humanitarian crisis
No barbarism without poetry
If our world is becoming full of poets and executioners, we need more judges and thinkers to counter the new tendency.
Humanity must act as one to help quake survivors
Earthquake devastation in Turkey and Syria calls for urgent help for survivors
Dhaka urges UNSC to visit Rohingyas
Bangladesh has urged the UN Security Council to undertake visits to Myanmar and Bangladesh to witness the humanitarian situation of
How 'humanitarian technology' can help deal with Rohingya crisis
Since August 25, 2017, the world has experienced one of the most brutal and fastest-growing humanitarian crises that led to the “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” involving the Rohingya community in Myanmar.
Editorial / UN Secretary General's call
We are heartened by the UN Secretary General's categorical condemnation of what he has termed a "humanitarian nightmare" referring to the unbelievable trauma experienced by Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh to escape indescribable violence.
Mount pressure on Myanmar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the international community to mount pressure on Myanmar to stop pushing its
Floods affect 16m people in South Asia
Over 16 million people in Bangladesh, Nepal and India are affected by the monsoon floods ravaging parts of South Asia and unfolding
Myanmar Rohingyas: Killings, rights violation on
A United Nations special rapporteur has issued a strongly worded statement accusing Myanmar of implementing policies reminiscent of the previous military government, and of presiding over a worsening security and human rights situation.
No army link found yet: Thai deputy PM
Thailand Deputy Prime Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn denies having knowledge of any army personnel's link with human trafficking.
Myanmar must recognise Rohingyas as its citizens
In the wake of a much publicised international humanitarian crisis relating to boatpeople, thousands of whom are languishing in the high seas, Myanmar's reluctance to attend Thailand's May 29 regional summit to solve the issue, is disconcerting.