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24 August 2021, 18:00 PM Rohingya Crisis
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19 August 2021, 18:00 PM Rohingya Crisis

'Sesame Street' unveils Rohingya muppets to help refugee children

Children’s TV show “Sesame Street” has unveiled its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the pandemic’s impact in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh.
19 December 2020, 06:16 AM

More than 100 UK MPs want intervention in The Gambia’s Rohingya genocide case

More than 100 UK MPs have called on the British government to make an intervention supporting The Gambia’s Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as human rights violations against the Rohingyas continue.
18 December 2020, 16:19 PM

National committee formed to coordinate Rohingya-related activities

The government has formed a national committee to coordinate and manage overall activities, including controlling law and order, of the forcibly displaced Myanmar-nationals in the camp areas of Bangladesh.
16 December 2020, 17:40 PM

Rohingya trafficking network sells dreams, delivers violence and extortion

Auto rickshaws slip easily past barbed-wire checkpoints at the world's biggest refugee camp, their drivers among the smallest players in a complex human trafficking network involving high-seas extortion gangs, corrupt police and drug lords.
15 December 2020, 12:57 PM

Bhasan Char sees birth of 1st Rohingya baby

Bhasan Char’s first baby has not been named yet. The 7-pound boy, born to Rohingya parents, does not know it but he is the first newborn of the newly settled island in the Bay.
11 December 2020, 08:41 AM

US expresses concern over relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char

The US has expressed concern on the relocation of 1,642 Rohingyas to Bhasan Char.
10 December 2020, 16:04 PM

New report reveals extreme traumatic stress among Rohingya genocide survivors

Rohingyas in Bangladesh who survived genocide in Myanmar are experiencing a "severe" mental health crisis, according to data in a new report published by Fortify Rights today.
10 December 2020, 10:06 AM

Netherlands, Sweden call for urgent UN assessment on safety of Rohingyas at Bhasan Char

The Netherlands and Sweden have called for urgent need for a UN assessment on the safety, feasibility and sustainability of Bhasan Char as a place for refugees to live.
8 December 2020, 14:21 PM

OIC draws US$ 1.2m for Gambia to run Rohingya genocide case; Bangladesh largest contributor

An OIC fund-raising campaign for The Gambia to support its legal battle seeking redressal of Rohingya genocide in International Court of Justice (ICJ) so far drew US$1.2 million while the West African nation said it urgently needed $5million to pay the lawyers.
6 December 2020, 09:41 AM

‘Alhamdulillah, more than happy with Bhasan Char facilities’: Rohingya man shares experience

Sayed Ullah, one of the Rohingyas who were relocated to Bhasan Char, could not contain his feelings of extreme happiness seeing all the facilities there and kept calling relatives back in Cox's Bazar camps to join the next batch.
4 December 2020, 13:31 PM

‘Going for peace’, says Rohingya elderly woman on way to Bhasan Char

“We will find peace, comfort and nice housing in Bhasan Char,” said sixty-year-old Mahmuda Khatun this morning, ahead of her journey to the island where Rohingya refugees are being relocated to from Cox’s Bazar.
4 December 2020, 05:45 AM

Bhasan Char teeming with activity as 1,642 Rohingyas reach the island

The island of Bhasan Char has been teeming with activity as 1,642 Rohingyas reached the island which was readied up for their relocation from Cox's Bazar.
4 December 2020, 03:09 AM

Halt relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char: Amnesty International

In response to the relocation of hundreds of Rohingya refugees to the Bhasan Char, a remote island in the Bay of Bengal, Amnesty International’s South Asia Campaigner, Saad Hammadi, has said, “The authorities should immediately halt relocation of more refugees to Bhasan Char, return those on the island to their families and community in mainland Bangladesh, and follow due process including the full and meaningful participation of refugees in any plan for their relocation.”
3 December 2020, 07:45 AM

Relocation to Bhasan Char: Around 1,500 Rohingyas depart Cox’s Bazar, law enforcement sources say

Around 1,500 Rohingya refugees who want to live in Bhasan Char have left for Chattogram from Cox’s Bazar in four convoys, according to sources at law enforcement agencies.
3 December 2020, 07:29 AM

Rohingya crisis: Not all are working equally, says EU Ambassador to Bangladesh

European Union wants united role of international community for sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis.
2 December 2020, 09:08 AM

Bhasan Char: UN says it has limited information on relocation of Rohingyas

As the government moves to relocate Rohingyas to Bhasan Char, the UN says it has not been involved in preparations for the movement or the identification of refugees and has limited information on the overall relocation exercise.
2 December 2020, 05:44 AM

Rohingya relocation to Bhashan Char: first phase of process to begin next week

The process of relocating Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char from Cox’s Bazar camps will start next week, UNB reports.
30 November 2020, 08:18 AM

Bangladesh disburses US$ 500,000 to OIC over Rohingya genocide case

Bangladesh has disbursed US$ 500,000 to OIC as foreign ministers of the 57-nation group in their ongoing meeting initiated a fund raising campaign for its West African member Gambia’s legal battle against Myanmar over Rohingya genocide in International Court of Justice (ICJ).
28 November 2020, 12:11 PM

Dhaka to seek OIC finance for Gambia’s legal battle over Rohingyas

Bangladesh is set to initiate a fund mobilisation campaign to support Gambia’s legal battle against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the Rohingya crisis as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries' foreign ministers are due to meet this week in Niger.
24 November 2020, 10:09 AM

Boris raises UK’s concerns over Rohingya crisis with Suu Kyi

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and raised the UK’s ongoing concerns over the Rohingya crisis and conflict in Rakhine.
21 November 2020, 06:26 AM