The Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) is continuing the construction work of its 20-storey building, ignoring a Bangladesh University of Engineering…

The government will issue 6,000 smart cards to Rohingya orphans, who, along with other people, have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar. The Ministry of Social Welfare will take all responsibilities of the orphans, including their food and lodging. This was stated by the state minister for social welfare,…

Myanmar, which is responsible for atrocities forcing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to cross into Bangladesh, is ‘internationally cornered’ on the issue, the government believes. It is also of the opinion that whatever Myanmar says regarding the atrocities orchestrated by its…

Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador insisted Monday that there is no “ethnic cleansing” or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected “in the strongest terms” to countries that used those words to describe the situation in Rakhine State, reports The Washington Post. Hau Do…

Radical Buddhist monks stormed a United Nations safe house for Rohingya refugees near Sri Lanka’s capital yesterday and forced authorities to relocate the group, officials said, reports AFP from Colombo. Saffron-robed Buddhist monks led a mob that broke down gates and entered the walled multi-storied…