Rohingya
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / A tale of forced displacement and uncertain futures
Review of ‘The Displaced Rohingyas: A Tale Of A Vulnerable Community’ (Routledge, 2024), edited by SK Tawfique M Haque, Bulbul Siddiqi, and Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan.
The road to a new Myanmar
Myanmar is facing a structural metamorphosis, putting its South and Southeast Asian neighbours on alert.
For sustainable Rohingya repatriation, citizenship and security are must
A 30-member Myanmar delegation—during their recent visit to Cox’s Bazar—failed to make any commitment to the refugees regarding their request for repatriation to their original homes
Between ifs and buts dwindles the future of the Rohingya
Is it a battle of numbers that give political actors the right to dehumanise them? We wish to believe that crises create the push for alternatives and that, in this case, collective actions will be towards this direction.
Into the intersection of identity & violence
It is worth considering that, according to historian Yuval Noah Harari, we may not be able to fully evade violence, as our evolutionary past has instilled certain inclinations within us that could be linked to violence.
News Analysis / Rohingya Repatriation: China now active but uncertainties yet to clear up
China now appears to be quite active in trying to make the Rohingya repatriation a reality.
Will the UNSC ever hold Myanmar accountable?
Repatriation is becoming a distant dream for the Rohingya
The books you will meet at Dhaka Art Summit 2023
For those who are especially interested in literature in book form, the first two floors of the exhibition hold treasures.
Kaamil Ahmed publishes ‘first book-length exploration’ of Rohingya lives abroad
I Feel No Peace is the latest in this string of books exploring the Rohingya experience. It offers, in particular, a narrative account of their history and their experience with NGOs and the UN.
Reuters publishes investigative report on how Myanmar military planned Rohingya purge
War crimes investigators got hold of thousands of pages of documents that shed new light on Myanmar’s campaign to expel the country’s ethnic minority -- the Rohingya, as well as efforts to hide the strategy from the world.
Music as a panacea for pain in Rohingya refugee camps
An intervention to teach Rohingya youth their own music is bringing them hope and reconnecting them to their culture.
Home-grown solutions for a global crisis: 'Rohingya Camp Narratives' launches at IUB
“Here one will find on state policy analysis and societal dynamics–exploring grey areas and bringing multidimensional analysis to the refugee crisis”, said Professor Dr Meghna Guhathakurta.
Create conditions in Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation: Bangladesh to UN
Bangladesh has urged the UN to scale up its programme and create conducive conditions in the Rakhine State of Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation, arguing that efforts on the Bangladesh side alone will not bring about any lasting solution to the problem.
Mohib Ullah murder: Charges pressed against 29 Rohingyas without naming ARSA
Police today pressed charges against 29 Rohingyas in a case filed over the grisly murder of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah.
7 Rohingyas, making their way from India, detained in Cox’s Bazar camp
Seven members of two Rohingya families, who made their way from India's Jammu and Kashmir, have been detained by Armed Police Battalion (APBn) at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar.
16 killed as Rohingya boat capsizes off Myanmar coast
At least 16 people from Myanmar’s Rohingya minority have died after a storm capsized the boat they were traveling on to seek refuge in another country, officials and a recovery team member said Tuesday.
Rohingyas sneaking in from India now
The illegal entry of Rohingyas into Bangladesh from India over the past three weeks has triggered a fresh concern as the new inflow will create an additional burden for the country already hosting one million of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.
Preparations underway at Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar to tackle Cyclone Asani
Cox's Bazar District Administration has taken preparations in advance to ensure safety of Rohingyas in the refugee camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of Cox's Bazar as there is a forecast of cyclone "Asani" under the influence of low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.
Religious freedom worsening in Bangladesh, across South Asia: US report
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has expressed deep concerns about the worsening religious freedom conditions in Bangladesh and other South Asian countries.
