The United Nations General Assembly and Security Council should immediately take steps to address the human rights abuses and humanitarian catastrophe in Myanmar, said a coalition of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and 87 other civil society organisations yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir criticises China and India for their role in supporting the heinous crime committed by the Myanmar army on Rohingya people.

The UN Human Rights Council decides to extend the mandate of a fact-finding mission in the country by six months, until September 2018, as requested by the mission's leader, but over the objections of Myanmar, China and the Philippines.

Two senior Myanmar government officials have delivered aid to a remote Rohingya Muslim village, and guaranteed residents’ safety, after they were cut off and threatened by hostile Rakhine Buddhist neighbours, one of the officials say.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader blasts China accusing the country of having double standards over Rohingya issue.

Terming the atrocities in Myanmar as a result of “state failure”, Bangladesh has called upon the United Nations Security Council to fully examine the persecution of Rohingyas.

Unicef has called for international support to the efforts being led by Bangladesh government to deliver urgent humanitarian aid and ensure the protection of children’s rights.

The Awami League-led Bangladesh government failed to bring neighbouring leading nations and the United Nations together in resolving the Rohingya crisis, BNP alleges.

The death toll in Rohingya trawler capsize incident in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar rises to 20 as four more bodies are recovered from the Bay.

Members of Congress are sharpening their criticism of Myanmar's crackdown that has forced a half-million Rohingyas to flee to

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley calls on countries to suspend providing weapons to Myanmar over violence against Rohingya Muslims until the military puts sufficient accountability measures in place.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the violence against Myanamar's Rohingya Muslims in the northern part of Rakhine state could spread to central Rakhine, where 250,000 more people were at risk of displacement.

More than 122,000 people have fled their homes on the resort island of Bali, fearful that a rumbling volcano could erupt at any time,

The leader of Thailand's military junta said yesterday that Yingluck Shinawatra, the prime minister he ousted three years ago, was in

The Philippine central bank's money laundering watchdog said yesterday it had received a request from a special anti-corruption

At least 10 children and five women were killed when a trawler carrying Rohingyas from Myanmar capsized in the Bay near Inani beach in Cox's Bazar yesterday, police said. The death toll may rise further as more than 50 refugees remain missing.

Dark clouds started to gather on the horizon near Teknaf yesterday morning and soon they covered the entire sky. The wind picked up

Myanmar authorities have cancelled the planned visit of UN representatives to Rakhine State that has seen widespread violence forcing over 500,000 Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh.

A visiting British minister has said Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is willing to take back all the Rohingyas.

Bangladesh is tackling the Rohingya crisis very effectively at the diplomatic level, Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla said yesterday.