The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of 2 million euro from the European Union (EU) for its emergency operation in Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says Myanmar has failed to convince the Rohingyas to return to their own country from Bangladesh.

Fourteen Rohingya men, who fled from refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, are detained from Chattogram's Lohagara Upazila.

The voluntary and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees to Myanmar will depend partly on a process of accountability for those most responsible for the crimes that uprooted them from their homes, said the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM).

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission directs all the mobile phone operators to restrict 3G and 4G services in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar until further notice.

Rakhine state is now experiencing another wave of conflict and human rights violations and displacement, making it harder for the Rohingya to return, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, says.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) suggests that the Bangladesh government should end restrictions on Rohingyas' freedom of movement and access to the internet and online communications.

Human Rights Watch today said the Bangladesh government should end restrictions on Rohingya refugees’ freedom of movement and access to the internet and online communications.

The international community needs to focus more on repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State instead of focusing only on their food, shelter and healthcare issues, says a Japanese South Asian affairs expert.

The United States says it is deeply concerned about the Myanmar army's filing of a lawsuit against a religious leader who told President Donald Trump the military oppressed Christians in the Buddhist-majority country.

Police claims to have detained three Rohingya people with Bangladesh passports from Kattali area of Chattogram city.

Five thousand sharp weapons are recovered from a godown of a local NGO at Malbhitapara in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upaizla.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said if the UN agencies do not support the government’s plan to move 100,000 Rohingya refugees to an island in the Bay of Bengal, they would be expelled, if necessary, reports the Deutsche Welle.

Visiting Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne says Australia will continue to provide strong support to Bangladesh over Rohingya issue as they want the displaced people to return to their own country.

In an interview with a German media outlet, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says that the Bangladeshi government wants the United Nations aid agencies to support its plan to relocate 100,000 refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal.

Bangladesh has sought Japan’s support for repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar and moving the refugees to Bhashan Char where the government has built shelters for one lakh Rohingya as parts of the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.

Myanmar is holding insurgent suspects incommunicado in a practice that may be covering up torture, UN human rights experts says.

The National Verification Card (NVC) scheme is part of a systematic campaign by Myanmar authorities to erase Rohingya Muslims’ identity, said a report of Fortify Rights yesterday.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has washed her hands of the Rohingya crisis, a UN rights investigator says ahead of a meeting between South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and the tarnished democracy icon.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller says Myanmar needs to take action so that Rohingyas can return to their homeland.