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Kosovo extends support to Rohingya sheltered in Bangladesh

Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo in Dhaka Lulzim Pllana on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Association for Socio-Economic Advancement of Bangladesh executive director, Mahfuja Khanam, aimed at supporting educational initiatives for Rohingya refugee children in Cox’s Bazar camps.

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Rohingya woman arrested with one lakh Yaba pills

A team of the Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a Rohingya woman from a camp under Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar and seized over one lakh pieces of contraband Yaba pills from her house on Friday night...

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WFP reaffirms aid for 13 lakh Rohingyas

World Food Programme acting executive director Carl Skau reaffirmed its commitment to mobilising food aid for 1.3 million Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh, saying the crisis remains one of the Rome-based UN agency’s top agenda.

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Khalil discusses political issues with US officials

National Security Adviser and High Representative for the Rohingya issue Khalilur Rahman on Friday met with senior United States officials in Washington DC where they discussed regional, political and security issues.

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UK funds lifesaving assistance to over 5 lakh Rohingyas

British foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said the United Kingdom would continue to work tirelessly to ensure that those displaced by violence in Myanmar had the support, protection, dignity and opportunities they deserved.

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Solution to Rohingya crisis lies with Myanmar: UNHCR

Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has warned that the plight of the Rohingyas will not end without bold action inside Myanmar, saying that the solution to the protracted crisis lies in Myanmar...

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Rohingya tell UN of Myanmar bloodshed, suffering

A Rohingya refugee who fled ethnic violence in Myanmar along with 7,50,000 others in 2017, spending seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence and exile facing the mostly Muslim minority...

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US, UK announce fresh aid commitment of $96m to Rohingyas

The United States and the United Kingdom announced fresh aid commitment of $96 million in the first ever high level conference on the Situation of the Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar at the UN headquarters on Tuesday...

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World must act to resolve Rohingya crisis

The high-level conference on the Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, convened on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, once again brings into attention a crisis that the world has allowed to aggravate for far too long. More than 1.3 million Rohingyas remain stranded in Bangladesh, with little hope for repatriation...

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7-point proposal unveiled to end Rohingya crisis

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus once again called upon the international community to exert pressure on Myanmar and the Arakan Army to immediately stop persecution of the Rohingyas...

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Japan funds $3.4m aid for Rohingya, hosts

Japan has allocated $3.4 million to The United Nations World Food Programme to support lifesaving assistance for Rohingyas and vulnerable host communities in Bangladesh...

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China navigating ways for solution

China is navigating ways as to how the protracted Rohingya crisis could be resolved ensuring peace in conflict-ridden Myanmar through negotiations with the parties concerned...

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Rohingya safety, regional security

THE progressive withdrawal of humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh now threatens the safety and dignity of more than 1.2 million stateless people, and places at risk regional stability, Bangladesh’s social fabric and the prospect of secure, sustainable repatriation. Reductions in support from NGOs, international agencies and the United Nation...

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Rohingya crisis demands more than paper promises

EIGHT years after the mass flight from Myanmar, roughly a million Rohingya remain in Bangladesh, concentrated in 33 hyper-dense camps in Cox’s 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...

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ASEAN body proposes new conference on Rohingya crisis

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, a platform of current and former Southeast Asian lawmakers, on Wednesday proposed an international conference involving Bangladesh, China, and ASEAN countries to resolve the Rohingya crisis...

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India pushes 17 more Rohingyas into Bangladesh

The Border Security Force of India pushed 18 more people, including 17 Rohingyas, into Bangladesh through a border point under Baralekha upazila in Moulvibazar Tuesday morning.

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UN rights chief warns of renewed atrocities in Myanmar

The United Nations high commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has expressed grave concern over worsening atrocities in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, warning that the situation bears ‘distressingly similar’ resemblance to the 2017 military campaign that forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas into Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh’s experience as host

THE world is observing the 8th Rohingya Genocide Remembrance this year to honour the genocide against the Rohingyas that occurred in Myanmar’s 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...

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13 Rohingyas among 16 pushed into Bangladesh

The Border Security Force of India pushed at least 16 more people, including 13 Rohingyas, into Bangladesh through a border point under Baralekha upazila in Moulvibazar on Tuesday morning...