Rohingya refugee

Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day / The international community has failed to protect the Rohingya

The perspective towards Rohingya refugees needs to shift from viewing them as a burden to recognising them as a competent community

World Refugee Day / A call for true solidarity with the Rohingya community

International stakeholders, the philanthropic community and private sector actors should increase financial aid to the Rohingya community.

World Refugee Day / Solidarity for refugees and refugee hosts

Since 2022, the security situation in the refugee camps has deteriorated—including killings, kidnapping, gender-based violence and child protection incidents.

Rohingya repatriation: Can we ever find a viable scheme?

International support for the Rohingya people is diminishing by the day.

For sustainable Rohingya repatriation, citizenship and security are must

A 30-member Myanmar delegation—during their recent visit to Cox’s Bazar—failed to make any commitment to the refugees regarding their request for repatriation to their original homes

UK announces £3 million in humanitarian support for Rohingyas

UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Philip Barton has announced that UK will provide £3,000,000 (around Tk 42 crore) of new funding to support Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char

Between ifs and buts dwindles the future of the Rohingya

Is it a battle of numbers that give political actors the right to dehumanise them? We wish to believe that crises create the push for alternatives and that, in this case, collective actions will be towards this direction.

Rohingya repatriation: Easier said than done

Even if they go back to their homeland, what exactly is awaiting them there?

News Analysis / Rohingya Repatriation: China now active but uncertainties yet to clear up

China now appears to be quite active in trying to make the Rohingya repatriation a reality.

November 14, 2022
November 14, 2022

Rohingya, Geopolitics and Myanmar: An Uncertain Future

Myanmar's geopolitical value is putting Bangladesh in a tight spot

October 13, 2022
October 13, 2022

Rohingya man narrates 16 days’ ordeal on route of trafficking

A transnational syndicate is using a new land route through Myanmar to traffic people, mostly Rohingyas from refugee camps in Bangladesh, to Thailand and Malaysia.

September 29, 2022
September 29, 2022

Tempering expectations in the aftermath of ICJ’s decision

What does the recent ICJ decision regarding Myanmar mean for Rohingya refugees?

September 21, 2022
September 21, 2022

Why should Bangladesh pay for Myanmar's internal conflict?

Maj Gen ANM Muniruzzaman, ndc, psc (retd) spoke to us regarding the current tensions at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.

September 19, 2022
September 19, 2022

Bangladesh won't take any more Rohingyas: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today (September 19, 2022) said Bangladesh will not allow any more Rohingya people from Myanmar to enter its territory.

September 5, 2022
September 5, 2022

‘Bangladesh can’t wait forever to resolve the Teesta issue’

The next stage of Bangladesh-India relations should involve long-term, innovative projects.

August 24, 2022
August 24, 2022

Longing for home: 5th anniversary of Rohingya influx

For Shamsul Ahmed, life in the Rohingya refugee camp is now much better than it was five years ago, but his heart longs for home. 

August 13, 2022
August 13, 2022

Is the opportunity for Rohingya repatriation slipping away?

Bangladesh must have meaningful dialogue with all actors involved for repatriation of Rohingya refugees.

July 31, 2022
July 31, 2022

Music as a panacea for pain in Rohingya refugee camps

An intervention to teach Rohingya youth their own music is bringing them hope and reconnecting them to their culture.

July 17, 2022
July 17, 2022

Top listed Rohingya criminal arrested in Cox’s Bazar

Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a top listed criminal from a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar last night (July 16, 2022).