Rohingyas
Germany provides support for IOM COVID-19 response in Bangladesh
With support from the German Federal Foreign Office, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) provided EUR 2,000,000 (Tk 20.91 crore) to expand the provision of essential health services to Rohingyas and vulnerable members of the host community.
Bangladesh, Hungary to bolster ties in nuclear energy, training
Bangladesh and Hungary on Thursday agreed to enhance cooperation in the field of nuclear energy and required training for skilled manpower.
Seven Rohingyas held along Benapole border
Members of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) detained seven Rohingyas including women and children while being trafficked to India through Putkhali border on Wednesday.
UNHCR welcomes life-saving disembarkation of around 300 Rohingyas in Indonesian coast
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed the life-saving disembarkation of approximately 300 Rohingya refugees off the northern coast of Aceh, Indonesia early Monday.
Mobile X-Ray van launched to detect TB among Rohingyas
National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) and BRAC jointly launched a high-tech mobile x-ray van to detect TB among Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar.
75,971 Rohingya babies born in last three years: Save the Children
Save the Children has said an estimated 75,971 children under three years or nine percent of the total Rohingya population are now living in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district.
Bangladesh shouldering Rohingya burden for govt’s ‘knee-jerk’ policy: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the government has not been able to resolve the Rohingya crisis due to its ‘knee-jerk’ foreign policy.
UK to push for accountability, safe repatriation of Rohingyas
The UK on Tuesday said it will continue advocating for accountability on the part of Myanmar for crimes committed against the Rohingyas.
It's genocide with implications regionally: Ex-Malaysian Minister on Rohingya issue
Former Malaysian Foreign Minister Dr Syed Hamid Albar on Monday described the Rohingya crisis as a serious violation of human rights, genocide, and crime against humanity with implications at the regional level.
CCNF demands dignified repatriation of Rohingyas
Cox’s Bazar CSO NGO Forum (CCNF), a platform of 50 local and national NGOs working in Cox's Bazar district, demanded all-out efforts from the UN, INGOs, and government to expedite the process of dignified repatriation of Rohingyas as Bangladesh is facing a dual challenge of Covid-19 and flood.