Visiting European parliamentary delegation yesterday laid emphasis on giving back the Rohingyas their basic rights and citizenship and safe return to Myanmar from Bangladesh, reports UNB. Delegation leader and chair of the delegation for Relations with the countries of South Asia (DSAS) Jean Lambert…

A Myanmar government minister has told Rohingya refugees living in a makeshift camp on the Bangladesh border they should take up a government offer to return, warning they will face “consequences” if they stay where they are, reports AFP from Dhaka. A video circulated on social media apparently…

Despite escaping violence in their homeland, the impending cyclone and monsoon season mean the Rohingyas now face more life-threatening dangers from the weather and environmental conditions in Bangladesh, said the UN Migration Agency IOM yesterday. Most now live in extremely basic shelters in desperately…

Expressing deep concern over the Rohingya crisis, the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has urged Myanmar to work with the international community to create conditions in Rakhine which will allow Rohingya refugees to return safely, voluntarily and in dignity to their homes under international…

A stretch of land subsided in the Dasshu Narayanpur area of Kapasia upazila in Gazipur district early yesterday, creating panic among villagers. About…

US President Donald Trump has said Israeli settlements "complicate" the peace process with Palestinians and urged "care" over the issue, reports BBC from London. He also told an Israeli newspaper that he did not believe the Palestinians, and possibly Israel as well, were ready to…

Bangladesh has signed a deal to involve the United Nations in the controversial process of returning Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, a minister said yesterday, reports AFP from Cox’s Bazar. Junior foreign minister Shahriar Alam said the government was involving the UN refugee agency so that it could…