Myanmar’s arguments are baseless, Bangladeshi FM says
YUSUF SELMAN İNANÇ @yusufsinanc DHAKA A boy naps under the shade of a tree after an early Sunday fire razed down a Rohingya camp in the Kalindi Kunj area […]
B’desh: Ahmadiyya community in fear after mosque ambush
ANI | Dhaka [Bangladesh] Last Updated at April 12, 2018 The Ahmadiyya community, who are also known as ‘Qadiani’, has been living in fear ever since suspected radical groups allegedly […]
Rohingya in camp tell Myanmar official they survived attacks
Source: Associated Press By JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Myanmar Cabinet minister on Wednesday visited a sprawling refugee camp in Bangladesh for Rohingya Muslims, who described the violence […]
Myanmar official meets Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camp
Source: Associated Press By JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Myanmar Cabinet minister on Wednesday visited a sprawling refugee camp in Bangladesh for Rohingya Muslims, who described the violence that forced them to flee Myanmar and presented a list of demands for their repatriation. Social Welfare Minister Win Myat […]
Bangladesh: Ahmadiyya locals are sleepless fearing attacks
Ujjal Chakraborty, Brahmanbaria Published March 31, 2018 Photo:Dhaka Tribune Local leaders of the Islamic sect have applied to the UNO for security, fearing their households might be attacked Members of […]
Bangladesh: Ahmadiyya mosque comes under attack
Our Correspondent, Jamalpur Some 22 people were injured as a mosque of Ahmadiyya community came under attack in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur district on Friday. Members of the community said […]
Rohingya crisis: UN envoy says refugees facing ‘forced starvation’
Source: BBC News Myanmar has not stopped its ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Rakhine state, a United Nations human rights official said on Tuesday. The UN envoy’s assessment […]
Rohingya refugees test Bangladeshi welcome as prices rise and repatriation stalls
Source: Reuters By Clare Baldwin, Andrew R.C. Marshall KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) – The first Rohingya refugees who arrived on Jorina Katun’s farmland in Bangladesh last year were worn out and traumatized after fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar. They wept and begged to stay, and Katun, moved by their plight, […]
Months after exodus began, Rohingya see no end to suffering
Source: Associated Press By TOFAYEL AHMAD and JULHAS ALAM COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Their houses are often made of plastic sheets. Much of their food comes from aid agencies. […]
Religion and Violence in Myanmar
Sitagu Sayadaw’s Case for Mass Killing By Matthew J. Walton Since late August, more than 600,000 Rohingya have left Myanmar, fleeing a state-led campaign of violence against them. The Rohingya […]
Bangladesh ex PM: Khaleda Zia jailed for five years in corruption case
Faisal Mahmood- Dhaka, Bangladesh – A court in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to jail in a corruption case. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Court-5 on Thursday sentenced the two-time former prime minister to five years rigorous imprisonment. He read out selected parts of the 632-page […]
Myanmar exodus : Switzerland to provide extra CHF12 million for displaced Rohingya
This content was published on February 5, 2018 Billboards in Dhaka welcome the Swiss president who is on a four-day state visit to Bangladesh (Keystone) President Alain Berset has announced […]
Rohingya Muslims’ repatriation to Myanmar postponed
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi and agencies The gradual repatriation of more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar from Bangladesh has been postponed amid widespread fears that refugees would be forced […]
Rohingya crisis: How trading and small business has grown inside Muslim refugee camps
Some Bangladeshi shopkeepers seek opportunities to sell produce to refugees, but it comes at a cost Hannah McKay Wednesday 13 December 2017 Bangladeshi trader Kuillah Miah, 60, weighs shrimp at […]
MSF estimates more than 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar
Source: BBC News At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the month after violence broke out in Myanmar in August, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says. Based on surveys of refugees […]
Pope says ‘Rohingya’ in emotional encounter with refugees
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Pope Francis asked for forgiveness Friday from refugees in Bangladesh for all the hurt and persecution they […]
Deal on Rohingya Repatriation Inches Forward, but Hurdles Remain
Source: The New York Times By HANNAH BEECH NOV. 23, 2017 Rohingya refugees preparing an evening meal in the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Thursday. CreditAdam Dean for The New […]
Feeding Myanmar’s refugees
Nov 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Dunford The Rohingya refugee camp in the Bangladeshi port city of Cox’s Bazar is a sea of metal roofs as far as the […]
An umbrella for shade: Rohingya refugee boy works to support family
Reuters International This content was published on November 10, 2017 12:40 PMNov 10, 2017 – 12:40 Rohingya refugee Rabia Khatun (R), 33, mother of Nur Hafes, holds her malnourished […]
Bangladesh to remove Jihad from madrasa textbooks
Source: Dhaka Tribune BY Manik Miazee The new textbooks of the Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board will not contain any chapters with lessons on Jihad, for the first time in nearly four […]