The government has placed two proposals seeking assistance from the international community to relocate more Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char island from camps in Cox’s Bazar for the well-being of the displaced Myanmar nationals.

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar yesterday made an urgent appeal to member states to reverse “the shameful, catastrophic cuts” to food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Cuts to the food rations received by around one million Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar will increase their risk of malnutrition and have a serious impact on their health, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews today made an urgent appeal to member states to reverse “the shameful, catastrophic cuts” to food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh that began to be implemented yesterday.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today urged the international community including the G20 to help ensure repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingyas to Myanmar without further delay.

The government has placed two proposals seeking assistance from international community to relocate more Rohingya people to Bhashan Char from camps in Cox's Bazar for the wellbeing of the displaced Myanmar nationals.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said prolonged presence of 1.2 million displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh is “not tenable” in any consideration.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has called for the UN Security Council to go beyond the political agenda to address the Rohingya crisis that otherwise is posing a serious security challenge for the region and the whole world.

The money contributed by Japan will be used for reinforcement of life-saving and life-sustaining services by improving the livelihood of refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar and on Bhasan Char

The Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH), a Rohingya community group based in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, has expressed deep concern over the World Food Programme’s (WFP) announcement of reducing the amount of food ration money.

Police recovered body of a Rohingya man from a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila today..The law enforcers primarily suspected that the youth, Mohammad Ilyas, 28, was strangled to death over marital feud, our Cox’s Bazar correspondent reports, quoting police..The body was r

The prime minister made the plea while UN resident coordinator Gwyn Lewis called on her at the Gono Bhaban

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, PM's principle secretary, senior officials and ambassadors of Japan, China, France, Indonesia and resident representatives of UN, UNHCR, WFP in Bangladesh visited Bhasan Char yesterday

The local union parishad has listed 68 Rohingya families from a zero-line camp on the Tambru border in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari.

The World Food Program (WFP) said it would reduce the value of its food assistance to $10 per person from $12 starting next month

The strategy was developed and approved in October 2022 under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Health Sector Cox's Bazar, and the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) working group supported by the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA

In another incident, a group of 4-5 unidentified people wearing masks entered the room of Md Abdur Rahim, 38, a resident of Block-G-1 at Moynarghona camp-12 and also the chief community leader (head Majhi) of the camp, around 11:30am and fired at his head, leaving him injured

The group had arrived from Bangladesh, many in a state of exhaustion, said Miftah Cut Ade, a senior member of the area's traditional fishing community.

"We are working every day to try to help Bangladesh as they are hosting these refugees, but also to deal with the root causes of this crisis, which rest inside Myanmar," says Chollet

Japan has decided to provide the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) with $5.7 million in assistance for upgrading shelters and improving the living conditions of the Rohingya and host communities in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char