The UN yesterday decried the “alarming” rise in the number of Rohingya refugees lost at sea fleeing their Myanmar homeland or Bangladesh last year, warning more would die without concerted action.

Police rescued 26 Rohingyas, including women and children, who were being trafficked to Malaysia and Thailand via the Teknaf coast of Cox's Bazar yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought robust investment from Turkey alongside cooperation in the repatriation of Rohingyas as Ankara’s Ambassador in Dhaka, Mustafa Osman Turan paid a farewell call on her.

The situation of the Rohingya refugees who have been stranded in the Indian Ocean for the past month is becoming more and more desperate, the UN agency for refugees said today while reiterating its appeal to countries in the area to assist in saving them.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen urged the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) delegation members to enhance diplomatic efforts with major powers and ensure safe, dignified and sustained repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.

At least 100 ethnic Rohingya are stranded in a boat off India's Andaman Islands and as many as 16-20 may have died of thirst, hunger or drowned, said two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups..Each year many Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority, risk their lives boarding rickety vessels to es

Following repeated appeals of the distressed Rohingyas to save their lives, Sri Lankan Navy yesterday rescued 104 Myanmar nationals, who have been adrift in the Andaman Sea for about two weeks with little or no food and water.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said the government has been monitoring the use of Myanmar mobile network in Rohingya refugee camps and formed a committee to discourage it.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the lack of sincerity on the part of Myanmar is the main reason behind delaying the process of the Rohingya repatriation.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed the generous contribution of 3 million euro by the government of Italy for the continued protection and humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Two boats carrying around 250 Rohingyas are calling for rescue after getting stranded in the Malacca Strait due to engine failures, while another boat carrying some 180 Rohingyas went missing from the Andaman Sea.

The United Kingdom will contribute an additional £4.5 million to sustain the Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh, lifting its funding from the start of the crisis in August 2017 to a total of £345 million.

The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed and greatly appreciated the announcement by the United States to increase the number of resettlement places for Rohingya refugees.

A group of 24 Rohingyas today left for the US, which has planned to step up its resettlement of refugees.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming today said China hopes that the repatriation of displaced Rohingya people will start next year.

Visiting US Assistant Secretary of the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes today said the United States, together with its international partners, will not allow Rohingyas to become a "forgotten crisis".

US Assistant Secretary of the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes is in Bangladesh to discuss a pilot scheme for a resettlement of a small group of Rohingyas to the US and humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya.

The assistant secretary of the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes, will arrive in Bangladesh today to discuss a pilot scheme for resettlement of a small group of Rohingyas in the US and humanitarian assistance for them.

The United Nation’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released $9 million to help over 9,43,000 Rohingyas staying in camps in Cox’s Bazar district and Bhasan Char, and over 17,800 members of the host community in Ukhiya and Teknaf.

Japan yesterday signed an agreement to provide $3.7 million to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in assistance to the Rohingya refugees in Bhasan Char and host communities in Noakhali.