The threat of infectious diseases looms large in Cox's Bazar Rohingya refugee camps as well as the local communities and beyond with hardly any sign of the Myanmar nationals going back anytime soon. Experts fear that the bordering district, where more than six lakh refugees are sheltered in overcrowded camps lacking pure water and sanitation facilities, is faced with a long-term public health challenge.

The head of the UN agency that coordinates humanitarian aid says they have pledged roughly $340 million to help more than

UN Migration Agency IOM has urged world leaders to engage in a political process that will allow the Rohingya refugees to return home voluntarily, while appealing for additional funds for emergency life-saving assistance.

The government, the ruling Awami League and the BNP are happy over Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's statement on the Rohingya issue as they hope that India's stance on the crisis will expedite the process of achieving a solution.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan left Dhaka for Myanmar yesterday to hold talks with leaders of the neighbouring country on various issues, including the Rohingya crisis, aiming to send back Myanmar nationals to their homeland through diplomatic efforts.

Jordanian Queen Rania Al Abdullah yesterday called upon the international community to respond "effectively, quickly, and generously" to alleviate the suffering of Rohingyas.

Nearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic life-saving services, Unicef says.

Visiting Jordan’s Queen Rania Al-Abdullah blames Myanmar government for carrying out ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine in a planned way.

Conditions at the Rohingya refugee camp at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border continue to be grim, says the Malaysian team helping out there.

A World Bank team is doing a need assessment to help Dhaka deal with the Rohingya crisis that is already putting a tremendous pressure on Bangladesh.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tells Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi that “she has a very bright international image and why should she destroy it”.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says he would visit Myanmar tomorrow for holding talks with the Myanmar government.

Visiting Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj says Myanmar must take back its nationals as there should be a permanent solution to the crisis. Sushma says this when she meets Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gano Bhaban.

The European Union will co-host a "Pledging Conference" on the Rohingya refugee crisis, with Kuwait, in Geneva.

If the Myanmar military is rendering the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi powerless, then she should step down, Nobel Peace laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus says in an interview with Aljazeera.

Rohingya children are exposed to alarming risks of trafficking, sexual abuse and child labour due to lack of schooling and widespread desperation of people in the overcrowded makeshift settlements in Cox's Bazar, international aid group Save the Children has warned.

Experience shows that foreign interference in crises does not work and China supports the Myanmar government's

The ever-growing Rohingya influx is a crisis not only for Bangladesh but also for the region as well as the entire world, UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Robert D Watkins has said.

International aid group Save the Children warns that Rohingya children are exposed to alarming risks of trafficking, sexual abuse and child labour due to overcrowding, lack of schooling and widespread desperation of people in the makeshift settlements in Cox's Bazar.

Experience shows that foreign interference in crises does not work and China supports the Myanmar government's efforts to protect stability, a senior Chinese official says, amid ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.