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Don't let them be a lost generation
The Rohingya youth have called upon the international community to ensure that the refugee children do not become a “lost generation” without education or future.
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UN official welcomes Rohingya relocation plan
A senior UN official welcomes Bangladesh's plan to move Rohingya refugees out of the country's congested camps, but says any move to transfer some 100,000 of them to a flood-prone island should be voluntary.
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Rohingya Fund Use: INGO Forum welcomes probe
The INGO Forum Bangladesh said it would welcome any investigation into the allegations that NGOs and aid agencies spent only a quarter of the funds they received for the Rohingya crisis.
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Myanmar military court to probe Rohingya atrocity allegations
Myanmar's army says it has set up a military court to investigate its conduct during a crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that forced more than 730,000 to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Rohingyas have no future in Bangladesh camps: Campaigner
There is no future for the 900,000 Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, a leading campaigner and Rohingya lawyer Razia Sultana tells Reuters in an interview, likening the camps to zoos and calling for a proper repatriation strategy.
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Rohingya Repatriation: Doubt lingers as conflict flares up in Myanmar
Uncertainty over Rohingya repatriation is likely to stay as conflict between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army in Rakhine has escalated since early January, say experts.
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NGOs spent only 25% fund for Rohingyas: Minister
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque blast NGOs and aid agencies alleging they spent only a quarter of the funds they received to sooth the miseries of Rohingyas while most of the amount were spent to pay their hotel bills.
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Malaysian Rohingya activist nominated for US award
Sharifah Shakirah, who helps improve the lives of Rohingya women in Malaysia, has been nominated as Malaysia's candidate for the US Department of State's International Women of Courage award.
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UN envoy fears "new crisis" for Rohingya if moved to Bangladesh island
A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar voices deep concern at Bangladesh's plan to relocate 23,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in April, saying that it may not be habitable, creating a potential "new crisis".
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Let Rohingya women decide their future: Amnesty
Living as a refugee in Bangladesh after fleeing persecution in Myanmar, the story of Rohingya women is all about hardship and struggle.
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‘Each Rohingya to get $6,000 if returns to Rakhine’
A Chinese government delegation reportedly meets Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, promising each refugee up to USD $6,000 if they returned to Rakhine state in Myanmar, a Bangladeshi official and refugee leaders say.
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Rohingya lawyer gets US award
Rohingya-born Bangladeshi citizen Razia Sultana has been awarded the United States’ International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award for her work with Rohingya refugees.
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Women, children help desk opened in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp
Cox's Bazar police and UN Women launch a Women and Children Help Desk, the first of its kind in Rohingya camps, at Madhuchara Police Camp-1 in Cox's Bazar district.
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Japan to give $32.5m for Rohingyas
Japan has decided to give US $32.5 million for the Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh due to persecution in Myanmar.
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Myanmar not working as per commitment on Rohingya repatriation: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Myanmar is not working as per its commitment with Bangladesh on the repatriation of their Rohingya nationals to their homeland.
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'Rohingyas attack' German journos in Ukhia camp
A group of Rohingyas in Ukhia's Kutupalong refugee camp attacked six people, including three German journalists, and snatched valuables from them yesterday.
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Myanmar has failed to act
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it is unfortunate that Myanmar has failed to create a congenial atmosphere to take back Rohingyas, despite signing an agreement with Bangladesh on repatriation.
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Rohingya people sexually assaulted in Rakhine: Law minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq says Rohingya people were sexually assaulted in a tremendous extent when they had been in Rakhine State of Myanmar.
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22 Rohingyas rescued in Cox's Bazar
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 22 Rohingyas, including children and women, from Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar early yesterday. The 22 were going to be trafficked to Malaysia through the Bay of Bengal.
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Child Marriage of Rohingya girl stopped in Malaysia
The wedding dinner is being prepared for about 100 guests. But the police knocked on the door as the bride was an 11-year-old girl who was about to be married off to a man 10 years older than her.
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‘PM saved global leaders from disgrace sheltering Rohingyas’
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has saved the face of the global leaders from "ignominy and disgrace" by sheltering the persecuted people of Rakhine province of Myanmar.
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Bangladesh to seek more Indian support to resolve Rohingya crisis
Bangladesh will seek more Indian support to resolve the Rohingya crisis as foreign minister AK Abdul Momen is set to reach New Delhi tonight in his maiden overseas tour since the Awami League government was formed for the third consecutive term.
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Jolie demands Myanmar's 'commitment' to end violence
Angelina Jolie yesterday said that Myanmar must "show genuine commitment" to end violence that has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims into neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Aid workers race to batten down Rohingya refugee camp
In hotels and restaurants near the beach at Cox's Bazar in southeast Bangladesh, international and local aid workers sent to help the Rohingya in the world's largest refugee settlement talk nervously of the major challenge ahead - the weather.
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Major Rohingya conference in New York this week
The Free Rohingya Coalition, a leading global activist group led by members of the Rohingya community, is hosting a two-day international conference at Barnard College, New York City on February 8-9, demanding accountability and protection for the minorities in Myanmar.
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Angelina Jolie to visit refugee camps in Cox's Bazar tomorrow
Film star Angelina Jolie is scheduled to meet Rohingya women, who were victims of sexual violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State during a brutal military operation in August 2017, in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps tomorrow.
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Rohingyas held in KSA begin hunger strike
Scores of Rohingyas detainees inside a Saudi detention centre have begun a hunger strike to stop the Gulf kingdom from deporting them to Bangladesh, reports Middle East Eye, a news outlet published from UK.
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Health services scaled up to combat chicken pox in Cox’s Bazar
Responding to an outbreak of chicken pox in the Rohingya refugee camps, health sector partners led by the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization steps up surveillance and initiates measures to curtail further spread of the disease and prevent any complications.
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No easy solution to Rohingya crisis: Foreign minister
The newly appointed Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen termed the Rohingya influx “a very serious issue” and said there is no easy solution to the humanitarian crisis.
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Disband 'biased' panel on crimes against Rohingya: HRW
Human Rights Watch says Myanmar should disband its commission of inquiry into abuses in Rakhine state because it is clearly unwilling to seriously investigate alleged grave crimes against ethnic Rohingya.
