The Border Guard Bangladesh has rescued two Bangladeshi teenage boys in the Keruntali area under Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar while they were allegedly being trafficked to Myanmar by Rohingyas...
EIGHT years after the mass flight from Myanmar, roughly a million Rohingya remain in Bangladesh, concentrated in 33 hyper-dense camps in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, with additional families relocated to the government-built settlement on Bhasan Char. The scale and duration of displacement, coupled with dwindling aid, have shifted the situation from a temporary...
THE ongoing civil war in Myanmar is one of Asia鈥檚 most chronic and dangerous crises, located at the very heart of Indo-Pacific geopolitics. The February 2021 military coup did not simply derail the country鈥檚 democratic aspirations. It created one of the...
The United Nations high commissioner for Human Rights Volker T眉rk has expressed grave concern over worsening atrocities in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State, warning that the situation bears 鈥榙istressingly similar鈥� resemblance to the 2017 military campaign that forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas into Bangladesh.
THE world is observing the 8th Rohingya Genocide Remembrance this year to honour the genocide against the Rohingyas that occurred in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State. The Rohingya crisis, often considered one of the most pressing humanitarian challenges of the 21st century, has attracted global attention to the plight of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh. Beginning in...
Sexual harassment emerged as the most pressing concern for Rohingya women and adolescent girls living in refugee camps in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, according to a new study released on Sunday.
Human Rights Watch has alleged that Indian authorities have expelled scores of ethnic Rohingya people to Bangladesh and Myanmar without rights protections since May 2025.
Fortify Rights and 57 other groups in a joint statement on Wednesday said that the United Nations member states must pursue accountability for genocide and other atrocities committed against ethnic Rohingya civilians in Rakhine State, Myanmar...
The European Union has said it believes in empowered and representative Rohingya voices and supports efforts that drive sustainable solutions...
A Myanmar junta air strike on a rebel-held town in the country鈥檚 hunger-ravaged west killed at least 12 people, witnesses of the overnight bombing said on Tuesday...
On the eighth anniversary of atrocities in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation reaffirmed support for Rohingya Muslims, urging justice, accountability, and protection of their rights while renewing its call for...
At least 10 or more Rohingya women, many underaged and malnourished, bear child every day in a single hospital at Ukhiya in Cox鈥檚 Bazar.
EIGHT years after the military purge that forced over 700,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State, the crisis remains unresolved. On 25 August 2025, refugees in Bangladesh will mark another year in limbo, with more than 1.15 million people still confined to squalid camps in Cox鈥檚 Bazar and the remote island of Bhasan Char. Bangladesh has displayed exceptional...
Eleven western countries on Monday pledged to work with the Bangladesh government to keep their attention focused on the years-long Rohingya crisis.
Interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday rolled out a seven-point proposal for a sustainable solution to the protracted Rohinhya crisis.
Myanmar鈥檚 ruling military junta said on Sunday a colonial-era bridge that was once the world鈥檚 highest railway trestle had been 鈥榖ombed and destroyed鈥� by anti-coup armed groups...
The Rohingya crisis has worsened with more displaced people from the conflict-ridden Rakhine State of Myanmar entering Bangladesh while not a single person of them has returned to their homeland over the past eight years of the large-scale exodus since August 25, 2017.
MYANMAR鈥橲 military campaign caused more than 700,000 Rohingyas flee to Bangladesh, beginning this day eight years ago.聽 The Rohingyas, the most persecuted ethnic community that time and its defenders the world over observes Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day today, making it a occasion for reflections on the horrors, the need for justice and accountability...
At least 12 Bangladeshi fishermen were kidnapped and taken to Myanmar from the Bay of Bengal, and more than 60 Rohingyas were prevented from entering Bangladesh through the Naf River in the past two days.
The United Nations called Friday for citizenship, equality and security for Myanmar鈥檚 Rohingya minority, eight years on from the crackdown that sent more than a million fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus expressed the hope that the UN Conference in New York would provide concrete pathways to the resolution of the prolonged Rohingya crisis.
Myanmar鈥檚 ruling junta released details of its long-awaited December election on Thursday, saying the first voting phase would cover about a third of the nation鈥檚 townships 鈥� despite the conflict raging around the country...
Myanmar鈥檚 junta said on Wednesday its troops had captured a key town in the east after a 16-day battle, clawing back rebel-contested territory as it prepares for a disputed December election...
Myanmar and Thailand鈥檚 busiest trade crossing was closed for a second day on Tuesday after the military junta pledged to throttle black markets funding armed opposition groups ahead of a disputed December election...
Myanmar鈥檚 junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade...
Myanmar鈥檚 ruling military junta said Monday that the country鈥檚 election would start on December 28, beginning a phased poll being boycotted by opposition groups and criticised by international monitors...
People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge...
An air strike on a Myanmar civilian supply convoy trapped between junta troops and anti-coup rebels battling outside its second largest city killed at least eight people, two locals said Wednesday...
United Nations investigators say that they have recorded 鈥榮ystematic鈥� torture in Myanmar鈥檚 military-run detention facilities including beatings, electric shocks and gang rape...
One of Myanmar鈥檚 most conflict-ravaged regions has witnessed a 鈥榙ramatic rise in hunger鈥� after US aid cuts pushed by president Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Programme said Tuesday.
