Rohingya refugees

Newly arrived Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar face dire conditions

The 11-member family of Mohammed Saber arrived at Refugee Camp 26 in Cox's Bazar on August 5, fleeing the atrocities of the Arakan Army in the Maungdaw Township of Rakhine State, Myanmar

Rohingya refugees: Forsaken and forgotten

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

Cyclone Mocha: US providing $250,000 for emergency relief efforts

The US is providing $250,000 to assist Cyclone Mocha emergency relief efforts in the country’s most severely affected areas

Hasina, Kishida for resolving Rohingya crisis to ensure regional stability

Bangladesh PM expressed her appreciation for Japan's support for displaced persons thus far, including its humanitarian assistance as the first country to do so for those resettled in Bhasan Char

Will the UNSC ever hold Myanmar accountable?

Repatriation is becoming a distant dream for the Rohingya

No specific date when Rohingya repatriation will begin: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today (October 20, 2022) said the Chinese side is yet to come up with any good news on the Rohingya repatriation but they are continuing their efforts to that end.  

Take large number of Rohingyas: Home Minister to countries interested in resettlement

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today requested countries, which had previously expressed interest in resettling Rohingyas in their states, to take in a large number of Rohingyas and alleviate Bangladesh’s problems.

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.

Rohingya refugees in New Delhi would be kept in detention centre till deported

The Indian Home Ministry today said Rohingya refugees in New Delhi would be kept at a detention centre till they are deported, refuting central Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri's statement made earlier promising flats and security to members of the Muslim minority community members from Myanmar.

September 23, 2017
September 23, 2017

$200m needed in 6 months

As the number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh edges towards half a million, the United Nations estimates $200 million will be needed over the next six months to help the Myanmar nationals.

September 21, 2017
September 21, 2017

All Rohingya refugees to be under biometric registration in 60 days

All the Rohingya refugees, who are now in Bangladesh after they fled persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, will be biometrically registered in two months, Bangladesh's disaster management and relief minister said today.

September 20, 2017
September 20, 2017

Midwives come to aid of pregnant Rohingya women in Bangladesh camps

Dozens of midwives have been deployed to camps in Bangladesh to deliver babies and help young mothers among the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled across the border from Myanmar and are now living in squalid settlements.

September 17, 2017
September 17, 2017

Commonwealth Secy Gen praises Bangladesh response to Rohingyas refugees

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has commended the government of Bangladesh for setting aside land to receive hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar.

September 16, 2017
September 16, 2017

Rohingya Refugees: Govt plans big to ease plight

The government has taken a set of decisions, including one to set up 14,000 additional shelters on some 2,000 acres of land near

September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017

Rohingya persecution is akin to genocide: NHRC

Blasting the atrocities on Rohingya people, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque says Myanmar’s persecution is tantamount to genocide.

September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017

Bangladesh hospital struggles to cope with Rohingya wounds

The 7-year-old Rohingya boy lies on a tattered mattress on the floor of a crowded government hospital in Bangladesh, bandages covering the spot where a bullet fired by Myanmar troops tore through his chest a week earlier.

September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017

'And then they exploded': How Rohingya insurgents built support for assault

When the former UN chief Kofi Annan wrapped up his year-long probe into Myanmar's troubled northwest on August 24, he publicly warned that an excessive army response to violence would only make a simmering conflict between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces worse.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

Put pressure on Myanmar to stop pushing Rohingyas into Bangladesh: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the international community to mount pressure on Myanmar to stop pushing its nationals into Bangladesh and take back Rohingya refugees.

September 4, 2017
September 4, 2017

1 more Rohingya body in Naf river, toll 54

A Rohingya woman’s body is recovered from the Naf river in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.