Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

9 Rohingyas turned away from Teknaf

Amid tension in Myanmar’s Rakhine state along the Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar border, nine Rohingyas tried to enter Bangladesh and were turned back yesterday morning.

Rohingya refugees: Forsaken and forgotten

Rohingya refugees remain stuck in a limbo with no effective solution to the crisis in sight.

Don’t let the Rohingya return to uncertainty

Safety and dignity in Myanmar must be ensured in repatriation talks.

As funds for the Rohingya dwindle, so do their life prospects

World leaders must step up financial contributions to help the Rohingya

'We are citizens of Myanmar; they must accept it'

On Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day, refugees in Cox's Bazar demand a safe return to Myanmar

SIX YEARS OF ROHINGYA CRISIS / My life in the Rohingya camp

Six years ago, there was no option for 12-year-old Moshowraf but to escape Myanmar to survive.

Words of a fed-up Rohingya refugee

Due to our isolation from our motherland for more than five years, we are gradually losing touch with our cultural practices that have been passed down from one generation to the next.

Keep up the pressure on Myanmar

Don’t let it delay the repatriation of Rohingya refugees any further

Cutting UN aid will spell disaster for Rohingya refugees

We join the voices of various agencies working on the ground in their alarm over this decision by the UN to cut aid.

August 25, 2022
August 25, 2022

5 Years of influx: Rohingya return a distant dream

Khin Maung dreamt of becoming a lawyer to help the Rohingyas realise their rights in a country where they were denied citizenship.

August 18, 2022
August 18, 2022

There's no alternative to Rohingya repatriation

Bangladesh should not be made a victim of its own generosity

May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022

Uncertainty over repatriation pushing Rohingyas towards crimes, Hasina tells UNHCR

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are getting frustrated due to prolonged uncertainty over repatriation to their homeland, Myanmar.

August 18, 2019
August 18, 2019

Rohingya repatriation will begin anytime: Foreign secy

Repatriation of the Rohingya refugees, who fled to Bangladesh following the brutal military crackdown in Myanmar since August 2017, will begin anytime, Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque says.

May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019

22 Rohingyas rescued from human traffickers

Police rescue 22 Rohingyas from human traffickers in Teknaf and Maheshkhali of Cox’s Bazar.

September 10, 2018
September 10, 2018

Take steps against Myanmar

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the international community to come up with specific effective steps to force Myanmar to take back their over one million forcibly displaced nationals living in Bangladesh as per the agreements signed between the two countries.

September 22, 2017
September 22, 2017

UNHCR scales up aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

As the number of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar edges towards half a million, the UN Refugee Agency is stepping up delivery of life-saving aid to desperate people camped out near two official refugee camps in south-eastern Bangladesh.

September 17, 2017
September 17, 2017

Writ seeks specific refugee law in Bangladesh

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to formulate a specific law regarding the refugees taking shelter in Bangladesh.

September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017

UN warns Myanmar situation 'textbook example of ethnic cleansing'

The UN human rights chief slams Myanmar's apparent "systematic attack" on the Rohingya minority, warning that "ethnic cleansing" seemed to be underway.

September 9, 2017
September 9, 2017

Red Cross fills UN void in Myanmar's violence-torn region

The Red Cross organisations scale up operations in Myanmar's violence-riven northwest, after the United Nations had to suspend activities there following government suggestions that its agency had supported Rohingya insurgents.

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