Bangladesh: Police arrest 45 Rohingyas from Chittagong
Oct 02, 2019, at 05:31 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested 45 Rohingyas from Sonaichhari union under Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong area of the country, media reports said on Wednesday.
Myanmar willing to repatriate ‘verified returnees’ from Bangladesh
Sep 29, 2019, at 11:11 pm
New York: Myanmar is prioritizing the repatriation of scores of people who fled violence in northern Rakhine state for Bangladesh, a senior official from the country said on Saturday, the fifth day of debate in the UN General Assembly.
Genocide threat for Myanmar’s Rohingya greater than ever, investigators warn Human Rights Council
Sep 17, 2019, at 10:21 am
New York, Sept 17 (IBNS): Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya who remain in Myanmar may face a greater threat of genocide than ever, amid Government attempts to “erase their identity and remove them from the country”, UN-appointed independent investigators said on Monday.
Monsoon destroys Rohingya shelters, sparking record UN emergency food agency response in Bangladesh
Sep 14, 2019, at 09:22 am
New York: Unusually heavy monsoon rains have inundated shelters in refugee camps in southern Bangladesh creating “havoc”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as it launched its biggest emergency response of the year for displaced Rohingya families.
Police arrest three Rohingya men with Bangladeshi passports
Sep 06, 2019, at 04:07 pm
Dhaka, Sept 6 (IBNS): Bangladesh police have arrested three Rohingya men with Bangladeshi passports in their possessions, media reports said.
Rohingya's rally to mark second anniversary of exodus in Bangladesh
Aug 25, 2019, at 06:05 pm
Dhaka, Aug 25 ( UNI) Thousands of Rohingya refugees held a rally at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, marking the second anniversary of the start of the crisis that began following an offensive of Myanmar army.
Rohingya Issue: US envoy to stand beside Bangladesh government
Aug 25, 2019, at 04:00 pm
Dhaka, Aug 25 (IBNS): US Ambassador Earl Robert Miller has said that his nation will stand beside Bangladesh in its efforts to repatriate the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to Myanmar.
Two years after exodus, Myanmar’s ‘desperate’ Rohingya youth need education, skills: UNICEF
Aug 17, 2019, at 07:46 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): The daily struggle to survive for Myanmar’s Rohingya people in one of the world’s largest refugee settlements, has caused “overwhelming” despair and jeopardized the hopes of an entire generation, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, said on Friday.
More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time: UN refugee agency
Aug 10, 2019, at 10:26 am
New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home.
Bangladesh hands list of 25,000 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar
Jul 29, 2019, at 04:12 pm
Dhaka, July 29 (IBNS): Keeping in mind the repatriation process, Bangladesh on Monday handed over names of 25,000 Rohingyas to Myanmar.
As monsoon rains pound Rohingya refugee camps, UN food relief agency steps up aid
Jul 13, 2019, at 08:33 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Since 4 July, heavy monsoon rains and wind have pounded the refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, with deaths, displacement and major damage following in their wake, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Jul 10, 2019, at 10:00 am
New York, July 10 (IBNS): Heavy flooding and landslides in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, has left thousands of children and families in an increasingly dire situation with critical infrastructure damaged or destroyed, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday, while scaling up relief efforts to those vulnerable children.
Sheikh Hasina attacks US congressman for proposal on attaching Rakhine with Bangladesh
Jul 08, 2019, at 05:26 pm
Dhaka, July 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticized US congressman for his proposal to attach Myanmar’s Rakhine State with her nation to end the Rohingya crisis, media reports said.
Scores of Rohingya refugee shelters in Bangladesh destroyed by flooding
Jul 06, 2019, at 06:47 am
New York, July 6 (IBNS): Heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh have drenched the Cox’s Bazar settlement, home to more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees, destroying some 273 shelters, and injuring 11 people, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. The huge refugee camp has been hit by three days of non-stop rain, and more heavy downpours are expected throughout next week, with four months of the monsoon season still to go.
China will play constructive role for Rohingyas, says envoy
Jun 25, 2019, at 10:38 pm
Dhaka, Jun 25 (UNI): Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Zhang Zuo on Tuesday said that his country will play a 'constructive role' in resolving the Rohingya crisis.
Human trafficking: Rohingya man, among two persons, killed in alleged shootout in Bangladesh
Jun 23, 2019, at 05:50 pm
Dhaka, June 23 (IBNS): A Rohingya man and another person, who are accused in human trafficking cases, have died in a so-called shootout with police in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar area, media reports said on Sunday.
Jun 18, 2019, at 09:38 am
New York, June 18 (IBNS): An independent review into how the UN System operated in Myanmar in the years leading up to the mass exodus of the Rohingya following serious human rights abuses, has concluded there were “systemic and structural failures” that prevented a unified strategy from being implemented.
Bangladesh PM accuses Myanmar of being reluctant to welcome back Rohingyas
Jun 09, 2019, at 10:25 pm
Dhaka, Jun 9 (UNI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday accused Myanmar of being reluctant in repatriating their over a million Rohingya nationals defying their promise and feared that some international aid agencies were trying to keep the crisis alive.
Bangladesh: 3 Rohingya ‘kidnappers’ die in alleged gunfight with police
Jun 07, 2019, at 03:35 pm
Dhaka, June 7 (IBNS): In an alleged shootout with security forces in Bangladesh's Teknaf Upazila, three Rohingya refugees have been killed, media reports said on Friday.
Release of prize-winning Reuters journalists in Myanmar welcomed by UN
May 08, 2019, at 08:31 am
New York, May 8 (IBNS): The release of two prize-winning Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after reporting on the massacre of Rohingya Muslims has been welcomed by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, which warns however that press freedom there remains “dire”.
Future of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh ‘hangs in the balance’ – UNHCR chief
Apr 27, 2019, at 06:37 am
New York, Apr 27 (IBNS): The critical needs of 1.2 million mostly Rohingya refugees in south-eastern Bangladesh were top of the agenda for a fact-finding mission to the region by three senior United Nations officials, who called for continuing support on Friday for them from the international community.
Pompeo discusses increasing cooperation with Bangladesh FM: State Dept
Apr 09, 2019, at 09:32 am
Washington, Apr 9 (Sputnik/UNI) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.K. Adbud Momen discussed the the increasing cooperation between both nations across a number of areas, State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a readout of a meeting between the two diplomats in Washington on Monday.
Three suspected Rohingya 'robbers' killed in Bangladesh
Apr 06, 2019, at 05:44 pm
Dhaka, Apr 6 (IBNS): At least three suspected Rohingya 'robbers' were killed during a 'gunfight' with the police in Habiber Ghona hilly area in Bangladesh's Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar on Saturday, media reports said.
Stateless Rohingya refugee children living in ‘untenable situation’, UNICEF chief
Feb 28, 2019, at 12:52 pm
New York, Feb 28 (IBNS): With around half a million in effect, stateless Rohingya refugee children living in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar camp, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief stressed on Friday that the international community must address their “untenable situation” and “invest in this generation”.
UN and partners appeal for $920 million to meet ‘dire needs’ of Rohingya refugees
Feb 16, 2019, at 09:58 am
New York, Feb 16 (IBNS):With more than 745,000 Rohingya having fled violence in Myanmar to settle in Bangladesh, joining roughly 200,000 others already sheltering there, United Nations aid agencies and partners launched an appeal on Friday to help meet their “dire needs".
Scale of displacement across Myanmar ‘very difficult to gauge’, says UN refugee agency
Feb 09, 2019, at 09:52 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): Concern over escalating violence in Myanmar’s Chin and Rakhine states continues to grow, with civilians reportedly forced to flee both internally, and across the border into Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have already sought shelter.
Amid troop build-up in Rohingya's home state, UN appeals to Myanmar for peaceful solution
Jan 10, 2019, at 09:54 am
New York, Jan 10 (IBNS): Major fighting in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state has so far been avoided following clashes between armed separatists and national security forces who are increasing troop numbers there, a top UN humanitarian official there said on Wednesday.
Bamboo-boring beetles wreak havoc in Rohingya refugee camps, UN agency races to respond
Dec 22, 2018, at 08:05 am
New York,Dec 22 (IBNS): Beset by millions of bamboo-chomping beetles, almost every shelter in the vast Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, in Bangladesh, needs replacing. With just over four months to go until the beginning of the monsoon season, the race is on for IOM, the United Nations migration agency which is managing the camp, to provide families living in the worst-affected temporary dwellings, with new and more durable bamboo.
Dec 18, 2018, at 09:17 am
New York, Dec 18 (IBNS): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, on Monday announced that they had received the Government go-ahead to develop community projects in Myanmar’s Rakhine province, and called on authorities to provide “more effective access” to the area.
US House of Representatives calls Myanmar crimes against Rohingya are genocide
Dec 14, 2018, at 10:13 am
Washington, Dec 14 (IBNS): The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution labeling Burmese military’s atrocities against the Rohingya people genocide.