Rohingya crisis

Rohingya crisis: The wheels of int’l justice finally turning, says HRW

With two international courts now examining the atrocities committed against the Rohingyas in Myanmar, the wheels of international justice are finally turning, Human Rights Watch says in its World Report 2020.
15 January 2020, 07:13 AM

UN ups 2020 budget, includes funds for war crimes probes

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a $3.07 billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar.
28 December 2019, 05:06 AM

Rohingya Repatriation: Russia urged to put pressure on Myanmar

Bangladesh has urged Russia to use its influence on Myanmar and put pressure so that Naypyidaw takes back its people currently living in Cox's Bazar camps.
23 December 2019, 07:45 AM

Myanmar asks UN court to ‘drop genocide case’

Myanmar urges the UN top court to drop the application for provisional measures in Rakhine by the Gambia from its list.
12 December 2019, 15:35 PM

Gambia slams Suu Kyi for silence over 'awful serial violations' of Rohingya women, girls

The Gambia criticises Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her "silence" over "awe serial violations" of Rohingya women and girls and defending Myanmar at the UN's top court.
12 December 2019, 13:40 PM

Hearing on Rohingya genocide against Myanmar at UN court

Myanmar has been accused of carrying out ethnic cleansing against Rohingya community since long.
10 December 2019, 16:13 PM

Ban Ki-moon seeks political solution to Rohingya crisis

Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon calls for political solution to the Rohingya crisis allowing them to return to their places of origin in Rakhine state "freely and safely".
23 November 2019, 07:52 AM

Myanmar town offers glimmer of hope for Muslims enduring 'apartheid'

Htoo Maung sits down to lunch, sharing a bowl of traditional noodle soup with old friends, an ordinary act that has become extraordinary in Myanmar's Rakhine state -- because he is Muslim, and they are Buddhist.
21 November 2019, 05:08 AM

UN court to hear Myanmar genocide case next month

Gambia will open its case against Myanmar before the UN's top court in December accusing the mainly Buddhist state of genocide against its Rohingya Muslims, the tribunal says.
19 November 2019, 04:49 AM

Rohingya Crisis: It’s becoming a regional threat

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has placed a four-point proposal at the 74th UN General Assembly to resolve the Rohingya crisis which she says is becoming a regional threat.
28 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Illegal Migration Bid: 16 Rohingyas held in Teknaf

Members of the coast guard detained 16 Rohingyas from Habirchhara in Teknaf upazila when they were trying to go to Malaysia on a fishing trawler on Saturday night.
15 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Myanmar army says to punish soldiers in Rohingya atrocities probe

Myanmar’s army says will court-martial soldiers after a new finding in an inquiry into atrocities in Rakhine state, from which more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled a 2017 army-led campaign the United Nations says was executed with “genocidal intent”.
1 September 2019, 09:20 AM

BNP plots to split nation in the name of national unity: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader blames BNP for its “plot to split the nation” in the name of forging a national unity over Rohingya repatriation issue.
29 August 2019, 12:41 PM

2 Rohingyas killed in ‘gunfight’

Two Rohingyas, accused in a case filed over the murder of a Jubo League leader, were killed in a “gunfight” with police in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila early yesterday.
24 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Tension soars between locals and Rohingyas

Tensions ran high in Teknaf’s Hnila union yesterday after some Rohingya criminals killed a Jubo League leader at a refugee camp in the area on Thursday night.
24 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Lapsing into hopelessness

The Rohingyas in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar feel like they are trapped and this is breeding frustration among them.
24 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Repatriation Attempt: Doomed to fail again?

The second attempt to start repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar today may turn out to be futile, as hardly any refugees seem to be willing to go back.
21 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh, UNHCR to survey Rohingyas regarding return to Myanmar

Bangladesh will work with the United Nations refugee agency to determine if more than 3,000 Rohingya refugees will accept Myanmar’s offer to return home, an official says.
19 August 2019, 17:08 PM

Rohingya Children: Unicef seeks urgent investment in edn

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has called for urgent investment in education of the Rohingya children who live at different refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
16 August 2019, 18:00 PM

IOM, Japan build water supply network for 30,000 Rohingyas

The largest water supply network established by International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Japan at Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar will connect nearly 30,000 refugees.
31 July 2019, 15:49 PM