Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh could die due to a lack of food, shelter and water, given the huge numbers fleeing violence in Myanmar, an aid agency warned on Sunday, as authorities began moving people to camps to streamline the distribution…
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UN chief says – Suu Kyi has a last chance
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres today said Aung San Suu Kyi now had her “last chance” to stop atrocities on ethnic Rohingya Muslims amid growing global outrage over her response to the violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. “If she does…
Rohingya crisis: ‘Last chance’ for Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has “the last chance” to halt an army offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of the mainly Muslim Rohingya to flee abroad, the UN head has said.
Quader blasts BNP for accusing govt of dividing nation
Dhaka – Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader yesterday criticized BNP for blaming the government for creating division in the nation over Rohingya issue and said it is BNP, not AL, creating division within…
Russian against external intervention on Burma over Rohingya issue
A Russian foreign ministry statement indicates that Moscow considers Rohingya crisis as an internal issue and is against any outside intervention. Attempts at intervening in Myanmar’s “internal affairs” may have only one net effect – still deeper inter-religious discord, Russian…
Rohingya Muslim persecution in the pages of history
Nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled renewed violence in Myanmar, crossing the border in Bangladesh in waves following a military crackdown the UN says amounts to ethnic cleansing. It is the latest chapter in a long and tumultuous history of…
Baridhara society collects donation for Rohingya refugees
Mr. M. Ehsanul Hoque President of Baridhara Society receiving a cheque for Taka One Lakh from Mrs Momtaz Rahman PHF Chairman of Univet Limited the other day.
UNHCR appeals for $30m to support swelling Rohingya refu
UN refugee agency UNHCR has sought an initial emergency aid of US$ 30 million for Rohingyas, two days after it jointly launched with UN’s migration organization IOM an appeal for enhanced global assistance as surges of refugee continued to hit…
Rohingya crisis one of fastest growing in recent years: UN
The humanitarian situation in parts of Bangladesh sheltering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees continues to deteriorate, making the crisis one of the fastest growing refugee crises of recent years, according to the United Nations. “[The crisis is] creating enormous…
Govt’s political stance on Rohingya unclear: BNP
BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Saturday alleged that the government’s political stance is not clear on Rohingya issue. “The entrance of Rohingyas into Bangladesh is an indirect attack on our sovereignty. Though Bangladesh is directly affected…
Bangladesh strongly protests violation of airspace by Burma
Bangladesh has strongly protested the instances of violation of its airspace by Myanmar military drones and helicopters on September 10, 12 and 14. Bangladesh also mentioned that these provocative acts may lead to unwarranted consequences.
Amnesty decries burnings targetting rohingya
Amnesty International says it has turned up evidence of an “orchestrated campaign of systematic burnings” by Myanmar security forces targeting dozens of Rohingya villages over the last three weeks. The human rights group is releasing a new analysis of video,…
Burmese military torches homes near BD border
The Burmese military is deliberately burning ethnic Rohingya villages near the Bangladesh border, Human Rights Watch said today. Such acts of arson, after forcing residents to leave their villages, appear central to the Burmese military’s ethnic cleansing campaign against the…
Tracing the Exclusion of the Rohingya in Myanmar
By Prof. Dr Imtiyaz Yusuf Myanmar is a non-secular Buddhist majority country. The majority of Myanmar peoples are Buddhist, including both ethnic Burmans and non-Burman ethnic minorities. Buddhists make up 89.8 percent of the population, Christians 6.3 percent and Muslims…
Myanmar Rohingyas victims of ethnic cleansing
United Nations, Sept 14 (AP/UNB) – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that ethnic cleansing is taking place in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim minority, and the U.N. Security Council condemned the violence that has led nearly 380,000 Rohingyas to flee…
Arakan Salvation Army disclaims link to global terror
Rohingya militants, whose raids in western Myanmar provoked an army crackdown that spurred a humanitarian crisis, denied any links to global terror groups on Thursday, days after Al- Qaeda urged Muslims to rally to their cause. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation…
Rohinmgya lives limbs shattered by mines at Myanmar border
Azizul Haque wanted to scream but could not muster the energy as he fought for his life, his body torn apart by the landmine he stepped on as he and his Rohingya Muslim family fled Myanmar. Instead the 15-year-old is…
Unicef estimates 400000 Rohingya migrated to Bangladesh
United Nations Children’S Fund (UNICEF) today said their estimate suggests the number of Rohingya refugees who fled home since the outbreak latest spate of violence on August 25 reached 400,000. “Up to 400,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since…
Rohingya humanitarian situation catastrophic: UN
Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are facing a catastrophic humanitarian situation, according to the UN secretary general. Antonio Guterres said alleged attacks by security forces on Rohingya villagers were completely unacceptable. The army says it is fighting militants and denies targeting…
Dear Nobel laureate 19 Sept is too late
Dear Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, We learned today that you will address the Rohingya issue via television in Myanmar on 19 September – over 144 hours from now. We also learned that you will not attend the upcoming…
176 ethnic Rohingya villages now empty: Myanmar
Bangkok, Sep 14 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar presidential spokesman says 176 ethnic Rohingya villages are now empty after all residents fled.
Why aid is slow to reach Rohingya refugees
Justin Rowlatt You expect chaotic scenes at the beginning of a refugee crisis of the scale we are seeing here in south-eastern Bangladesh.
EU reiterates immediate humanitarian access to Burma
Dhaka – EU High Representative and Vice-President Federica Mogherini in a statement issued on Wednesday on the latest developments in Rakhine State, Myanmar and the border region in Bangladesh. She said, “I am following the dramatic developments in Rakhine State…
Suu Kyi to miss UN General Assembly debate
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to miss a key UN debate next week as criticism grows of her handling of a crisis involving the Rohingya Muslim minority. Some 379,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh since violence…
Split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar
International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for a military crackdown that has been criticised by the US, slammed as “ethnic cleansing” and forced…
Police blocks BNP’s relief convoy at Ukhia: Fakhrul
Police have blocked the BNP’s relief convoy for Rohingya refugees at Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar, the party’s spokesman has said.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement in the middle of a discussion at Dhaka around 3pm Wednesday.…
6 bodies found as Rohingya boat sinks in the Naf
Dhaka, Sep 13 (UNB)- Bodies of six Rohingyas, including four children, who tried to enter Bangladesh amid fresh violence in the Rakhine state of Myanmar were recovered after a boat capsized in the Naf River in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday…
Parliament body asks govt to take Rohingya issue to UN
Dhaka – A parliamentary standing committee on Tuesday recommended to the government to project the real picture of Rohingyas before the United Nations.
US Commission asks Suu Kyi to denounce atrocities on Rohingya
Strongly condemning the attacks on civilians and security forces in Burma’s Rakhine state, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) called Aung San Suu Kyi to denounce the atrocities against Rohingya. “We call upon Burma’s de facto leader Aung…
BD PM asks Myanmar to stop atrocities and take back Rohingyas
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged neighbouring Myanmar to stop inhuman persecution on ethnic minorities in its Rakhaine and return the refugees saying Bangladesh wants friendly relations with Naypyidaw but not tolerate injustice. “We want peace and a friendly relation…