48 Rohingyas registered in India pushed into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India has recently pushed at least 122 Rohingyas, including 48 registered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India, into Bangladesh...
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35 Rohingyas held while trying to flee Bhasan Char
The Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday detained 35 Rohingyas at Khazurtala embankment area in Chattogram while they were attempting to flee from Bhasan Char...
UNHCR urges Bangladesh to shelter1.13 lakh more Rohingyas
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has recently pressed the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner to ensure accommodation of 1.13 lakh more Rohingyas amid uncertainty of repatriation...
Int鈥檒 community to ensure Rohingya repatriation through roadmap: Touhid
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday said that the international community must demonstrate to ensure the repatriation of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, the Rohingyas, to their motherland in Rakhine state through a roadmap...
World community must work on UN Rohingya food aid cut
THE United Nations鈥� sudden and drastic reduction in monthly food aid, by 52 per cent, could be devastating for more than a million of the Rohingyas now sheltered in Bangladesh. The World Food Programme on March 5 announced that it would reduce its allocation for food for the Rohingyas in Bangladesh from $12.5 to $6 per person beginning on April 1 and cited...
UN to halve food budget for Rohingyas in Bangladesh camps
The United Nations is going to reduce its allocation for food for Rohingyas in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 a month per person from the next month...
20 Rohingyas arrested after escape from Bhasan Char
Police arrested 20 Rohingyas, including women and children, after local residents detained them in Chattogram city early Monday...
33 Rohingyas held for illegal trespassing
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh detained 33 Rohingyas from Alikadam in Bandarban district early Saturday while they were entering Bangladesh illegally...
Bangladesh concerned at dwindling funds for Rohingyas
Foreign secretary Md Jashim Uddin on Thursday expressed concern over the challenges Bangladesh has been facing since hosting the Rohingyas and the declining funds from international donors...
Rohingyas blocked from landing on Indonesia beach
At least 75 Rohingya refugees arrived by boat at a tourist beach in western Indonesia on Wednesday, but were stopped by authorities from disembarking, local officials said...
HUMAN TRAFFICKING: 17 Rohingyas among 20 held in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
Bangladesh Navy in a joint operation at Baharchhara union of Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar detained 20 people, including human trafficking victims and Rohingyas, on Tuesday...
Republic of Korea contributes $2m to WFP鈥檚 food assistance for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
United Nations World Food Programme would be able to reach nearly 76,000 Rohingyas in Bangladesh and provide them with a full ration of US$12.50 for two months as Republic of Korea has stepped up its support to the WFP with a new contribution of US$2 million, says a press release...
Hope for Rohingya rights and dignity
THE persecution of the Rohingyas in Myanmar, especially in Rakhine State, has caused multiple rounds of forced migration into Bangladesh. This trend is rooted in long-standing exclusionary policies and military actions targeting the Rohingyas because of their ethnicity and religious differences, depriving and expelling them of their homeland...
Explosions in Myanmar again, Rohingyas enter afresh
The people in bordering areas of Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar district had to pass sleepless night after midnight past Saturday as panic gripped them due to the sounds of gunshots and bomb explosions in Myanmar territory...
8,000 more Rohingyas flee to Bangladesh: foreign adviser
Around 8,000 Rohingyas had recently crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing armed conflict in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Tuesday...
Rohingyas in Bangladesh seek assistance of interim govt to return home
Rohingyas on Sunday sought the assistance of the interim government for their safe return to Myanmar as they observed the seventh anniversary of the exodus of the displaced people from the Rakhine state of the bordering country...
UNHCR welcomes govt commitment to support Rohingyas
On the seventh anniversary of the Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Sunday welcomed Bangladesh鈥檚 renewed commitment to supporting the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals as outlined by chief advisor to thr interim government professor Muhammad Yunus...
World community must step up efforts for Rohingya repatriation
IT HAS already been seven years since the latest large-scale influx of the Rohingyas 鈥� who fled military violence in Myanmar to safety into Bangladesh in 2017 to add to a large number of their fellows having already lived here 鈥� but not a single Rohingya could be repatriated to their homeland of Rakhine State mostly because of Myanmar鈥檚 unwillingness..
France advocates for better opportunities for Rohingyas
Ambassador of France to Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy on Tuesday said they will continue to advocate for better opportunities for the Rohingyas, hoping for their safe, voluntary, dignified, and sustainable repatriation...