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National unity needed to deal with Rohingya crisis: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir underscores the need for forging a nation unity to cope up with the Rohingya crisis on humanitarian ground.
16 September 2017, 12:19 PM

How reliefs can be sent for Rohingya refugees

State Minister for Foreign affairs Shahriar Alam has called upon the countrymen to send reliefs for Rohingya people who have fled into Bangladesh from violence in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
16 September 2017, 11:50 AM

Don’t rent out houses to Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh police to locals

Police instruct locals not to rent out their houses to the Rohingya refugees, who have entered Bangladesh after fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
16 September 2017, 11:30 AM

CPJ urges Bangladesh govt to release 2 Myanmar journos

Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Bangladesh to immediately release two Myanmar journalists detained on September 7 by the police and drop all charges against them.
16 September 2017, 10:18 AM

Rohingya crisis fastest growing in recent years: UN

The humanitarian situation in parts of Bangladesh sheltering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees continues to deteriorate, making the crisis one of the fastest growing refugee crises of recent years, according to the United Nations.
16 September 2017, 08:45 AM

Turkey thanks Bangladesh for hosting Rohingya refugees

The Turkish Deputy Prime Minister in a meeting with Bangladesh Ambassador to Turkey thanks the Bangladesh government for hosting a big number of the Rohingya refugees.
16 September 2017, 08:27 AM

UK declares £25m aid for Myanmar violence victims

Britain announces an additional £25million aid to meet the urgent needs of the people in both Myanmar and Bangladesh affected by the violence in Rakhine state.
16 September 2017, 08:19 AM

ICRC concerned over violence against Rohingya in Myanmar

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expresses grave concern over the violence and its effect on all people in the northern areas of Rakhine in Myanmar.
16 September 2017, 06:40 AM

Vaccination campaign for 1.5 lakh Rohingya children

A rubella and polio vaccination campaign for 1.5 lakh children of Rohingya refugees started in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar this morning as Bangladesh sees an influx of people fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
16 September 2017, 06:23 AM

Beyond religion, for humanity

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
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

PM flies to NY today to join UNGA

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here today for New York to attend the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Refugees: Govt plans big to ease plight

The government has taken a set of decisions, including one to set up 14,000 additional shelters on some 2,000 acres of land near
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Don't interfere in Myanmar's internal matters

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.
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Airspace Violation: Dhaka again protests

The foreign ministry yesterday summoned the Myanmar envoy to Bangladesh and strongly protested the instances of violation of the
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Solidarity pours in

Six more eminent global citizens yesterday expressed solidarity with the open letter that 12 Nobel laureates and 15 global personalities sent to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) calling for its immediate intervention to end the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Un Sung Fuh Ror

Aung San Suu Kyi – what an impressive resume.
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

What I saw in Ukhia

According to the latest UN report, nearly 400,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed over to Bangladesh. The Rohingya people, living in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, are fleeing their homes they have lived in for 200 hundred years.
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Scorched earth

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.
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

The forgotten citizens of Rakhine State

The forebears of Rohingya refugees Mohammad Alam and Mohammad Ali were Myanmar citizens. The two even voted in the 2010 general elections.
15 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh heightens security of its Buddhist temples after Rohingya crisis

Bangladesh government increases security measures of all Buddhist temples across the country in wake of the persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar.
15 September 2017, 15:11 PM