UN migration chief urges more support for Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar or 'thousands will suffer'
Oct 20, 2017, at 04:36 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency and its partners are supporting Bangladesh in coordinating assistance for the influx of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, including with clean water and sanitation, shelter, food and psychosocial care for the most vulnerable.
UN ramps up aid delivery amid surge of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Oct 14, 2017, at 02:53 pm
New York, Oct 14(Just Earth News): The speed and scale of people fleeing Myanmar has triggered a humanitarian emergency in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of refugees now depend on humanitarian assistance for shelter, food, water and other life-saving needs, says the United Nations migration agency.
UN agencies launch cholera immunization campaign for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Oct 11, 2017, at 04:12 am
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): In a race to prevent a cholera outbreak among the more than half a million Rohingya refugee arrivals over the past six weeks in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, United Nations agencies launched on Tuesday a massive immunization campaign.
Rohingya refugee children perish as boat capsizes off Bangladesh – UN migration agency
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:16 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): At least 13 Rohingya refugees, 11 of them young children, fleeing violence in Myanmar have drowned when the fishing boat they were on capsized in stormy weather, the United Nations migration agency said.
Oct 05, 2017, at 01:11 pm
New York, Oct 5(Just Earth News): The human tragedy unfolding in southern Bangladesh is staggering in its scale, warned two senior United Nations officials on Wednesday as they wrapped up a mission to Cox’s Bazar with calls for a “significant increase in assistance†for the thousands of Rohingyas have settled in the area after fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
Half a million Rohingya arrive in Bangladesh; UN agencies rush to provide shelter, clean water
Sep 30, 2017, at 09:54 am
New York, Sept 30(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency announced on Friday that it has started distributing plastic sheeting and essential relief items to Rohingyas arriving in from Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh, as part of a massive effort to cut the time refugees spend in the open.
In Bangladesh, UN refugee chief warns influx of Rohingya outpaces capacities to respond
Sep 26, 2017, at 01:22 pm
New York, Sept 26(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee chief on Monday called for ramped-up support for an estimated 436,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in the last month, warning that the massive influx of people seeking safety far outpaces capacities to respond.
Myanmar photographers released on bail in Bangladesh
Sep 23, 2017, at 06:25 pm
Dhaka, Sep 23 (IBNS): Bangladesh authorities have release two Myanmar photographers covering the Rohingya crisis for German magazine, according to media reports on Saturday.
Addressing Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh proposes UN-monitored ‘safe zones’ in Myanmar
Sep 22, 2017, at 05:19 pm
New York, Sept 22(Just Earth News): Myanmar must stop “ethnic cleansing†in Rakhine state, and “safe zones†should be created inside that country to protect all civilians, under the supervision of the United Nations, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the General Assembly on Thursday.
UNICEF scales-up relief for Rohingya facing critical 'shortages of everything'
Sep 15, 2017, at 04:38 am
New York, Sept 14(Just Earth News): Amid an acute shortage of humanitarian supplies for the thousands of Rohingya arriving every day in Bangladesh, having fled violence in Myanmar, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is undertaking a “massive†scale-up of its emergency operations to ensure that those most vulnerable are not endangered further.
UN and partners aiding ‘unprecedented’ flow of refugees from Myanmar
Sep 13, 2017, at 09:44 am
New York, Sept 13(Just Earth News): The flow of desperate Rohingya fleeing across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh is unprecedented in terms of volume and speed, United Nations humanitarian agencies said on Tuesday, amid calls for international support for the emergency response.
UN scales up response as 270,000 flee Myanmar into Bangladesh in two weeks
Sep 09, 2017, at 04:44 am
New York, Sept 8(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency on Friday confirmed that 270,000 people have fled violence in Myanmar for safety in Bangladesh over the past two weeks, and the number of new arrivals continues to increase.
Surge in number of civilians fleeing Myanmar's Rakhine for Bangladesh – UN agencies
Sep 06, 2017, at 04:34 am
New York, Sept 5(Just Earth News): More than 123,000 people from Myanmar's Rakhine state have fled to Bangladesh since the latest outbreak of violence, the United Nations migration agency on Tuesday announced seeking $18 million to urgently help the refugees.
UN agencies urge aid for cyclone-hit communities in Bangladesh, Myanmar
Jun 03, 2017, at 02:49 pm
New York, June 3(Just Earth News): United Nations agencies are calling for urgent aid to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by Cyclone Mora, which swept across the Bay of Bengal earlier this week.
Fire breaks out in Dhaka factory
Feb 27, 2017, at 06:41 pm
Dhaka, Feb 27 (IBNS): A fire broke out at a shoe factory in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday, media reports said.
Dhaka: 9 suspected militants killed in police raid
Jul 26, 2016, at 03:39 pm
Dhaka, July 26 (IBNS): At least nine suspected militants were killed during a police raid at an alleged hideout in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Tuesday.
Dhaka: Police, miscreants exchange fire
Jul 02, 2016, at 04:21 am
Dhaka, July 1 (IBNS): The police and few miscreants exchanged bullets in Gulshan area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday, media reports said.
Another Hindu priest killed in Bangladesh
Jul 01, 2016, at 04:32 pm
Jhenaidah, Jul 1 (IBNS): Barely a month after a Hindu priest was hacked to death in Bangladesh's Jhenaidah district, another was killed in a similar fashion in the same area on Friday morning, reports said.
Bangladesh University teacher killing: One person arrested
May 17, 2016, at 09:26 pm
Dhaka, May 17 (IBNS) One person has been arrested in connection with the killing of Rajshahi University (RU) teacher AFM Rezaul Karim Siddique, media reports said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Motiur Rahman Nizami hanged
May 11, 2016, at 03:35 pm
Dhaka, May 11 (IBNS) Islamist leader Motiur Rahman Nizami was hanged in Bangladesh for crimes during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971 on Wednesday.
Bangladesh set to execute war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami
May 11, 2016, at 12:12 am
Dhaka, May 10 (IBNS): The Bangladesh government is gearing up to execute death convict war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.
Nisha Desai Biswal calls Bangladesh trip as 'productive'
May 08, 2016, at 05:05 am
Washington, May 7 (IBNS): US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal on Saturday said her visit to Bangladesh was productive.
Bangladesh tailor death: Three detained
May 02, 2016, at 12:26 am
Dhaka, May 1 (IBNS): Three people have been detained in connection with the killing of a Hindu tailor in Tangail city of Bangladesh on Saturday, media reports said on Sunday.
Ansar Al Islam claims responsibility for killing of Bangladeshi gay rights activist
Apr 26, 2016, at 09:34 pm
Dhaka, Apr 26 (IBNS): Bangladesh unit of al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent, Ansar Al Islam, has claimed responsibility for the killing of two men, including an LGBT magazine editor, in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, on Tuesday.
12 killed Bangladesh road mishap
Apr 20, 2016, at 09:23 pm
Dhaka, Apr 20 (IBNS): At least 12 people were killed as two buses collided on the Rangpur-Syedpur highway of Taraganj upazila at Rangpur area in Bangladesh on Wednesday, media reports said.
Samad death: Al-Qaeda's Bangladesh division 'claims' responsibility
Apr 09, 2016, at 04:00 am
Dhaka, Apr 8 (IBNS): Militant group al-Qaeda's Bangladesh division Ansar al-Islam has claimed responsibility for the killing of blogger Nazimuddin Samad.
Bangladesh court rejects petition to remove as Islam state religion
Mar 28, 2016, at 10:38 pm
Dhaka, Mar 28 (IBNS) Setting aside a writ petition, Bangladesh High Court on Monday ruled that Islam will remain the state religion in the constitution of the Asian nation.
Freedom of expression came under severe attack in Bangladesh: Human Rights Watch
Jan 28, 2016, at 02:47 am
New York, Jan 27 (IBNS) Freedom of expression came under severe attack in Bangladesh in 2015, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2016.
Pakistan retalitates : Expels Bangladeshi diplomat
Jan 07, 2016, at 06:29 pm
Dhaka, Jan 7 (IBNS) In a swift reprisal, Pakistan has expelled a Bangladeshi woman diplomat, asking her to leave the country by Thursday, days after a Pakistani woman diplomat was sent back for having alleged links with a banned militant group.
Bangladesh blogger death: 2 accused sentenced to death
Dec 31, 2015, at 11:58 pm
Dhaka, Dec 31 (IBNS): In a significant verdict, two accused in the blogger Rajib Haider murder case have been handed death penalty by a Bangladesh court on Thursday, media reports said.