Bangladesh: Volunteer guard attacked and killed at Rohingya refugee camp
Dhaka: Unknown people shot and hacked to dead a volunteer guard at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya, media reports said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina feels India can play major role in resolving Rohingya issue
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the Rohingya migrants are a “big burden” on her country and the South Asian nation is reaching out to the international community to ensure their return to their homeland, Myanmar.
‘Comprehensive’ solution needed to end mass displacement of Rohingya
New York: It’s been five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape a brutal military crackdown. The UN chief on Thursday called on the international community to find “comprehensive, durable and inclusive solutions” to help end their plight.
Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
New York: This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, appealing to the international community for greater support.
Rohingya refugees share concerns with UN rights commissioner during visit to Cox’s Bazar
New York: During her first official visit to Bangladesh, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, met with a host of officials, civil society representatives and Rohingya refugees on Tuesday.
17 Rohingya feared dead amid storm off Myanmar coast: UNHCR
New York: The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said it is shocked and saddened by reports that more than a dozen Rohingya – including children – have perished at sea off the coast of Myanmar over the weekend.
Bangladesh: Police detain 10 suspected robbers from Rohingya refugee settlement
Dhaka: Bangladesh police have detained 10 suspected robbers when they conducted a raid at a Rohingya refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf Upazila, media reports said on Wednesday
Response plan launched to support 1.4 million Rohingya and Bangladeshis
New York: “Robust and sustained international support” is again needed for Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi communities generously hosting them, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
UN top court to hear Rohingya genocide today
The Hague/UNI: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will resume hearing on the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar on Monday and the junta government is expected to represent the country in place of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Bangladesh: Rights experts decry ‘appalling’ culture of impunity around killing of journalists
New York: Authorities in Bangladesh have yet to conduct an investigation into the murder of prominent journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi 10 years after they were killed, UN human rights experts said on Friday.
Fire breaks out at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh, over 1000 shanties gutted
Dhaka: More than 1,000 shanties were gutted as a fire broke out at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Fire breaks out at Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar
Cox’s Bazar: A Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar area caught fire on Sunday.
Turkish Minister Solaiman Salu reviews Rohingya camp in Bangladesh
Dhaka/UNI: Turkish Home Minister Solaiman Salu has reached Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar to review the Rohingya camp.
Urgent action needed to save Rohingya refugees distressed at sea in Indonesia
New York: The UN refugee agency called on Wednesday for the immediate, life-saving disembarkation of a group of Rohingya refugees in distress at sea off the coast of Indonesia.
Bangladesh: Alleged ARSA leader found dead in Rohingya camp
Cox Bazar: Mohammad Hashim, an alleged Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) leader, has been found dead in a Rohingya camp situated in Bangladesh's Cox Bazar region.