Myanmar and the United Nations have made “some progress” in terms of UN's engagement in repatriation of the

Bangladesh yesterday sought Vietnam's support for a peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held official talks with visiting Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.

After a three-day interval, Myanmar Army again took position along Tambru border in Naikkhonchhari upazila of Bandarban district, creating panic among the Rohingyas who have taken shelter on no man's land.

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla says his country will extend supports to Bangladesh to help the Rohingyas during the upcoming cyclone season.

The situation in Ghumdhum and Tombru border in Naikhyangchhari upazila was calm yesterday, following the flag meeting between

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says Myanmar has removed its heavy weapons from Tambru border in Bandarban following a flag meeting held on yesterday.

Myanmar has to take back the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh after ensuring their security and dignity, Deputy Assistant to US President Donald Trump Lisa Curtis says.

Lisa Curtis, deputy assistant to US President Donald Trump, arrived here yesterday morning on a three-day official visit to discuss bilateral issues, including security and the Rohingya crisis.

Bangladesh once again protested Myanmar's military build-up along the Tombru border when the two countries held a flag meeting at Ghumdhum of Bandarban yesterday.

Deputy Assistant to US President Donald Trump Lisa Curtis arrives on a three-day official visit to discuss the issues of bilateral interests, including security and Rohingya crisis.

The painful experiences of Rohingyas have once again been poignantly narrated to the visiting Nobel trio, and anyone who hasn't really been through the harrowing experiences cannot actually comprehend the horrendous nature of violence that these people have been through.

In their final meeting with journalists in the capital yesterday, Nobel Peace laureates Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire urged Aung San

Claiming that Aung San Suu Kyi has chosen to turn a blind eye to the genocide taking place in her country to retain her political power, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Iran's Shirin Ebadi says that their fellow laureate has sold her soul to the devil.

Bangladesh Foreign Ministry summons Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka U Lwin Oo and protests the deployment of additional troops on the bordering area in Myanmar.

Describing the atrocities carried out on Rohingyas in Rakhine as genocide, visiting three female Nobel Peace laureates yesterday said the perpetrators must be brought to justice.

The three female Nobel Peace laureates have urged Bangladesh, the UN and other state parties to refer Myanmar military and other perpetrators to the International Criminal Court for the “genocide” against the Rohingyas.

Monday was another day of reckoning for the United Nations. As the UN chief and the UN high commissioner on human rights decried the mass violation of human rights, genocide and unjust wars raging all over the world from Syria to Myanmar to Congo, one thing came out even clearer -- the undemocratic character of the UN system has left the world an unsafe place for the weak.

The visiting Nobel Peace laureates have promised Rohingya women to be their voice and pursue justice on their behalf.

No one would realise better than a woman how it feels when a child is snatched away from the arms of a mother and slaughtered, a man is murdered before the eyes of his wife, or a girl is raped. That is what happened to countless Rohingya women back in Rakhine State of Myanmar.

European Union foreign ministers yesterday agreed to prepare sanctions against Myanmar generals over the killings of Rohingya Muslims and to strengthen the EU arms embargo, accusing state security forces of grave human rights abuses.