Bangladeshi fisherman shot by Myanmar’s BGP

November 21, 2022

DESK REPORT One Bangladeshi fisherman has been shot by Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) in the Naf River of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar. The fisherman was identified as Mohammad Kashem, son of late Moni Mia from Naittyang under the district’s Teknaf municipality. The shooting took place in the river – marking the border of […]Continue Reading

Thirty-five Rohingya sentenced in Myanmar to 5 years in jail

November 21, 2022

Lawyers have reported that on 16 November, Bogale Township Court sentenced 35 Muslim Rohingya to five years in prison, Mizzima reports. Military Council troops apprehended 62 Rohingya people near Kadonelay island, Kadonkani village-tract, Bogale Township, Ayeyarwaddy Region, at 10 pm on 30 October. “Thirteen Rohingya under the age of 18 have been sent to the […]Continue Reading

As Malaysia prepares for an election, refugees watch warily

November 17, 2022

NEWS DESK On November 19, millions of Malaysian voters will go to the polls to decide the course of their country for the next five years, Al Jazeera reports. But while Malaysians vote in a spirit of hope for the country they want to see, the 183,000 refugees who also live there are watching warily […]Continue Reading

Second boat of over 100 Rohingya lands on Indonesian beach

November 16, 2022

NEWS DESK Over 100 Rohingya Muslims traveling in a wooden boat have landed on an Indonesian beach, the second group in as many days to arrive in the island nation’s northernmost province of Aceh, AP reports. The group of 61 men, 36 women and 22 children that landed Wednesday morning in North Aceh district’s Bluka […]Continue Reading

Bangladeshi loses leg in landmine blast along Myanmar border

November 16, 2022

NEWS DESK A Bangladeshi national lost one leg in a landmine explosion in Phultali area of Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban bordering Myanmar on Wednesday (Nov 16, 2022). The injured was identified as Muhammad Belal, 30, son of Abul Hasem, of Kochhopia union in Ramu upazila. He is undergoing treatment at Cox’s Bazar Medical College and […]Continue Reading

Boat carrying 111 Rohingya refugees lands in Indonesia’s Aceh

November 15, 2022

NEWS DESK A boat carrying 111 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, landed on the shores of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest among an annual exodus from northwest Myanmar, Reuters reports. The Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority, have for years sailed to countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia Continue Reading

DGFI officer killed in gunfight with smugglers in Bandarban: ISPR

November 14, 2022

STAFF CORRRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN A DGFI officer has been killed and a RAB member injured as joint forces clashed with smugglers in Bandarban’s Naikhyangchari on Monday (Nov. 14, 2022). The gunfight took place at Naikhyangchari’s Tumbru around 7:00 p.m., according to an ISPR press release. The deceased DGFI officer was from the Bangladesh Air Force, the […]Continue Reading

Defending Rohingya cause: OIC secretary-general lauds Gambia

November 11, 2022

NEWS DESK OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha received in his office in Jeddah, Gambia’s Justice Minister Dawda A. Jallow yesterday (Nov 10, 2022), Gambia’s The Point reports. During the meeting, the two sides praised the level of cooperation between the OIC and the Gambia and expressed the will to further enhance it. The Secretary-General paid […]Continue Reading

Australia to provide $135 million for Rohingyas in Bangladesh, Myanmar

November 11, 2022

NEWS DESK Australia will provide $135 million in 2022-23 for the Rohingyas and other communities in Myanmar and Bangladesh to assist with the delivery of life-saving food, water and shelter as a part of the Albanese government’s commitment to supporting the humanitarian response. The package of support builds on $480 million provided since 2017 to […]Continue Reading

EU announces € 3m for Rohingyas in Bhasan Char

November 10, 2022

NEWS DESK Appreciating Bangladesh’s support for the Rohingyas, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on Thursday (Nov 10, 2022) said Bangladesh and the European Union (EU) are partners in principles as well as practice. “I am very impressed by the Bangladeshi Government and people’s continued hospitality to the Rohingya refugees. Continue Reading