Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh renews call for global action

Since November 2023, 1.8 lakh Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh

WORLD REFUGEE DAY / ‘Realistically, repatriation is not possible at this time’

The 2025 Joint Response Plan has appealed for over $930 million, but so far, below 20 percent of that has been received.

Fund crunch hits Rohingyas hard

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.

Rohingya inflow: Strain on already crammed camps

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.

Now is the time to act on Rohingya crisis

Bangladesh faces challenges managing the Rohingya crisis without a clear asylum policy.

Yunus urges expedited third-country resettlement of Rohingya refugees

Chief Adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus today called for an expedited third-country resettlement of Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh.

World Refugee Day / Building resilience ignites ‘hope away from home’ for Rohingya refugees

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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Rakhine is boiling again. Will we look away?

After a two-year pause, the conflict between the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar’s military junta has resurged in Rakhine.

September 6, 2017
September 6, 2017

10 bodies recovered as another Rohingya boat capsizes in Naf river

At least 10 bodies of Rohingya refugees, who were fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, are recovered after a boat capsized in Naf river in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

September 6, 2017
September 6, 2017

Myanmar laying landmines near Bangladesh border: Govt sources in Dhaka

Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh for the past three days, said two government sources in Dhaka, adding that the purpose may have been to prevent the return of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence.

September 6, 2017
September 6, 2017

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi denounces 'terrorists', silent on Rohingya exodus

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi blames "terrorists" for "a huge iceberg of misinformation" on the violence in Rakhine state but makes no mention of the nearly 125,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled over the border to Bangladesh since August 25.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

EU wants to restore aid to Rakhine state

Urging on all sides to deescalate tensions, the European Commission says that it is committed to putting in all efforts to restore aid delivery in Rakhine state of Myanmar.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

Bar on int’l aid putting thousands at risk in Rakhine state of Myanmar: Amnesty

Amnesty International says the Myanmar authorities' restrictions on international aid in Rakhine state is putting tens of thousands of lives at risk in a region where mainly Rohingya people are already suffering horrific abuses from a disproportionate military campaign.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

Indonesia ready to help Bangladesh over Rohingya issue: Retno Marsudi

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi expresses her country's readiness to help Bangladesh in easing burden on it over Rohingya issue.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

Rohingya crisis: Maldives ceases trade with Myanmar

Condemning the atrocities committed against the Rohingya community, Maldives today ceased trade ties with Myanmar.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi under pressure as almost 125,000 Rohingya flee violence

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan to stop violence against Rohingya Muslims after nearly 125,000 of them fled to Bangladesh.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

Watch Live from Ukhia Rohingya shelter

Follow the fresh influx of Rohingya refugees at Kutupalong camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar as our Star Live team member Priyo Yusuf is reporting Live over our Facebook page.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

Persecution of all Muslims in Myanmar on the rise: Rights group

The systematic persecution of minority Muslims is on the rise across Myanmar and not confined to the northwestern state of Rakhine, where recent violence has sent nearly 90,000 Muslim Rohingya fleeing, a Myanmar rights group says.