Tens of thousands of Rohingyas, who are staying either in the open or in makeshift tents by the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway, hardly have any drinking water and sanitation facilities.

Amarpreet Singh and Jeevan Jyot Singh, two Indian volunteers with Khalsa Aid, stand looking at the long lines of refugees behind a truck laden with sacks of rice in Balukhali area of Ukhia. They are a little taken aback at the sheer number of people.

The humanitarian situation in parts of Bangladesh sheltering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees continues to deteriorate, making it one of the fastest growing refugee crises of recent years, according to the United Nations.

The Police Headquarters has instructed the law enforcers to form a committee in every district to maintain communal harmony across the country, especially in the Buddhist-populated areas.

Smart phone, smart watch, smart TV, smart fridge, smart washing machine, and so it goes. All gadgets are getting smart in the age of technological innovation.

The foreign ministry yesterday summoned the Myanmar envoy to Bangladesh and strongly protested the instances of violation of the

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have come up with new evidence pointing that the Myanmar army is deliberately burning Rohingya villages and shooting people, which is nothing but ethnic cleansing.

Six-year-old Hizbullah tightly grips his grandmother Shiriluk's hand.

The forebears of Rohingya refugees Mohammad Alam and Mohammad Ali were Myanmar citizens. The two even voted in the 2010 general elections.

Mohammad Amin is one of the many people to afford a reception to the Rohingya refugees at Shah Porir Dwip. Instead of a red carpet

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here today for New York to attend the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

This is inconceivable in modern democracy that the parliament passes a resolution to nullify a supreme court verdict. But our Parliament unanimously did it on Wednesday, setting a unique example.

North Korea yesterday fired a missile over Japan and far out into the Pacific Ocean for the second time in under a month, again challenging the United States and other world powers to rein in Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programmes.

Amid an international outcry over the military persecution of Rohingyas in Rakhine, Russia yesterday called on other countries to refrain from interfering in Myanmar's internal affairs.

International pressure on Myanmar soared yesterday as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the violence against Rohingya minorities "unacceptable".

It was an endless stream of Rohingyas crossing into Bangladesh from the strife-torn Rakhine State in Myanmar. Some had lost all their loved ones while others were lucky enough to escape with their family members.

Although it came quite late in the series of events, the UN Security Council statement Wednesday just reminded the world how terrible

Samir Uddin, who rushed to help the distressed throughout his life, has now grown so old that he can't even move on his own. Until

As I was heading towards Shah Porir Dwip, the uninterrupted range of lush green mountains had an entrancing effect. Momentarily, I

As rice prices have gone up further in the last four days, the government yesterday said conspiracy has been afoot to destabilise the rice market.