Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya who tried to leave country

January 10, 2023

The UN refugee agency says the number of dangerous boat journeys attempted by the Rohingya rose sixfold in 2022 [File: Amanda Jufrian/AFP] Myanmar has jailed 112 people, including 12 children, from the minority Rohingya after they were caught attempting to leave the country, Al Jazeera reports. The court in Bogale in the southern Ayeyarwady region […]Continue Reading

Boat with 185 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia’s Aceh

January 8, 2023

A boat with 185 Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Sunday, a local disaster agency official said, following hundreds who arrived late last year fleeing desperate conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh, Reuters reports. Over half of those who arrived around 2:30 p.m. Sunday were women and children, Ridwan Jamil, […]Continue Reading

3 Rohingya poets at Dhaka Lit Fest say they want to return home

January 6, 2023

NEWS DESK Attending the 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest, three Rohingya poets have expressed their desire to return home. Rohingya poets and photographers Abdullah Habib, Shahida Win, and Ayala Akter expressed such a desire in a discussion session titled “Alternate Voices” at the Bardhoman building in the Bangla Academy on the second day of […]Continue Reading

Rohingya man shot in Cox’s Bazar camp

January 6, 2023

TEKNAF AND PALANGKHALI CORRESPONDENTS A Rohingya man has been shot by miscreants at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar district. The incident occurred at B-39 Block under Rohingya Camp-8 (East) under the district’s Ukhia upazila around 4:00 pm on Friday (Jan 6, 2023). Identified as Mohammad Nabi, son of Mohammad Kashim, the injured Rohingya has […]Continue Reading

Group of 39 Rohingya arrested in Myanmar

January 5, 2023

NEWS DESK A group of 39 Muslim Rohingya were arrested by the Military Council on 2 January at 10:30 am in Hinthada township, Ayeyarwaddy Region, Mizzima News reports. The Rohingya people were hiding inside a stone-carrying vehicle near Hinthada University Road. According to a local witness, the vehicle did not stop at a checkpoint and […]Continue Reading

Dream of Normal Life Drives Rohingya Girls to Perilous Sea Voyage

January 5, 2023

NEWS DESK Dressed in an embroidered salmon-hued outfit and sparkling silver boots, a girl gazes seriously into the camera. She stands in stark contrast to the dingy background — walls and a roof fashioned out of crisscrossed bamboo sticks and plastic drape sheets, VOA reports. The photograph is sent to a network of relatives and […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s military honours anti-Muslim monk, frees prisoners

January 4, 2023

An ultranationalist monk in Myanmar, who was once dubbed the “face of Buddhist terror” over his role in promoting religious hatred against Muslims, has received a prestigious national award as the country’s military rulers celebrate independence from Britain, AL Jazeera reports. The monk, Wirathu, was awarded the honorific “Thiri Pyanchi” title for his “outstanding work Continue Reading

Risking death at sea, Rohingya Muslims seek safety in Indonesia

December 29, 2022

Crying with relief after a traumatic 40-day voyage to Indonesia in a leaky boat, Rohingya Muslim Fatimah bin Ismail held a mobile phone with shaky hands as she made a video call to relatives, Reuters reports. The 19-year-old was among 174 surviving Rohingya in the overloaded wooden fishing boat when it washed up on the […]Continue Reading

Brac NGO’s ‘irresponsibility’ leads to fire at Rohingya camp; no casaulties

December 29, 2022

HNILA CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR A fire has broken out at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila incurring a loss of up to Tk 800,000. However, no casualties were reported. The fire occurred at a Brac WASH centre of Chakmarkul of Rohingya Camp 21 under the Upazila’s Hoaikang Union Parishad around 11:30am on Thursday, […]Continue Reading

KNF has no connection with us: Ethnic minorities

December 28, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN Ethnic minorities have said they have nothing to do with the newly launched Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), an armed separatist group based in Chittagong Hill Tracts. They announced this at a press conference at Arun Sarki Town Hall in Bandarban district town on Tuesday amid claims by the KNF that ethnic minorities […]Continue Reading