Three mortar shells from Myanmar land in Bangladesh

August 28, 2022

NAIKHONGCHARI CORRESPONDENT Three mortar shells fired from Myanmar have landed unexploded in Bangladesh’s Bandarban district. The shells fell in the southern neighbourhood of Tumbru – bordering Myanmar – Ghumdhum in the hill district’s Naikhongchari. The southern neighbourhood of Tumbru is surrounded by a temporary Rohingya camp living on the Tumbru zero line of Continue Reading

OIC secretary general hospitalised, Bangladesh visit deferred

August 27, 2022

NEWS DESK The scheduled visit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation secretary general Hissein Brahim Taha has been deferred as he is hospitalised. ‘He’s hospitalised. Therefore, the visit can’t take place at this time,’ a senior official at the ministry of foreign affairs said on Friday evening. The OIC secretary general was scheduled to arrive at […]Continue Reading

Rohingya must be part of Myanmar crisis solution: UN chief

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Myanmar’s military-installed government Wednesday (Aug 25, 2022) to include ethnic Rohingya in a solution to the country’s political crisis, AP reports. He commented on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the start of a mass exodus by the Muslim minority to Bangladesh to escape a […]Continue Reading

Myanmar Rohingya, five years on, want to go home with justice

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Myanmar Rohingya Muslims protested across refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh on Thursday (Aug 25, 2022), the fifth anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from their homes, Reuters reports. More than a million Rohingya now live in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Continue Reading

US to take Rohingyas from Bangladesh: Blinken

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has said the United States are working to significantly increase resettlement of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. “As an essential component of an international, comprehensive humanitarian response, we are working to significantly increase resettlement of Rohingya refugees from the region, including from Bangladesh, Continue Reading

Will continue to pursue long-term solution to Rohingya crisis: Foreign Missions

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Missions stationed in Dhaka have said they will continue to pursue a long-term solution to the Rohingya crisis and its causes. “Five years on, the international community stands resolute in solidarity in its support for Rohingya and Bangladesh,” reads a joint statement by the Embassies and High Commissions in Dhaka on Thursday […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s military regime encourages yaba smuggling to Bangladesh

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK The number of yaba pills (a contraband drug) smuggled into Bangladesh from neighbouring Myanmar has surged by two and a half times under the current military regime compared to the amount reported during the rule of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. This information was obtained from the meeting minutes of the parliamentary […]Continue Reading

Myanmar should allow int’l organizations to work in Rakhine state: PM

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Aug 25, 2022) said  Myanmar should allow international organizations to work in the Rakhine state to create an appropriate environment for the dignified return of the forciblydisplaced Rohingya people. “Myanmar should allow international organizations to work in the Rakhine state,” she said while United Nations Continue Reading

Rohingya Crisis: UN envoy seeks renewed int’l attention, burden-sharing by other countries

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer has said it is critical that the international community continues to seek comprehensive, durable and inclusive solutions to the Rohingya crisis. “We cannot let this become a forgotten crisis,” said Special Envoy Heyzer on her four-day mission to Bangladesh. On the Continue Reading

Rohingya crisis fund is ‘well short of needs’: UN refugee agency

August 24, 2022

An appeal to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is “well short of needs”, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as refugees called on donors not to forget the crisis ahead of the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar, Reuters reports. More than a million Rohingya are living in squalid camps in […]Continue Reading