Plans announced by Myanmar’s military to prosecute soldiers for actions at a village where security forces reportedly killed as many as 400 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority draws skepticism from the New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch.

Three persons, including two Rohingya siblings are killed and four others are injured in a road accident involving a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a pick-up van of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has directed all the mobile operators not to offer any mobile phone services to the Rohingya refugees and stop their services around the Rohingya camps.

Myanmar’s army says will court-martial soldiers after a new finding in an inquiry into atrocities in Rakhine state, from which more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled a 2017 army-led campaign the United Nations says was executed with “genocidal intent”.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says 41 non-government organisations (NGOs) have been withdrawn from all kinds of activities in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps for their wrongdoings.

Bangladesh has urged the global community to be more aggressive to help thrash out a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis. “Global leadership and international organisations have to be more active to compel Myanmar to make arrangements for the Rohingya return,” Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir blames the government for its diplomatic failure to put an end to the Rohingya crisis saying that it has fallen into the pit set up by Myanmar.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says action will be taken against the NGOs operating in Rohingya camps if evidence is found about their activities that go beyond the terms and references.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen holds Myanmar responsible as efforts to begin repatriation of Rohingyas went in vain amid their distrust in the Myanmar government.

Newly-appointed Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming says China will play a "more constructive role" in resolving the Rohingya crisis.

Bangladesh will brief the diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the latest situation over the Rohingya issue tomorrow as two consecutive efforts to begin the repatriation of the displaced people failed amid their unwillingness and trust-deficit among them.

Bangladesh needs to have deeper political engagement with Myanmar as well as allies of both the countries – China, Japan and India – for sustainable solution to Rohingya crisis, experts and diplomats say.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the government will take appropriate steps in consultation with all stakeholders to deal with the situation like recently-held mass rally by Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar.

One of the depressing aspects of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh is that we understand the problem and know the solution, but it is difficult to be sure how we will get there and when. Our response to global climate change may add a different perspective to this dire refugee situation.

The government has urged Myanmar to fully concentrate on implementation of its obligations and commitments necessary for a durable solution to the long-pending Rohingya crisis.

Thousands of Rohingya refugees gather for a rally at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar and demanded justice on completion of two years since the Rohingya influx began following persecution by Myanmar armed forces.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is continuing her attempt to repatriate Rohingya refugees to their homeland peacefully.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller says they will continue to put pressure on Myanmar to create conditions on the ground for the “voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable” return of all Rohingyas to Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

Two Rohingya people, also accused of Jubo League leader Omar Faruk murder case, are killed in a reported gunfight with police in Cox’s Bazar early.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says Bangladesh will take a tougher position over Rohingya issue saying the global leadership must resolve it quickly to ensure greater peace and stability in the region.