Fire again destroys 200 Rohingya shelters
A devastating fire once again raged in the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox鈥檚 Bazar to destroy nearly 200 shelters and other facilities, in a gap of...
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FM seeks OIC鈥檚 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....
Bangladesh not to allow any more Rohingya from Myanmar: Asaduzzaman
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday said that no more Rohingya or Myanmar national would be allowed to enter Bangladesh....
UNICEF condemns killing of Rohingya teacher in Cox鈥檚 Bazar camp
UNICEF country head in Bangladesh Sheldon Yett in a statement on Wednesday condemned the killing of a Rohingya teacher in Cox鈥檚 Bazar camp.
World Bank approves $700m for Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh
The World Bank鈥檚 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...
45,000 Rohingyas have fled fighting in Myanmar: UN
The United Nations warned on Friday that escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State had forced around 45,000 minority Rohingya people to flee, amid allegations of killings and burnings of property....
Fire destroys 250 Rohingya shelters
A fire in the Rohingya camp in Cox鈥檚 Bazar鈥檚 Ukhia on Friday destroyed nearly 250 shelters and other facilities, authorities said.
ARSA member arrested with arms, ammo in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
The Armed Police Battalion arrested a member of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army in possession of local and foreign arms and ammunitions during a raid at Ukhia camp in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Wednesday afternoon...
Bullet-injured BGP member, Rohingya youth enter Bangladesh
A Border Guard Police member of Myanmar and a Rohingya person entered Bangladesh with bullet-wounds on Wednesday afternoon...
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鈥檚 Bazar in the early hours of Sunday...
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...
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....
Drive against ARSA continues: RAB
The RAB鈥檚 intelligence-based drive against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is continuing and operations are being launched as soon as any information is received...
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.....
No alternative to quick repatriation of Rohingyas: JS body
The chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of foreign affairs AK Abdul Momen said that there was no alternative to quick repatriation of the displaced Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar...
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鈥檚 Bazar鈥檚 Ukhia...
Beef up efforts to keep int鈥檒 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鈥檚 attention on the Rohingya crisis.....
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鈥檚 Bazar...
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...
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鈥檚 Bazar, Bhasan Char, and the region...
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...
Rohingya crisis in focus, says FM on Lu鈥檚 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鈥檚 forthcoming visit would have a focus on the Rohingya crisis...
Rohingya crisis to be in focus during Donald Lu鈥檚 Dhaka visit: FM
The foreign minister said relations with the US remain 鈥榚xcellent,鈥� and the two countries are working closely to further improve the ties...
PM urges IOM to raise more funds for Rohingyas
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the International Organisation for Migration to raise more funds from newer sources for...
Rohingya youth found murdered
The police recovered the throat-slit body of a young man from the Rohingya camp of Ukhiya upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar early Sunday...
Five Rohingyas arrested with arms in Ukhia
The Armed Police Battalion arrested five Rohingya people with local and foreign arms during a raid at Ukhia in Cox鈥檚 Bazar Sunday morning...
Two Rohingya youths held, bullets seized
Members of Highway Police on Saturday arrested two Rohingya youths at Whykhyang in Cox's Bazar and seized 17 bullets from their possession.....
Dhaka, Bangkok to work together on Rohingya issue: FM
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said that Bangladesh and Thailand expressed their keenness to work together on the Rohingya issue....
Rohingya leader hacked to death in Ukhia
A Rohingya leader was hacked to death in the Ukhia camp of Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday night....
HC seeks report on Rohingyas enrolled as voters
The High Court on Wednesday asked the deputy commissioner of Cox鈥檚 Bazar to investigate how many Rohingyas were given citizenship as Bangladeshi nationals and enrolled as voters in Cox鈥檚 Bazar...
