Bangladesh govt places 2 proposals to relocate Rohingyas to Bhashan Char

March 2, 2023

NEWS DESK The government today (March 2) made two proposals, seeking assistance from foreign countries and international agencies, to relocate more Rohingyas to Bhashan Char from Cox’s Bazar camps for the better wellbeing of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals. The proposals were placed to bear the expenses of their relocation and construction of more 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

Canada remains Bangladesh’s strong partner tackling Rohingya crisis: Trudeau’s minister Sajjan

February 27, 2023

NEWS DESK Canadian International Development Minister Harjit S. Sajjan, now in Dhaka, has said that Canada would remain “very strong” partner of Bangladesh to bring more international focus on Rohingya crisis. “We (Bangladesh and Canada) will be working together … how we can bring more international focus on this (Rohingya) problem and focus on the Continue Reading

Sheikh Hasina resolved all political problems of hill tracts: CHT minister

February 24, 2023

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resolved all political problems in the Chattogram Hill Tracts, CHT Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing says. “This region holds a special place in Sheikh Hasina’s heart and so development projects worth Tk 10,000 crore are now going on,” Ushwe Sing said while speaking at a discussion as […]Continue Reading

Impasse in Rohingya repatriation leads to security challenge: Bangladesh

February 24, 2023

NEWS DESK Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has said negative impacts of the impasse in the repatriation of the displaced Rohingyas have been leading to various security challenges for Bangladesh and the region. ‘Bangladesh being a small country with high population density has already overburdened with other critical challenges of its own,’ he told a […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh PM seeks UN support to relocate Rohingyas to Bhashanchar 

February 20, 2023

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Feb 20) sought United Nations (UN) assistance to relocate the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to the well-developed Bhashanchar as UN Resident Coordinator to Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis paid a courtesy call on her. “As there is no certainty of sending Rohingyas back soon to their country, they should be relocated to […]Continue Reading

NGOs working for Rohingya must disclose financial details, Bangladesh minister says

February 19, 2023

The government will ask the NGOs to disclose details of their money given by different organisations to see how much money they spent for Rohingyas. “There are allegations about many NGOs that they do terror financing…It will be investigated,” Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque revealed this information while talking to reporters after the […]Continue Reading

UN to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees, citing fund shortfall

February 17, 2023

NEWS DESK The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee settlement, Reuters reports. About 730,000 Rohingya, a persecuted mostly Muslim minority from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, fled to Bangladesh Continue Reading

Washington deals with root causes of Rohingya crisis: US State Dept

February 15, 2023

NEWS DESK The United States (US) has been dealing with root causes of Rohingya crisis alongside extending support to Dhaka to tackle over a million of the forcibly displaced minority Myanmar people, a senior visiting State Department official said in Dhaka today (Feb 15). “We are working every day not only to try to help […]Continue Reading

Chollet to discuss Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh-US security partnership 

February 15, 2023

NEWS DESK US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet will discuss the coordination of responding to the Rohingya crisis and the security partnership between the US and Bangladesh during his Dhaka visit. Chollet, scheduled to arrive in Dhaka this evening (Feb 14), will also discuss strengthening Dhaka-Washington cooperation in international fora during his engagement with Continue Reading