Rohingya crisis
Monsoon Worry: UN gears up aid efforts in refugee camps
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has said it is rushing additional aid to Bangladesh where the first monsoon rains in Cox's Bazar district affected hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees there.
4 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Repatriation: OIC to act strong to resolve crisis
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has pledged a strong role in addressing the Rohingya crisis.
4 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Rohingya issue one of main agenda of OIC meet
Rohingya crisis issue will be one of the main agenda of discussion at the 45th Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers starting tomorrow in Dhaka.
4 May 2018, 05:32 AM
US to continue pressure on Myanmar
US President Donald Trump has assured Bangladesh of continuing its pressure on Myanmar over repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
3 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Dhaka expects move on refugee crisis
Dhaka expects the upcoming 45th Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers to mount
3 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh not alone
Myanmar must be held accountable for crimes against humanity, said Canadian Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Myanmar Bob Rae yesterday.
3 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Trump sends letter to PM, assures of continuing US pressure for Rohingya repatriation
US President Donald Trump assures Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of continuing his country's pressure for the safe and voluntary return of the Rohingya people to their homeland as he sent a letter to the premier in this regard.
3 May 2018, 14:33 PM
Myanmar authorities must face accountability: Bob Rae
Myanmar authorities must face accountability for the crimes against the Rohingyas, says Canada's special envoy to the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
3 May 2018, 07:01 AM
OIC on Rohingya Crisis: A unifying cause despite many rifts
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), although facing a wide rift within, may find in the Dhaka foreign ministers conference a unifying cause to act on the Rohingya issue.
2 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Myanmar urged to hold 'proper' probe into alleged atrocities against the Rohingya
Myanmar must hold a "proper investigation" into alleged atrocities against the Rohingya, a UN Security Council envoy says, after the highest-level diplomatic visit to an area from which 700,000 members of the Muslim minority have been driven out.
1 May 2018, 14:29 PM
UNSC delegation visiting northern Rakhine
A UN Security Council delegation on Tuesday was visiting volatile areas of Myanmar's Rakhine state, from where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled military-led violence, to see firsthand the aftermath of the army's crackdown as well as Myanmar's preparations for taking back the refugees.
1 May 2018, 06:58 AM
Myanmar ready to receive ‘verified’ Rohingya refugees, says Suu Kyi
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi says her country was ready for the return of “verified” Rohingya refugees and sought more cooperation from Bangladesh for the repatriation to begin after delays since early this year.
1 May 2018, 06:13 AM
UNSC team in Myanmar
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi received a UN Security Council delegation yesterday in the highest-level diplomatic visit since the start of the Rohingya crisis, which will include a brief tour of violence-hit Rakhine State.
30 April 2018, 18:00 PM
It can't stay unresolved
The visiting UNSC delegation yesterday said the Rohingya situation cannot remain without a solution and that it would find ways to speed up the implementation of the deal signed between Bangladesh and Myanmar for a safe and dignified repatriation of the refugees.
30 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Rohingya crisis: PM seeks help from China, Russia, India, Japan
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh expects China, Russia, India and Japan to play a major role in resolving the Rohingya crisis.
30 April 2018, 06:14 AM
UNSC's Myanmar Trip: Naypyidaw to 'try to fix ties with world'
As the UNSC delegation begins visiting Myanmar today its government will make an effort to repair its strained relationship with the international community and allow some of Rohingyas to return to Rakhine State.
29 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Justice they want
The topi-clad man is holding a placard reading a three-word sentence, simple but sharp like a piercing bullet. "We want justice". Coming from a member of the world's most persecuted people of our time -- the Rohingyas.
29 April 2018, 18:00 PM
‘Myanmar’s problem imposed on Bangladesh’
Rohingya crisis is Myanmar’s internal problem imposed on Bangladesh, Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam tells United Nations’ Security Council members.
29 April 2018, 08:32 AM
Australia to help resolve Rohingya crisis
Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull yesterday assured his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina of continuing support to Bangladesh for resolving the Rohingya crisis.
28 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Shield Rohingyas from monsoon
The United Nations has said that the lives of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees hang in the balance as they face 'life threatening' hazards due to the monsoon and cyclone seasons, which threaten to destroy their makeshift camps in Bangladesh.
28 April 2018, 18:00 PM