Rohignyas turn big burden, PM Hasina tells EU leaders

November 11, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (Nov 10, 2022) told a delegation from the European Union that the forcibly displaced Rohingyas sheltered in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char camps were becoming a huge burden for Bangladesh as their number was increasing daily with newborns. She raised the issue of Rohingya when a five-member […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh seeks OIC’s help to continue Rohingya genocide case

November 10, 2022

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Permanent Representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Mohammad Javed Patwari has sought the help of OIC member states to continue the Rohingya genocide case lodged by Gambia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Javed sought help at the ad-hoc meeting of […]Continue Reading

Despite other global crises, UN still focused on Rohingya issue, UNRC says

November 8, 2022

NEWS DESK UN Resident Coordinator (UNRC) in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis on Tuesday (Nov 8, 2022) said that despite other major developing crises in the world, the United Nations continues to focus on the Rohingya issue, and has been trying to find a political solution. “It’s incredibly challenging. The focus is there,” she said, adding that […]Continue Reading

Dhaka seeks proactive role from Thailand, Asean to repatriate Rohingya

October 30, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday sought a pro-active role from Thailand in particular, and from the Asean in general, for ensuring an expeditious and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingya people to their homeland in Myanmar. Momen also requested participation of the Thai foreign minister and deputy prime minister at the Indian […]Continue Reading

FLAG MEETING: Myanmar BGP regrets as BGB raises airspace breach, border shelling

October 30, 2022

HNILA, TEKNAF CORRESPONDENTS Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) has sincerely expressed regret over the recent shelling inside Bangladesh and the violation of its airspace. They also assured that such things will not repeat in the future as their (Myanmar’s) internal crisis that led to such things will be resolved soon. The BGP came up with […]Continue Reading

Myanmar army pledges to maintain peace along border with Bangladesh

October 28, 2022

NEWS DESK The Myanmar army has pledged to maintain peace and security at the border with Bangladesh in the face of an upsurge in incidents of shells landing in the neighboring nation while fighting armed rebel groups, Anadolu Agency reports. The assurance was given by a Myanmar army delegation at a meeting with Bangladesh Army […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta strips Rohingya of ownership of land they were forced to flee in 2017

October 27, 2022

NEWS DESK Noor Kamal, 31, was one of more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya from northern Rakhine State who marked the fifth anniversary of their painful exodus from their homeland this past August. Now living at the Shofiullah Kata refugee camp in Bangladesh, Noor can hardly imagine what his native village of Myin Hlut, in conflict-torn […]Continue Reading

World has left Bangladesh to shelter 1m Rohingya refugees alone, says minister

October 26, 2022

NEWS DESK The world has done “absolutely nothing” to ensure safety in Myanmar for its persecuted Rohingya minority, said Bangladesh’s foreign minister, complaining that his country is sheltering more than 1 million refugees without support, The Guardian reports. Foreign minister Shahriar Alam told the Guardian that financial support for the Rohingya has decreased each year Continue Reading

China is working silently over Rohingya issue: Envoy

October 26, 2022

NEWS DESK China wants a “peaceful and stable” Bangladesh for continuing the pace of development, said Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming today (October 26, 2022). “Peace and stability are preconditions for development. Any problem, therefore, should be solved in a democratic and peaceful way,” he said at the DCAB Talk at Jatiya Press Club. He said […]Continue Reading

Without accountability, political transition in Myanmar won’t fix Rohingya issue, Bangladesh tells seminar at UK Parliament

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said that in the absence of justice and accountability, a political transition in Myanmar will not fix the Rohingya issue. “That is why, this time around, accountability must be ensured, justice must be delivered, and impunity must not be allowed by the international community […]Continue Reading