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FM seeks OIC’s continuous support in Rohingya repatriation

Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud sought continuous support from the member states of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for ensuring the safe and sustainable repatriation of nearly 1.3 million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar....

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World Bank approves $700m for Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh

The World Bank’s board of executive directors on Wednesday approved two projects totaling $700 million to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for both the host communities and displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh...

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45,000 Rohingyas have fled fighting in Myanmar: UN

The United Nations warned on Friday that escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State had forced around 45,000 minority Rohingya people to flee, amid allegations of killings and burnings of property....

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Fire destroys 250 Rohingya shelters

A fire in the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia on Friday destroyed nearly 250 shelters and other facilities, authorities said.

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Four ARSA members held in Ukhia

The Armed Police Battalion arrested four members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army after conducting a raid in Ukhia upazila in Cox’s Bazar in the early hours of Sunday...

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Global, regional pressure on Myanmar urged

Speakers, including policymakers, journalists, and academics, at a discussion in the city on Sunday, stressed the need for creating more international and regional pressure on Myanmar to take back displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh by ensuring their civil rights...

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UN, ASEAN urged to act to save Rohingyas

Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia on Saturday urgently called on the United Nations, ASEAN, and the wider international community to take immediate action in order to prevent the mass killing of Rohingyas who are under siege by the Arakan Army in northern Rakhine State....

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Drive against ARSA continues: RAB

The RAB’s intelligence-based drive against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is continuing and operations are being launched as soon as any information is received...

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US urges to continue support to Rohingyas, host communities in Bangladesh

Ambassador Jeffrey Prescott, the US Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, has called on the international community to continue its support to the Rohingyas and their Bangladeshi host communities for a crisis that shows no signs of abating.....

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Two ARSA members arrested

Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday arrested two suspected members of Myanmar-based Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, including a top commander, in an anti-terrorism drive in Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia...

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Beef up efforts to keep int’l attention on Rohingya crisis: JS body

Parliamentary standing committee on foreign affairs urged the UN agencies, international non-government organisations and NGOs involved in the Rohingya response to beef up their efforts to attract more support and keep the international community’s attention on the Rohingya crisis.....

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Rohingya community leader shot dead in camp

A leader of the Rohingya community was shot dead on Monday morning reportedly over establishing dominance in a camp at Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar...

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Saudi for quick renewal of 69,000 passports

Saudi authorities on Sunday wanted a faster renewal of 69,000 Bangladeshi passports issued to Rohingya people over the years, prompting the Bangladesh authorities to seek...

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US to continue support for Rohingyas: Prescott

The United States, through the Department of State Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration and USAID, is providing $30.5 million in additional assistance for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar, Bhasan Char, and the region...

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Rohingyas not looking to stay forever: IOM DG

Director general of the International Organisation for Migration Amy Pope on Wednesday said that making the Rohingyas more self-reliant with a much more comprehensive approach did not mean that they would stay in Bangladesh forever...

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Rohingya crisis in focus, says FM on Lu’s visit

Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said that US assistant secretary of state for the bureau of South and Central Asian affairs Donald Lu’s forthcoming visit would have a focus on the Rohingya crisis...

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Rohingya youth found murdered

The police recovered the throat-slit body of a young man from the Rohingya camp of Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Sunday...

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HC seeks report on Rohingyas enrolled as voters

The High Court on Wednesday asked the deputy commissioner of Cox’s Bazar to investigate how many Rohingyas were given citizenship as Bangladeshi nationals and enrolled as voters in Cox’s Bazar...

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UN sounds alarm on violence in Rakhine State

Intense fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State poses a grave threat to civilians, the United Nations warned on Friday, as it urged international pressure to prevent more ‘horrendous persecution’ of ethnic Rohingya...