Since November 2023, 1.8 lakh Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh
The 2025 Joint Response Plan has appealed for over $930 million, but so far, below 20 percent of that has been received.
A humanitarian crisis in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps is brewing in the face of funding shortage for the refugees and more arrivals from the conflict-ridden Rakhine state of Myanmar.
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.
Bangladesh faces challenges managing the Rohingya crisis without a clear asylum policy.
Chief Adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus today called for an expedited third-country resettlement of Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh.
This World Refugee Day, there is an urgent need to invest in collective efforts to allow the Rohingya to become self-reliant.
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After a two-year pause, the conflict between the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar’s military junta has resurged in Rakhine.
The United Nations has appealed for aid to deal with a humanitarian crisis unfolding in southern Bangladesh after the number of Muslim Rohingya fleeing Myanmar neared 300,000, just two weeks after violence erupted there.
Bangladesh makes it clear to the international community that Myanmar government should take responsibility of and solve its Rohingya problem.
The United States has praised Bangladesh’s generosity in responding to this humanitarian crisis of Rohingyas who according to the latest numbers, nearly 300,000 have fled from persecution in Myanmar since August 25.
Amid a shortage of resources, the authorities are struggling to provide water, food, medicine, shelter and other basic needs to the huge number of Rohingyas streaming into Bangladesh from Myanmar every day.
Rohingya insurgents declare a month-long unilateral ceasefire, starting tomorrow, to enable aid groups to help ease a humanitarian crisis in northwest Myanmar.
The United Nations calls for USD 77 million in urgent assistance for the Rohingya people who have fled into Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has voiced support for imposing a sanction on Myanmar, condemning the country’s violence against the Rohingya community.
The district administration of Cox’s Bazar has opened a control room to monitor the relief operation for the Rohingya refugees who have taken shelter there after fleeing persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.
Last Tuesday, when we went to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border area to cover news of Rohingya refugees in Ghumdum of Ukhia, we came across a small border bazaar (local market) full of cattle. What amazed us were the price tags of the cows -- most of them were being sold at Tk 10,000 to Tk 15,000.
More than 1,000 people may already have been killed in Myanmar, mostly minority Rohingya Muslims -- more than twice the government's total -- a senior United Nations representative has told AFP, urging Aung San Suu Kyi to speak out.
