Bangladesh is in contact with the Myanmar junta government in Naypyidaw and Arakan Army in Rakhine state on the issue of stability, humanitarian aid, and Rohingya repatriation, National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman said yesterday.
The refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar have become overwhelmed with the recent inflow of Rohingyas arriving since November 2023, with authorities now scrambling to arrange accommodation and food for them.
BNP and several other parties have voiced concern over reported developments regarding a UN-backed humanitarian corridor into Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine State, calling it a potential threat to national sovereignty and regional security.
'The interim government has agreed in principle to allow a humanitarian corridor under UN supervision with certain conditions'
Dhaka agrees in principle with the UN proposal for a humanitarian corridor to Myanmar's Rakhine State, but certain conditions must be met for its implementation, said Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain yesterday.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is attending a roundtable on Rohingya issue in Doha this morning.
BIMSTEC should step in to address the crisis
Another 70,000 pending further scrutiny
Calls for regional unity, visible impact
Many Rohingya women and children who managed to flee rape and genocide in Myanmar end up in the trap of sex trade and trafficking inside the refugee camps in Bangladesh.
The Rohingya genocide day on August 25 brought to the fore diverse suggestions for a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis. Two similar proposals, however, stand out. One was from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the other was from the Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Ito Naoki.
The Indian Home Ministry today said Rohingya refugees in New Delhi would be kept at a detention centre till they are deported, refuting central Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri's statement made earlier promising flats and security to members of the Muslim minority community members from Myanmar.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (August 17, 2022) reiterated her call to Myanmar to take back more than one million Rohingyas from their temporary shelter in Bangladesh.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today (August 7, 2022) said his country will continue supporting Bangladesh’s development journey, describing Dhaka as their “strategic development partner”.
The Gambia’s case against Myanmar for the genocide of Rohingyas is now all set to be heard and judged by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $41.4 million grant to help improve infrastructure and manage the basic needs of Rohingyas, who were forcibly displaced from Myanmar and took shelter in Bangladesh.
A record 100 million people are currently displaced around the world. Almost one million of these refugees live in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar.
The 2022 JRP has five strategic objectives to support the affected Bangladeshi and Rohingya populations.
Bangladesh wants Myanmar to expedite the verification of the Rohingyas for quickly starting their repatriation that has not been possible in the last five years, with the Rohingyas saying the conditions in Rakhine were not conducive.
