Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the international community assured Bangladesh of remaining engaged in the efforts to solve Rohingya crisis so that forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals can return to their homeland with safety, security and dignity.

Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has sounded the clarion call for the international community to put the Rohingya crisis squarely on its radar with a view to resolving it quickly.

The United States has urged Myanmar to create the conditions that would allow for "voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable" returns, based on the informed consent of those who have been forcibly displaced.

Putting emphasis on a long-term solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she is going to place a four-point proposal at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to this end.

Air pollution from Indonesian forest fires is putting nearly 10 million children at risk, the United Nations warned yesterday, as scientists said the blazes were releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases.

Bangladesh, China and Myanmar have agreed to form a "tripartite joint working mechanism" to evaluate the situation on the ground for Rohingya repatriation.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has issued a cease and desist order against 11 more illegal mobile lending applications, heeding complaints of unreasonable and abusive lending and collection practices.

Hong Kong cleaned up and train services in the city resumed yesterday, after another weekend of sometimes violent protests that saw pro-democracy activists vandalise a railway station and a shopping mall.

A Rohingya man is killed in a landmine explosion on Myanmar border near Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban.

Anti-Corruption Commission says they have launched an investigation into the issuance of National Identification Cards to Rohingya refugees.

In Asia, no economic or business sector is as vibrant or commands more attention of policymakers as the digital sphere, this trend well documented in a landmark study by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s first annual Digital Economy Report.

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson says Chinese involvement has a "great deal of potential" to help bring the Rohingya crisis to an end noting that involvement of wide range of countries can resolve the crisis.

A Rohingya couple is killed in a “gunfight” with police at a Rohingya refugee camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Baxar, hours after they were detained by law enforcers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Myanmar should take the displaced Rohingyas back as they have emerged as a big burden for Bangladesh.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says action will be taken against those involved in providing passports to Rohingyas.

Bangladesh will strongly raise her voice regarding Rohingya repatriation at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly so that Myanmar remains under continued global pressure to take back their citizens.

A UN human rights expert has implored Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 'feel with her heart before it is too late', saying that even if Rohingyas wished to return they have little to go back to.

Bangladesh is likely to sit across the table with representatives of China and Myanmar in New York this month to resolve the much-talked-about Rohingya repatriation issue.

The Election Commission files a case against five people, including an official of its regional office in Chattogram, for their alleged connection in issuing National Identification Cards (NIDs) to Rohingya refugees.

Following widespread public criticism, the government of Khyber Pakh­tunkhwa, a Pakistan province, deci­des to withdraw its earlier order instructing female students of secondary and higher secondary government educational institutions to wear the veil.