Rohingya refugee

Verses from the Rohingya Camp

Mohammed Taher, a young Rohingya poet and teacher from the refugee camp in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar, uses education and writing as tools for change.

Debunking the Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh’s role, and the ASEAN Summit

External forces now shape Myanmar-Bangladesh dynamic in relation to the Rohingya crisis.

Bangladesh’s strategic tightrope in Rakhine

The proposal for a Bangladesh-Myanmar aid channel is rooted in a decade of failed diplomacy.

Why Myanmar’s Rohingya repatriation plan rings hollow

Myanmar’s recent announcement to repatriate 180,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has drawn international attention.

Monthly food ration per Rohingya now $12

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has moved away from its recent decision to halve the monthly food aid for the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhashan Char.

Complicity in Rohingya genocide cannot go unpunished

Rohingya in Myanmar face denial of rights, atrocities, and forced displacement since 1962.

To solve the Rohingya crisis, we must address the root causes

The Rohingya crisis continues to mystify everyone with its uncertainties.

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.

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).

May 23, 2022
May 23, 2022

How to be a hypocrite: Courtesy of the West

When 12 members of Charlie Hebdo were shot dead for their alleged blasphemous depiction of Prophet Muhammad, the freedom-loving

September 27, 2019
September 27, 2019

Make Myanmar take back the Rohingyas

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the world must take all measures to force Myanmar to create conditions enabling safe, dignified and voluntary return of Rohingyas to their ancestral home.

August 25, 2019
August 25, 2019

Repatriation Bids: Designed to fail

Myanmar, which stands accused of Rohingya genocide, has done little to create conditions that would encourage the refugees to return to their homeland, analysts say.