Myanmar Rohingya refugees
‘Rohingya presence posing serious threat to host community’
Leading economists and policy analysts reject the idea of providing Rohingya people with access to the local labour market in Cox’s Bazar and suggest quick repatriation of the Myanmar nationals to ease pressure on Bangladesh.
UNHCR chief calls for solidarity with Rohingyas, refugees in Ramadan
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has called for solidarity with millions of forcibly displaced people worldwide, including over one million Rohingyas living in Bangladesh.
The Philippines offers Rohingyas citizenship
The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday offered citizenship to Rohingya refugees, reiterating his willingness to accept them into the country.
Bangladesh’s forest getting destroyed for Rohingyas: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says as over 1.2 million Rohingyas are living in Cox's Bazar district of the country, much of Bangladesh's forest is getting destroyed creating environmental disasters.
Myanmar has failed to act
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it is unfortunate that Myanmar has failed to create a congenial atmosphere to take back Rohingyas, despite signing an agreement with Bangladesh on repatriation.
22 Rohingyas rescued in Cox's Bazar
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 22 Rohingyas, including children and women, from Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar early yesterday. The 22 were going to be trafficked to Malaysia through the Bay of Bengal.
Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday renewed her call to the international community to force Myanmar to take back its over one million Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh.
No easy solution to Rohingya crisis: Foreign minister
The newly appointed Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen termed the Rohingya influx “a very serious issue” and said there is no easy solution to the humanitarian crisis.
Tension flares in Rakhine state
Myanmar forces are conducting new rounds of "clearance operations" in conflict-hit Rakhine state after four local Buddhists were attacked and two killed, the commander-in-chief's office said yesterday, with one of the incidents blamed on Rohingya Muslims.
Dozens of Rohingya arrive in Indonesia
About 80 Rohingya in a wooden boat arrived in Indonesia yesterday, officials said, the latest batch of the vulnerable minority to come
Fear and isolation for Myanmar's remaining Rohingyas
Rohingya Muslim minority are disappearing fast from Myanmar as their lives are still shaped by tension and fear in a mainly-Buddhist country that has methodically stripped the Muslim minority of legal rights and security.
Canada should welcome Rohingya refugees
Canada should welcome Rohingya refugees and encourage other nations to do the same, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special envoy
‘We will fight for your justice’
The female Nobel laureates have assured the tortured Rohingya women that they will fight for their justice after listening to their harrowing tales of brutalities in Myanmar.
PDO raises fund for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
More than 2,000 staff of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has donated BDT 41516534 (OMR192,000) to help the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled from their homes to escape the persecution in Myanmar.
Most vulnerable Rohingyas left by the wayside
Driving south from Cox's Bazar along the marine drive, it is impossible not to be struck by the beauty of the sea on the right and the hills on the left. But before long a few lost and disoriented-looking faces appear until eventually the highway is lined with thousands of them.
UNHCR calls for redoubling of humanitarian efforts in Bangladesh
Expressing concern over conditions of 436,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar, the UNHCR calls for a redoubling of the international humanitarian response in Bangladesh.