Rohingya crisis

Rohingya Crisis: Dhaka pins hope on Guterres visit

When Antonio Guterres visited Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar in 2008, it housed only 10,800 Rohingyas. The total number of Rohingya population living in the district was around 27,000. They had arrived there in previous years and were not repatriated to Myanmar like many others.
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingyas’ statelessness increases vulnerability to trafficking: Report

The Rohingya community's stateless status and inability to work legally in Bangladesh "increases their vulnerability" to human trafficking, says a global report.
30 June 2018, 09:15 AM

UK calls for stepping up support for Rohingyas

UK along with its international partners will continue to put “maximum pressure” on Myanmar to ensure justice for the Rohingya victims of the persecutions by military in Rakhine State as well as their safe and dignified return from Bangladesh.
29 June 2018, 18:00 PM

China pledges help in Rohingya return

China yesterday assured Bangladesh of full support for expediting the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees to Myanmar after Dhaka sought Beijing's help to this end.
29 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Crisis: UK to mount pressure on Myanmar for justice

The United Kingdom along with its international partners will continue to put 'maximum pressure' on Myanmar to ensure justice for Rohingyas, says British Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mark Field.
29 June 2018, 05:23 AM

Dhaka ready to welcome 5 high-profile dignitaries

Dhaka is set to welcome five high-profile dignitaries, including the UN Secretary General António Guterres, next week. The dignitaries will visit Rohingya refugee camps, attend a session on sustainable development agenda and discuss the country's socio-economic achievements with government high officials.
27 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Manhattan concert conveys message on Rohingyas assistance

A concert is organised in New York’s Manhattan with a message of providing assistance to the displaced Rohingya people of Myanmar.
27 June 2018, 09:24 AM

Amnesty urges trial for Myanmar military over Rohingyas

Amnesty International releases a report that details new evidence of atrocities inflicted on Myanmar’s Rohingya population and names 13 top military commanders the human rights group says should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
27 June 2018, 06:23 AM

UN official praises Bangladesh's role

UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has highly appreciated Bangladeshi soldiers for their contribution to peacekeeping and serving in some of the most challenging conditions.
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM

EU penalises Myanmar generals for Rohingya violations

​The European Union imposes sanctions on seven senior military officials from Myanmar on Monday, including the general in charge of an operation accused of driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.
25 June 2018, 15:25 PM

The uncertainty continues

The Myanmar junta, under the façade of a democratically installed government headed by a titular political icon Aung San Suu Kyi, has been carrying out a campaign of brutal ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslim minority in its Rakhine province with complete impunity even though the world community is keenly aware of the atrocities and flagrant human rights
24 June 2018, 18:00 PM

UN for addressing root causes of Rohingya crisis

The United Nations commends the commitment demonstrated by the government of Bangladesh in supporting the Rohingya refugees and highlighted that the root causes of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar must be addressed.
23 June 2018, 11:53 AM

Rohingya Repatriation: UN insists on citizenship

The UN secretary-general's special envoy on Myanmar has said granting citizenship to the Rohingya and ensuring accountability for the perpetrators of violence against the community could help create a conducive environment for their safe and voluntary repatriation.
22 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Perpetrators of Rohingya attacks must be held accountable: UN envoy to Myanmar

The new UN envoy for Myanmar tells authorities in Naypyidaw during her first visit that credible measures were needed to establish accountability for the violence that engulfed Rakhine state and drove 700,000 Rohingya from their homes, a UN statement says.
22 June 2018, 04:50 AM

ICC gives Myanmar deadline over Rohingya case jurisdiction

​Judges at the International Criminal Court have given Myanmar a deadline to respond to a prosecution request that they consider hearing a case on the alleged deportation of Rohingya minorities to Bangladesh.
21 June 2018, 15:45 PM

ICRC’s chief to visit Rohingya camps

The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, will visit both Myanmar and Bangladesh from June 25 to July 3 to observe the international organisation's work in the Rakhine State and Cox’s Bazar.
21 June 2018, 14:04 PM

Art show on Rohingyas begins in city

A weeklong art exhibition on Rohingya refugees kicks off at Liberation War Museum with lighting the candles.
21 June 2018, 13:01 PM

Monsoon Threat: Amnesty calls for urgent aid for Rohingyas

Amnesty International has called on the international community to urgently step up international assistance for nearly a million Rohingya refugees in the camps in Cox's Bazar as they face the severity of this year's monsoon.
20 June 2018, 18:00 PM

World Refugee Day Today: Rohingyas in need of int'l protection: UN

The Rohingyas, the third largest refugee group in the world last year, are now in critical need of international protection as their condition is worse than the others, the UN Refugee Agency has said.
19 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Put pressure on international community on Rohingya repatriation, demand civil society, NGOs

Civil Society members and NGOs demands the government should continue pressure on international community to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.
19 June 2018, 09:55 AM