Ethnic Rohingya refugees
Germany donates 2m euro to IOM for Covid-19 response in Bangladesh
Germany has provided the International Organisation for Migration with two million euros to support the UN migration agency’s Covid-19 response in Bangladesh.
ASEAN must ensure protection for refugees, asylum seekers
The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), and Progressive Voice (PV) call upon ASEAN leaders to address growing xenophobia toward...
Malaysia to ask Bangladesh to take back Rohingya refugees found at sea
Malaysia will ask Bangladesh to take back about 300 Rohingya refugees detained after a boat carrying them entered its waters this week, the southeast Asian nation's defence minister said on...
3 more infected with Covid-19 at Rohingya camp
Three more Rohingya refugees have tested positive for Covid-19 at Ukhia refugee camp a day after the first novel coronavirus case was reported in the camp.
Monsoon rains risk worsening already difficult refugee situation: UNHCR
The UN Refugee Agency warns of life-threatening consequences for Rohingya refugees and host communities if annual monsoon preparations cannot be completed on time amid the global outbreak of Covid-19.
UN, NGO partners launch Joint Response Plan for Rohingyas
UN agencies and NGO partners launch the 2020 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, seeking to raise USD 877 million to respond to the needs of approximately 855,000...
Ensure transparency in relief management for Rohingyas
Cox’s Bazar Civil Society and NGO Forum (CCNF) demands that the government make the relief management for Rohingya refugees transparent and form an authority regarding the matter.
Work on barbed-wire fencing around Rohingya camps begins: Army Chief
Mentioning that barbed-wire fences will be erected around Kutupalong and Nayapara Rohingya camps, Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed says initially work on installing boundary pillars over there has...
45 Rohingyas detained from a house in Chattogram
Law enforcers detain 45 Rohingya men from a house in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram in the wee hours.
'Int’l community to remain engaged in solving Rohingya crisis'
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the international community assured Bangladesh of remaining engaged in the efforts to solve Rohingya crisis so that forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals can...
‘15 EC staff involved in providing NIDs to Rohingyas’
Around 15 staff of the Election Commission were involved in providing NID cards to Rohingyas and most of them were sacked from the service for their involvement in different irregularities,...