Rohingyas

8 Rohingyas among 9 killed in Ukhiya landslides

Cox's Bazar has been witnessing heavy rainfall since yesterday

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.

‘AAP supporting Rohingyas and Bangladeshis’ says Delhi BJP Chief

Protests today erupted in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area, which was a key centre of a prolonged agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act in 2019-20, as hundreds of people opposed the local civic body’s anti-encroachment drive armed with bulldozers in presence of heavy police deployment.

Illegal Migration Bid: 16 Rohingyas held in Teknaf

Members of the coast guard detained 16 Rohingyas from Habirchhara in Teknaf upazila when they were trying to go to Malaysia on a fishing trawler on Saturday night.

16 Rohingyas held while going to Malaysia from Cox’s Bazar

Bangladesh Coast Guard members detain 16 Rohingya people including women and children while they were trying to go to Malaysia through river route from Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.

Fake Visas to Rohingyas: Bangladesh mission staffer involved?

A Bangladesh High Commission official stationed in Canberra has been alleged to be involved in issuing fake tourist visas to a group of Rohingyas living in Australia.

Myanmar guilty of genocide, war crimes

Two US organisations said they had found clear evidence that Myanmar military committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Rohingyas and urged the international community to set about a criminal investigation into the atrocities.

Editorial / Genocide against Rohingyas goes on!

United Nations (UN) investigators submitted a 444-page report to the UN Security Council on October 24 about the ongoing genocide in Myanmar against the Rohingyas.

Rohingya protesters call for freedom for Reuters reporters in Myanmar

About 50 Rohingya Muslim refugees gathers in a muddy sports field in a camp in Bangladesh to protest against the conviction in Myanmar of two Reuters reporters, who were arrested while covering the plight of their community.

July 31, 2018
July 31, 2018

Army, BSF deployed to stop Rohingyas from entering India

Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh says the army and Border Security Force (BSF) have been deployed to stop Rohingyas from entering the country.

March 8, 2018
March 8, 2018

What will the world do about Rohingyas?

We commend the statement issued by the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights in recognising that Rohingyas continue to be victims of ethnic cleansing and forced starvation and that the Myanmar government says one thing to the international community and does something diametrically opposite to the Rohingya community.

December 17, 2017
December 17, 2017

Rohingyas in No-man's Land: Life laden with fear, worries

Every dawn, Hamida's two-year-old girl wakes up and cries, hearing the sound of Myanmar army's heavy vehicles. She grabs her mother

November 6, 2017
November 6, 2017

Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the Commonwealth countries to force Myanmar to stop persecution on its Rohingya citizens and take them back from Bangladesh at the earliest.

October 28, 2017
October 28, 2017

Khaleda goes to Cox's Bazar today to visit Rohingyas

As BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves the capital for Cox's Bazar today to distribute relief supplies among the Rohingyas, her party is all set for a massive showdown on her way to Cox's Bazar.

October 15, 2017
October 15, 2017

UNHCR collecting Rohingya data

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been working with the Bangladesh government to collect data on the estimated 5,36,000 forcibly displaced Rohingyas of Rakhine state of Myanmar and their needs.

October 13, 2017
October 13, 2017

Bangladesh wants UN involvement to end Rohingya crisis: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says Bangladesh wants United Nations involvement in discussion with Myanmar for repatriation of the Rohingyas.

October 13, 2017
October 13, 2017

18 Rohingyas held in Satkhira

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detain 18 Rohingyas from a house in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira after they enter Bangladesh illegally through India-Bangladesh border.

October 11, 2017
October 11, 2017

The Rakhine — Avatars of Tony Blair?

Two parties are widely blamed for the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas: the Myanmar army and Aung San Suu Kyi. They stand amid the embers and ashes of torched Rohingya homes, objects of a furious global condemnation.

October 8, 2017
October 8, 2017

TIB condemns UN for failing to avert Rohingya crisis

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) strongly condemns the failure of the United Nations to act upon a report of an independent expert it commissioned before the Myanmar military crackdown on Rohingyas in Rakhine.