Rohingya Refugee Crisis

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.

PM urges UN, int’l community for intensified role in Rohingya repatriation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday (September 20, 2022) reiterated her call to the international community and the United Nations (UN) to play intensified role in solving the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their motherland.

Bangladesh truly a champion on migration management: IOM

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has appreciated Bangladesh’s overall migration management and gradual prevention of irregular migration enabling regular migration.

Arab star Sabry visits Rohingya refugee camps

Arab film and TV star and World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry visits the Rohingya families in the refugee camps of Bangladesh to show that suffering has no borders and humanity has no boundaries.

‘Barbed wire fences around Rohingya camps soon’

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the government will install barbed wire fences around the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar soon, aiming to stop the spread of Rohingyas across the country.

Dhaka to brief diplomats over Rohingya issue tomorrow

Bangladesh will brief the diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the latest situation over the Rohingya issue tomorrow as two consecutive efforts to begin the repatriation of the displaced people failed amid their unwillingness and trust-deficit among them.

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.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

50 Rohingyas held in Cox’s Bazar

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detain 50 Rohingyas for entering the country amid escalating tension in Myanmar's Rakhine state following an attack by insurgents.

September 4, 2017
September 4, 2017

Indonesian minister to meet Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis

Indonesia's foreign minister is due to meet Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday to discuss delivering humanitarian aid to members of Myanmar's Rohingya minority, as Indonesian protesters urged their government to take a tougher line.

September 2, 2017
September 2, 2017

Erdoğan accuses Myanmar of ‘genocide’ as thousands of Rohingya flee to Bangladesh

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Myanmar of "genocide" against the Rohingya Muslim minority, who have fled in the tens of thousands across the border into Bangladesh to escape ethnic violence.

August 31, 2017
August 31, 2017

Bangladesh medical camp serving Rohingya refugees

Border Guard Bangladesh has set up a medical camp to extend support to the thousands of Rohingya refugees who have taken shelter in Naikhyangchhari of Bandarban fleeing persecution in Myanmar.

August 31, 2017
August 31, 2017

Bodies of 19 Rohingyas recovered as boat capsizes in Teknaf

Nineteen bodies are recovered from the Bay of Bengal after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar trying to enter Bangladesh capsized in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar last night.