December 2021

Indonesia rejects Rohingya refugees, sends stricken boat to Malaysia Dozens of Rohingya refugees intercepted after their boat ran into trouble off the coast of Aceh province were being sent into Malaysian waters, authorities said on Tuesday. At least 100 mostly women and children aboard a wooden vessel said to be […]

Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90 Desmond M. Tutu, the cleric who used his pulpit and spirited oratory to help bring down apartheid in South Africa and then became the leading advocate of peaceful reconciliation under Black majority rule, died on Sunday in Cape Town. He […]

India seeks Myanmar’s return to democracy In the first high-level visit from India to Myanmar since the military junta took power, Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla called for “return of democracy” at the “earliest” in the country and “complete cessation of all violence”. Shringla was on a two-day working visit to […]

Resolution to Rohingya crisis is in Myanmar, not Bangladesh Tom Andrews, UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, on Sunday said Bangladesh should not bear all the responsibility for the Rohingya crisis as it began in Myanmar. “Myanmar is the source of this crisis, and it’s where […]

Quick Repatriation Of Rohingyas Top Priority, FM Tells UN Expert Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday laid emphasis on early repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar during a meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews. During a meeting held […]

Foreign Ministry: Reports On Rohingya Learning Centers Baseless Bangladesh government has said the report on the closure of learning centers in Rohingya camps as reported in a few international media is “fabricated” and “false” as no such kind of step has been taken. “No learning center for Rohingya children have […]