Rohingya crisis
9,000 logged in nine days
Around 9,000 Rohingya refugees have been brought under biometric registration in nine days after the listing began on September 12.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM
World must speak up for Rohingyas
As I watched President Trump deliver his speech to the UN General Assembly in New York on the morning of September 19, I couldn't help but be dismayed by the fact that he did not consider the current round of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Myanmarese military rulers egregious enough to mention it even once during his speech.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM
It's genocide
French President Emmanuel Macron has termed the attacks on Myanmar's Rohingya minority as genocide and called on the international community to act to stop it.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Rohingyas missing in his call
Myanmar's army chief yesterday called for people internally displaced by violence in Rakhine State to go home and rebuild
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Myanmar VP's mendacious claims
Myanmar's Vice-President Henry Van Thio's statement on the ongoing Rohingya crisis at the UNGA can only be described as scandalous.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Take back Rohingyas
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat has called on Myanmar to immediately end the violence in Rakhine state, restore peace
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Over 2,350 injured Rohingyas treated
Bangladesh said yesterday it had treated more than 2,350 Rohingya refugees for serious injuries sustained during ethnic violence in
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Rohingya woman names her newborn baby girl after Sheikh Hasina
A Rohingya refugee woman, who has taken shelter in a refugee camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar, has delivered a baby girl and named her after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
21 September 2017, 14:31 PM
Facebook bans 'dangerous' Rohingya militant group
Facebook says it has banned a Rohingya militant group from its site, designating it a 'dangerous organisation' as information on the deepening crisis is muddied by claims, counter-claims and hate speech on social media.
21 September 2017, 06:30 AM
Medical facilities stretched to limit
In Kutupalong camp 1, Nasima Khatun, nearly 70 years old, is being carried using a unique device fashioned out of a bamboo stick
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Nobel laureate can learn from a taxi driver
An assassin shot him in the head at close range as he was about to leave Yangon airport in his family car. He fell to the ground, bleeding.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Global community steps up relief efforts
The United Nations and the international community are ramping up relief operations for the Rohingya refugees.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Unite, act now
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the OIC member states to show unity for solving the Rohingya crisis before it is too late.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Malaysian tribunal reveals horrific details of atrocities against Rohingyas
A woman from Laung Don village flees her house when Myanmar soldiers came into the village, leaving behind her sister who had just given birth and her newborn baby.
20 September 2017, 15:15 PM
US to give USD32m aid for Rohingya refugees
The United States will provide nearly USD32 million in humanitarian aid to help Rohingya refugees, the State Department says.
20 September 2017, 13:45 PM
Hindus fleeing Myanmar violence hope for shelter in Modi's India
Hundreds of Hindus who have gotten caught in the crossfire between Myanmar's military and Rohingya insurgents, have fled to Bangladesh are placing their hopes on the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in neighbouring India.
20 September 2017, 12:40 PM
S Korea provides USD1.5m for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
South Korea pledges humanitarian aid of USD 1.5 Million for emergency relief operation for a large number of Rohingya refugees who recently crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar.
20 September 2017, 10:59 AM
Myanmar's Suu Kyi denies going 'soft' on military
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rejects a suggestion she is soft on the military, which the United Nations has accused of ethnic cleansing, saying her relationship with the generals was normal and her objective was national reconciliation.
20 September 2017, 07:02 AM
Saudi King orders $15m to help Rohingya refugees
King Salman of Saudi Arabia orders the allocation of $15 million to alleviate the suffering of Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.
20 September 2017, 05:09 AM
Guarding against a communal narrative
The background to the ethno-religious violence against the Rohingyas and the combined effort of all communities in helping the refugees should be an antidote to the hate Myanmar preaches. We must remember that what we are doing to help the Rohingyas and speak up for them stems from a shared humanity, it rises above the communal politics of Myanmar.
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM