Photo exhibition in Venice to display works by Rohingya refugees

October 14, 2022

NEWS DESK An exhibition by Rohingya refugees entitled ‘Hostile Environment: the lives of Rohingya,’ is set to be held between 18 and 31 October at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, a press release said. Featuring photos by 20 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and India, the exhibition will be inaugurated on 17 October. Speakers at […]Continue Reading

Civilians in firing line as conflict returns to Myanmar’s Rakhine

October 11, 2022

On the evening of September 25, in Nagara village in western Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State, Bu Wine and her family went to bed early. But a couple of hours later, she was awake. “After hearing loud firing at midnight, I felt worried,” she told Al Jazeera, recalling how she planned to gather up her four […]Continue Reading

Declassified documents reveal Israel’s role in Myanmar atrocities against Rohingya Muslims

October 7, 2022

NEWS DESK Recently declassified Israeli Foreign Ministry documents reveal deep Israeli military ties with Burma, now known as Myanmar, and its significant role in the brutal massacre against the Rohingya Muslims, reports The Middle East Monitor. According to a report published yesterday by Haaretz, the 25,000 pages of documents detail how the Israeli regime armed and Continue Reading

30 Rohingyas held in Cumilla while trying to cross over to India

October 6, 2022

NEWS DESK Thirty Rohingyas including children and women were detained last night (October 5, 2022) from Burichang upazila of Cumilla while trying to go India illegally. Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained them from Jaamtal area, adjacent to the Indian border, last night; our Cumilla correspondent reports quoting Maruf Rahman, officer-in-Charge of Burichang Continue Reading

Another Bangladeshi loses leg in landmine blast along Myanmar border

October 5, 2022

NEWS DESK A second Bangladeshi man in less than 3 weeks has lost a leg in a landmine explosion near the border with Myanmar along Naikhongchhari of Bandarban. The injured was identified as Abdul Kader, 27, a resident of Chherakum area in Dochhari union under the upazila. Several organs of his body including his eyes […]Continue Reading

Rohingya child shot dead in Cox’s Bazar camp

October 4, 2022

NEWS DESK A Rohingya girl was killed and another injured by a group of unidentified miscreants in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya camp. The incident took place in Block H-52 of Balukhali Camp no 18 early Tuesday (Oct 04, 2022). The deceased was identified as Tasfia, 8, daughter of Md Yasin, a member of the volunteer team […]Continue Reading

Mine explosion inside Myanmar kills Rohingya teen, wounds another

October 3, 2022

NEWS DESK A Rohingya teen was killed and another critically injured in a landmine explosion inside Myanmar along the country’s border with Bangladesh early Sunday (Oct 2, 2022). The deceased was identified as Omar Farooq,16, of Zero Point Rohingya Camp, known as the camp that is closest to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, in no man’s land. The […]Continue Reading

Police dismiss Rohingya youth’s viral video on refugee murders

September 30, 2022

NEWS DESK Armed Police Battalion officials have dismissed a video of an armed Rohingya youth, who claimed to have killed four Rohingya leaders in the Ukhia camps in Cox’s Bazar. A video went viral from two Facebook profiles where a youth, Mohammad Hashim, who was seen holding a pistol, claimed that he was involved in […]Continue Reading

Rohingya seek reparations from Facebook for role in massacre

September 29, 2022

NEWS DESK With roosters crowing in the background as he speaks from the crowded refugee camp in Bangladesh that’s been his home since 2017, Maung Sawyeddollah, 21, describes what happened when violent hate speech and disinformation targeting the Rohingya minority in Myanmar began to spread on Facebook, reports AP. “We were good with most of […]Continue Reading

Rohingya youth confesses to killing four refugees in video message

September 28, 2022

DESK REPORT A young man named Md Hashim (21) described how four majhis (leaders) of the Rohingya camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar were killed and on whose instigation. In a video, which has gone viral on social media Facebook, he is seen holding a weapon and describing how one of the four men was […]Continue Reading