Dhaka seeks greater Dutch support for Rohingya repatriation

April 1, 2023

NEWS DESK Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain Miah has sought support from the Netherlands towards the sustainable return of the Rohingyas and a political solution to the issue in Myanmar. He made the request while calling on Dutch Prime Minister’s Foreign and Security Adviser Geoffrey Van Leeuwen on Friday. He also […]Continue Reading

Rohingya campaigners condemn Myanmar’s ‘opaque’ repatriation plan

March 25, 2023

The Myanmar military’s “pilot project” to repatriate about 1,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has been met with scepticism, with rights campaigners calling it a “PR campaign”, AL Jazeera reports. Last week, a delegation from Myanmar visited the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district – home to more than 1 million Rohingya – […]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

Bangladesh emphasizes shared responsibility of OIC members in achieving sustainable Rohingya crisis solution

March 18, 2023

NEWS DESK Bangladesh has said the OIC member states must share collective responsibility to ensure safe and dignified return of the most persecuted community– the Rohingyas to their homeland, Myanmar. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen made the call during the open-ended meeting of the OIC Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee on Accountability for Human Rights […]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

Three army members shot during KNF firing in Bandarban

March 12, 2023

STAFF REPORTER Three army personnel were injured when KNF personnel opened fire on an army medical camp in Paikhyong-Ronin para of Rowanchhari upazila of Bandarban district. The incident happened on Sunday (March 12) around 1 pm. According to local sources, a team of the army was on a regular patrol in the area last week. […]Continue Reading

Rohingya situation becomes difficult due to Russia-Ukraine war: PM

March 8, 2023

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (March 8) said the war in Ukraine and its refugees have attracted the global attention shifting the focus from the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh which makes the situation more difficult. “The war (in Ukraine) has made the situation more difficult. The whole focus is now on the war […]Continue Reading