End Rohingya crisis urgently

Calling upon the United Nations and the international community to take immediate and effective measures for a permanent solution to the protracted Rohingya…

India should not send back Rohingyas: UN

India should not send the Rohingyas it has been hosting as their lives will be at risk, the United Nations has said. The global body reiterated that funding…

$200m needed in 6 months to face catastrophy: UN

The United Nations will need $200 million over the next six months to face the "catastrophic" influx of more than 420,000 Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh, a top UN official said yesterday, reports AFP. The Rohingya Muslims, escaping ethnic unrest in Myanmar, have overwhelmed Bangladesh's…

Myanmar guilty of genocide

The Myanmar government is guilty of genocide against the Rohingya people and other Muslim minorities, according to the international Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, reports The Star Online from Kuala Lumpur. The seven-man panel tribunal announced its verdict after considering documentary and expert…

AL to want army as striking force, EVMs in next polls

The Awami League (AL) will place a set of proposals, including deployment of the Army as a strike force and the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs)…

BNP may seek deployment of army ahead of polls

The BNP is likely to ask for Army deployment across the country soon after the next general election schedule is announced. The party will also urge the…

Fresh fires, bomb blast hit Rakhine

Twenty homes caught fire and a bomb was detonated near a mosque in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the government said yesterday, the latest unrest in a region that has seen hundreds of thousands of Rohinyga Muslims flee in under a month, reports AFP. The violence comes days after Myanmar’s civilian…

India, China position not considerable

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it is not considerable to Bangladesh what India and China saying about the Rohingya issue as their diplomats saw for themselves their woes, reports UNB from New York. "Their [India and China] diplomats saw the woes of the Rohingyas and they're very…

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