Tag: Rohingya
Aid groups seek $434 million for Rohingya crisis for next six...
COX‘S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Humanitarian organizations helping Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh said on Wednesday they need $434 million over the next six months to...
Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi stripped of ‘Freedom of Oxford’
LONDON: An honour granting Aung San Suu Kyi the Freedom of Oxford has been withdrawn by the city's council because of her response to the...
Rohingya refugees doubt Myanmar’s assurances on going home
COX‘S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh were sceptical on Tuesday about their chances of ever going home to Myanmar, even though the government...
Ranks of world’s refugees swell as asylum space shrinks: UN
GENEVA: More than two million people fleeing wars or persecution have joined the ranks of the world’s refugees this year, but often face more...
Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to draw up plan for refugee repatriation: minister
DHAKA: Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Monday to set up a “working group” to plan the repatriation of more than half a million Rohingya...
World Food Program seeks 75 million dollars for Rohingya crisis
COX‘S BAZAR: The World Food Program (WFP) appealed on Sunday for 75 million dollars in emergency aid over the next six months to help...
Fear of epidemic disaster as disease stalks Rohingya camps
Rashida Begum steers clear of the water pump near the reeking latrine shared by more than 100 families in a grim corner of Bangladesh...
Death toll from Rohingya refugee boat is set to pass 60:...
Geneva: The death toll from a boat which capsized off Bangladesh carrying Rohingya refugees is set to pass 60, the UN migration agency said...
Volunteers help reunite Rohingya families divided in refugee camps
Seven-year-old Hasina only sat down for a moment's rest from chasing aid trucks that are a lifeline for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. When she...
UNHCR alarmed at violence against Rohingya in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: The United Nations on Wednesday raised concern for the safety of Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers in Sri Lanka after Buddhist monks and hardline...
HRW says Myanmar forces laying landmines along border to stop Rohingya
Human Rights Watch on Saturday confirmed the Bangladeshi officials' allegations that security forces of Myanmar were laying landmines alongside the border to hinder and...
Aung San Suu Kyi and the generals
With Burmese business and military leaders under trade sanctions and an arms embargo by the United States and the European Union, the junta generals...
Fresh fires, bomb blast in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Twenty homes caught fire and a bomb was detonated near a mosque in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the government said on Friday, the latest unrest...
Bangladesh’s PM at UN proposes ‘safe zones’ for Myanmar’s Rohingya
UNITED NATIONS: Bangladesh´s prime minister on Thursday proposed creating UN-supervised safe zones inside Myanmar to protect Rohingya Muslims who are fleeing a military crackdown...
Saudi Arabia urges international community to intervene in Rohingya crisis
GENEVA: Saudi Arabia has called on the international community to intensify its efforts to stop the ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya Muslims.
This was...
Pakistan urges OIC to become ‘voice of conscience’ for Rohingya
PM holds meetings with the Turkish president, King Abdullah of Jordan, Sri Lankan president
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has urged the Organisation...
NA adopts resolution condemning Rohingya’s persecution
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday condemning the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
The assembly met for four hours and five...
