Search results for: Rohingya

Diplomatic offensive crucial to reaping benefits: Analysts

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-01-25 13:12:49

Bangladesh should step up its diplomatic efforts to reap the dividend from the verdict of top UN court, foreign relations analysts say. While the order by the International Court of Justice, or ICJ,...

Arab star Sabry visits Rohingya camps

-- 2019-11-16 12:11:25

Arab film and TV star and World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry wanted to visit the Rohingya families in the Rohingya camps, what she says, to show that suffering has no borders an...

Lack of international action on Rohingya crisis -- a "disgrace"

Inter Press Service (IPS) 2017-10-25 12:15:24

As the crisis in Myanmar reaches unprecedented levels, frustration is at its peak as the international community remains slow to respond and act cohesively. Over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have crosse...

Returning Rohingyas may lose land

Reuters 2017-10-23 12:00:00

Rohingya Muslims who return to Myanmar after fleeing to Bangladesh are unlikely to be able to reclaim their land, and may find their crops have been harvested and sold by the government, according to...

BGB detains 19 Rohingyas in Satkhira

-- 2017-10-11 11:52:40

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained some 19 Rohingyas, who illegally entered Bangladesh from India, in Paddoshakra border area of Sadar upazila in Satkhira on Wednesday morning. BGB com...

Bodies of nine more Rohingyas recovered from Naf

-- 2017-10-10 12:00:00

Nine more bodies of Rohingya people, including four children, were recovered from Naf River in Teknaf upazila on Tuesday morning. Following the recovery, the death toll from Sunday’s boat capsi...

Myanmar dismisses UN 'ethnic cleansing' allegations

AP 2017-09-26 12:00:00

Myanmar's UN ambassador insisted Monday that there is no "ethnic cleansing" or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected "in the strongest terms" to countries that used those words to describ...

UN finds evidence of rape in Rohingya 'cleansing'

Reuters 2017-09-24 12:00:00

Doctors treating some of the 429,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in recent weeks have seen dozens of women with injuries consistent with violent sexual attacks, UN clinic...

Myanmar guilty of genocide: Peoples' Tribunal

-- 2017-09-22 12:00:00

Myanmar has been committed genocide against Rohingyas and its other Muslim minorities, according to the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal.   The seven-strong panel of the international opinion tribun...

Rohingya: A trail of misfortune

Farid Ahmed of IPS in Cox's Bazar 2017-09-21 12:17:39

Forsaken and driven out by their home country Myanmar, tens of thousands of Rohingyas are struggling to survive in Bangladesh's border districts amid scarcities of food, clean water and medical care,...

Myanmar Vice President downplays Rakhine crisis

BBC 2017-09-21 12:00:00

Myanmar's Vice President Henry Van Thio says his government is "deeply concerned" about the exodus of people from Rakhine state into Bangladesh, but insists that the crisis was easing.   Speaki...

Suu Kyi condemns all human rights violations

Reuters 2017-09-19 12:00:00

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned all human rights violations on Tuesday and said anyone responsible for abuses in troubled Rakhine State would face the law, and she felt deeply for the suffer...

Myanmar ready to take back ‘verified’ refugees

-- 2017-09-19 12:00:00

Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the country is ready to welcome back ‘verified’ refugees who have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh.   “We are prepared to start...

Suu Kyi to skip UN General Assembly

Reuters 2017-09-13 12:00:00

Myanmar's national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly b...

€3m EU aid for Rohingyas

-- 2017-09-13 12:00:00

EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, has announced additional aid as more and more refugees arrive in Bangladesh from Myanmar.   The European Commis...

Al Qaeda warns Myanmar of 'punishment' over Rohingya

Reuters 2017-09-13 01:58:02

Al Qaeda militants have called for support for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, who are facing a security crackdown that has sent about 400,000 of them fleeing to Bangladesh, warning that Myanmar wou...

UN sees 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar

Reuters 2017-09-11 12:00:00

The top UN human rights official on Monday denounced Myanmar’s “brutal security operation” against Muslim Rohingyas in Rakhine state which he said was “clearly disproportionate...

Landmine-hit Rohingyas at CMCH

-- 2017-09-11 02:07:17

Five Rohingyas, including two men wounded by landmines planted near the Myanmar border, have been admitted to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).   The five were brought from the Ku...

12 more bullet-hit Rohingyas at CMCH

-- 2017-09-10 12:00:00

Twelve more Rohingyas, including a woman and two teenage girls, who have crossed border with bullet wounds, were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) between Saturday night and Sunda...

PM to visit Rohingya refugee camps

-- 2017-09-10 03:57:00

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the refugee camps in the southeastern part of the country on Tuesday amid the influx of Rohingyas since fresh violence erupted in Myanmar's Rakhine s...

UN chief urges Bangladesh to allow fleeing Rohingyas

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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the Bangladesh to continue to allow the Rohingyas fleeing violence to seek safety in Bangladesh from Myanmar.   UN Secretary General made...