is lying about the Rohingya issue in a bid to rejuvenate its frustrated workers in the absence of its top leadership.
Jessore, Oct 9 – Police cordoned off a house in Ghop Central Road area of the district town on early Monday suspecting it a militant hideout.