Rohingyas
16 Rohingyas held while going to Malaysia from Cox’s Bazar
Bangladesh Coast Guard members detain 16 Rohingya people including women and children while they were trying to go to Malaysia through river route from Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.
The strategic importance of Rakhine State
While the media spotlight on Rohingyas has primarily focused on religious persecution and ethnic cleansing, the strategic importance of Rakhine State of Myanmar needs to be articulated.
Army, BSF deployed to stop Rohingyas from entering India
Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh says the army and Border Security Force (BSF) have been deployed to stop Rohingyas from entering the country.
What will the world do about Rohingyas?
We commend the statement issued by the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights in recognising that Rohingyas continue to be victims of ethnic cleansing and forced starvation and that the...
Rohingyas in No-man's Land: Life laden with fear, worries
Every dawn, Hamida's two-year-old girl wakes up and cries, hearing the sound of Myanmar army's heavy vehicles. She grabs her mother
Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the Commonwealth countries to force Myanmar to stop persecution on its Rohingya citizens and take them back from Bangladesh at the earliest.
Khaleda goes to Cox's Bazar today to visit Rohingyas
As BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves the capital for Cox's Bazar today to distribute relief supplies among the Rohingyas, her party is all set for a massive showdown on her way to Cox's...
UNHCR collecting Rohingya data
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been working with the Bangladesh government to collect data on the estimated 5,36,000 forcibly displaced Rohingyas of Rakhine state of...
'Want UN involvement to end Rohingya crisis'
Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says Bangladesh wants United Nations involvement in discussion with Myanmar for repatriation of the Rohingyas.
18 Rohingyas held in Satkhira
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detain 18 Rohingyas from a house in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira after they enter Bangladesh illegally through India-Bangladesh border.
The Rakhine — Avatars of Tony Blair?
Two parties are widely blamed for the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas: the Myanmar army and Aung San Suu Kyi. They stand amid the embers and ashes of torched Rohingya homes, objects of a furious...