Myanmar arrests 150 Rohingya fleeing to Malaysia

March 24, 2023

Myanmar authorities have arrested around 150 Rohingya suspected of trying to flee to Malaysia, an official told AFP on Friday. The group of men, women and children was arrested in Thanbyuzayat township in southern Myanmar, the official said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media. The official did not specify […]Continue Reading

Chinese envoy hopes for 1st batch Rohingya repatriation soon

March 15, 2023

NEWS DESK Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen hoped that the first batch of displaced Rohingya would be repatriated to Myanmar soon while China to continue its role as mediator to resolve the crisis. “Hopefully on the joint efforts of all the parties, hopefully these are first batch of right issue could be taken place […]Continue Reading

Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp fire: 35 unidentified people sued

March 15, 2023

NEWS DESK A case was filed on Tuesday (March 14) accusing 35 unidentified individuals in connection with the burning of over 2,800 structures in a massive fire at a Rohingya camp in  Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on March 5. One Rohingya youth named Md Selim filed the case at Ukhiya police station on Tuesday, […]Continue Reading

The inside story of Myanmar govt’s info war on Rohingya

March 14, 2023

As sectarian tensions flared over the rape and killing of a Rakhine ethnic woman in May 2012, three reports from the Information Ministry arrived in the newsroom of the state-run Myanma Alin newspaper with orders to publish them without fail, The Irrawaddy writes. Two stories published by the state-run Myanma Alin Daily on June 5, […]Continue Reading

Training commander of Jamatul Ansar, 8 other militants arrested in Bandarban: RAB

March 13, 2023

NEWS DESK Nine members, including a training commander, of militant group Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya have been arrested in a drive conducted by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Tongkaboti in sadar upazila of Bandarban. Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of Rab’s legal and media wing, revealed the information while briefing the media on Monday […]Continue Reading

KNF terrorists open fire in Thanchi, leaving 4 labourers injured and 4 missing

March 12, 2023

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT In Thanchi of Bandarban, members of local separatist organization Kuki-Chin National Force (KNF) have shot four people, including three labourers and one driver. Since this incident, about 16 people, including contractors and stone traders engaged in road construction work, were missing. KNF members released 12 of the missing 16 people, including Continue Reading

UN seeks $876m Rohingya aid package after funding cuts

March 7, 2023

The United Nations said Tuesday it needs $876 million to meet the humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, after dwindling donations for the persecuted minority forced a cut to their food rations, AFP reports. Around one million members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community live in squalid relief camps in Bangladesh, many after fleeing […]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

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