The European Union is likely to come up with a more genuine pressure on Myanmar in February so that it acts promptly and creates an environment for the sustainable return of Rohingyas to their homeland from Bangladesh.

Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson was pursuing “his own agenda” when he was asked to step down from Myanmar’s international advisory board on the Rohingya crisis, the Myanmar government says.

USAID declares a donation of $18.4 million in humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar.

A total of 10.38 lakh Rohingyas are registered so far and they will not be able to carry Bangladeshi passport or National Identity (NID) Card anymore.

Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson resigns from an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis, saying it is conducting a "whitewash" and accusing the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi of lacking "moral leadership".

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights call upon the Southeast Asian regional community to mount pressure on Myanmar for ensuring safe and voluntary repatriation of the Rohingyas from Bangladesh.

Pakistan Police say they arrested a man suspected to be a serial killer responsible for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl, a case that ignited nationwide protests over allegations of government inaction.

The UN refugee agency and other groups urge a rethink of the plan to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar amid fears of forced repatriations and the inability of aid agencies to ensure the safety of hundreds of thousands who fled bloodshed at home.

Fortify Rights, a human rights organisation in Southeast Asia, releases a new film titled “No Man’s Land” that focuses on the plan to repatriate Rohingya to Myanmar and urges Myanmar and Bangladesh to ensure the repatriation of Rohingya refugees through a voluntary, safe, and dignified process and only when Myanmar authorities have restored the rights of Rohingyas.

Bangladesh says that the repatriation of Muslim Rohingya refugees to Myanmar will not happen on Tuesday as planned because arrangements are incomplete.

Another Rohingya man is stabbed to death by some miscreants at Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Diplomats stationed in Dhaka lay emphasis on "safe, voluntary and dignified" return of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar to make their return sustainable.

Unidentified masked miscreants have shot a Rohingya camp leader dead in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Visiting UN Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Myanmar Yanghee Lee meets Rohingyas in camps and listens to their horrific experiences of torture in Myanmar.

Myanmar was making final preparations to take back the first batch of Rohingya Muslims who had fled conflict in troubled Rakhine state, state media says, despite growing doubts about the plan among refugees and in the United Nations.

Initial tests in Nevada on a compact nuclear power system designed to sustain a long-duration NASA human mission on the inhospitable surface of Mars have been successful and a full-power run is scheduled for March, officials say.

The Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh is growing at a rapid pace and there is an urgent need to support the host communities to cope with the influx and to help the refugees, the World Bank says.

Five Asian countries – Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand – are set to hold national elections this year.

Rohingya leaders in a Bangladesh refugee camp draw up a list of demands they want Myanmar to meet before authorities begin sending back hundreds of thousands in a repatriation process expected to begin next week and last for two years.

Public satisfaction with the performance of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's government rose in December to the highest level on