An activist network for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh lauds calls for cutting off financial and other support of Myanmar’s military for their involvement in persecuting Rohingyas.

Bangladeshi police have prevented dozens of Rohingya Muslims, most of them women, about to be trafficked to Malaysia by boat, authorities have said.

The world must cut off financial and other support for Myanmar's armed forces, a UN fact-finding mission said today, repeating a call for top generals to be prosecuted for abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

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

Detectives detain 23 suspected Rohingyas, two other women and a man from Dhaka’s Khilkhet area.

Leading economists and policy analysts reject the idea of providing Rohingya people with access to the local labour market in Cox’s Bazar and suggest quick repatriation of the Myanmar nationals to ease pressure on Bangladesh.

Chain-smoking singer Gudar Mia, who recently turned 80 in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, lit another cigarette, closed his eyes, and crooned the opening words of a Rohingya folk song.

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have taken measures to ensure the protection of Rohingya families in Cox's Bazar district during the expected heavy rains and strong winds caused cyclone Fani.

Bangladesh has urged Myanmar to remove all barriers to the repatriation of Rohingyas and take concrete steps to create conditions conducive to their return.

Bangladesh has pressed Myanmar on early start of physical repatriation of the Rohingya refugees during a top bilateral meeting.

Top UN agency leaders have asked the international community to continue supporting the critical needs of 1.2 million people, Rohingya refugees and their local host communities, in south-eastern Bangladesh.

UN humanitarian leaders reiterates their commitments to working toward the safe and sustainable solution for the Rohingya refugees in Myanmar and noted the UN efforts are on to help in creating conditions conducive to their return.

Bangladesh says the international community, particularly the United Nations Security Council, cannot avoid its responsibility for a sustainable solution of the Rohingya crisis through voluntary, safe and dignified return of the Rohingyas to their place of origin and bringing the perpetrators to justice.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says those who are opposing the relocation of Rohingyas to Bhasan Char Island should take the responsibility if there is any casualty in Cox's Bazar camps during monsoon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the United Nations to play a role in sending back over one million Rohingyas from Bangladesh to their homeland Myanmar.

Myanmar’s top court rejects the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, in a landmark case that has raised questions about the country’s transition to democracy.

Since August 2017, the ongoing Rohingya humanitarian crisis and the associated international crimes against the ethnic Rohingyas

Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah puts emphasis on “just and permanent solution” to the Rohingya crisis as he holds bilateral talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

30 Rohingya refugees have graduated from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Storytellers programme in a ceremony featuring special guest Raba Khan.

Three top United Nations officials will visit Bangladesh from April 24-26 to highlight the need for supporting the humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees sheltered in Cox’s Bazar.