22 pilgrims, mostly Bangladeshis, dead in Saudi bus crash: Mission

March 28, 2023

Most of the 22 pilgrims who were killed in a bus accident in Saudi Arabia on Monday are Bangladeshis, the Bangladesh Mission in Jeddah said on Tuesday. The bus carrying 47 people to the holy city of Makkah crashed and burst into flames in the Abha district of Asir Province of Saudi Arabia on Monday […]Continue Reading

Myanmar delegation returns home after verifying info of about 500 Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

March 22, 2023

NEWS DESK A delegation from Myanmar has returned home after verifying the information of about 500 Rohingyas who are in the process of repatriation in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar. The delegation left Bangladesh on a trawler through the Teknaf-Myanmar transit jetty at Jaliapara of Teknaf at around 10am on Wednesday (March 22). The […]Continue Reading

Rohingya repatriation: Myanmar technical team in Bangladesh for verification

March 15, 2023

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENTS, COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENTS   A Myanmar technical team has arrived in Bangladesh with a view to verifying the potential repatriation list of Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh.  The team, comprising 17 members, led by Aung Myo, State Minister for Social Affairs of Myanmar’s Rakhine state, arrived in Bangladesh through the Teknaf-Mongdu Continue Reading

Dhaka calls on global community to raise their voices to ensure safe return of Rohingyas

March 14, 2023

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the international community, including the Bangladeshi diaspora in the UK to raise their voices to ensure the voluntary, safe and sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas, temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh, to their homeland in Myanmar at an early date. He made the call when […]Continue Reading

Army man killed, 2 others hurt as KNA members open fire in Bandarban: ISPR

March 13, 2023

NEWS DESK An army man was killed and two others were injured after armed members of Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA) opened fire on the army personnel in Bandarban yesterday (March 12), the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release today. The deceased was identified as Nazim Uddin, a master warrant officer. Two […]Continue Reading

Fire at Rohingya camps ‘planned sabotage’: Panel

March 12, 2023

A fire that left thousands of Rohingya Muslims homeless in Bangladesh camps was a “planned act of sabotage”, a panel investigating the blaze said on Sunday (March 12), Reuters reports. Nearly 2,800 shelters and more than 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in the fire on March 5, leaving more than 12,000 […]Continue Reading

Japan provides $1 million emergency food assistance to WFP for Rohingyas

March 4, 2023

NEWS DESK The government of Japan has decided to provide $1 million emergency food assistance to World Food Programme (WFP) for Rohingya refugees. Due to a dire funding shortfall, WFP is forced to cut back its life-saving food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar. Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori on Friday said following […]Continue Reading

Rohingya crisis not forgotten: EU high representative

March 3, 2023

High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has assured of the international organisation’s continuous humanitarian support to deal with the needs of the Rohingyas in Bangladesh. “This crisis is not forgotten. The EU remains one of the largest humanitarian donors, with €287 million since 2017,” he Continue Reading

Bangladesh urges int’l community to help ensure Rohingya repatriation

March 2, 2023

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen today (March 2) called on the international community including the G20 to help ensure repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingyas to Myanmar without further delay. “The prolonged stay of Rohingyas is creating huge security problems with ramifications across the region and they may also be a potential target […]Continue Reading

WFP ration cuts to Rohingya may force child marriage, prostitution, say refugee organizations

March 2, 2023

Twelve Rohingya community organizations on Wednesday (March 1) expressed concern about the World Food Program’s (WFP) decision to reduce food rations for refugees, fearing that it would force Rohingya living in Bangladesh into human trafficking, child marriage, or even prostitution, Anadolu Agency reports. “This announcement of cutting food rations will create Continue Reading