Some 607,000 new arrivals are reported as of October 28, according to IOM Needs and Population Monitoring, UNHCR and other field reports released yesterday, reports UNB. Since the last situation report on October 26, there have been 2,000 new arrivals, said the reports. According to the IOM, the government…

State Minister of Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam yesterday briefed OIC Secretary General Dr Yousef A Al-Othaimeen and other high officials of the OIC Secretariat on the latest position of Bangladesh on the Rohingya crisis, reports UNB. He also appreciated the role of the international community for…

The government has finally dismissed from service for misconduct the director of the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP), Munshi Muyeed Ekram, known as the mastermind of the "official passport forgery" scam.  The secretary of the Security Service Division of the home ministry,…

European Union (EU) commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management Christos Stylianides arrived in the capital yesterday on a three-day visit to Bangladesh to meet with Rohingyas and the aid projects in the affected areas funder by the EU. And, a United States delegation will fly to Dhaka from…

The Rohingya boys and girls shrieked with delight as the clowns juggled hoops and somersaulted, their red-nosed antics provoking a sound rarely heard in the world's largest refugee camp -- children's laughter, reports AFP from Kutupalong. The clowns have been providing much-needed levity in…

Saudi Arabia will allow women into sports stadiums for the first time from next year, authorities said yesterday, in a landmark move opening up three previously male-only venues to families, reports AFP from Riyadh. The ultra-conservative kingdom, which has some of the world's tightest restrictions…

Abdus Satter, father of Aziza Begum-- a 12-year-old class-V student of Narsingi, yesterday alleged of police negligence in arresting the accused in a case he field over the death of her daughter. He claimed the police were being slack in arresting the prime accused-- Beauty Begum and her cousin and…