January 2024

Myanmar military kills over 12 Rohingyas in Rakhine Over a dozen Rohingya Muslims were killed in Myanmar army’s artillery attacks in the country’s western Rakhine state, said a human rights activist on Saturday. Ro Nay San Lwin, co-founder of Free Rohingya Coalition, an umbrella network of Rohingya refugees, said the […]

World must find solution to Rohingya crisis – PM Hasina Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the international community to think about a solution to the Rohingya crisis so the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals could return to their homeland and live a decent life. The whole world should find […]

Repatriation is only durable solution of Rohingya crisis – Hasan Mahmud Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud today reiterated that Dhaka will continue to hammer the international community to mount pressure on Myanmar to take back their displaced people from Bangladesh as repatriation is the only durable solution of Rohingya crisis. “We […]

Rohingya refugees in Indonesia still hope for a better future On the beach and in a car park, Rohingya refugees are taking shelter wherever they can amid a hostile reception in Aceh. In December, Abdul Karim boarded a wooden boat from Bangladesh with his wife and two sons, with aspirations […]

569 Rohingya presumed dead at sea last year – UN At least 569 Rohingya died or have gone missing while fleeing Bangladesh and Myanmar by boat during 2023, the highest in nearly a decade, according to the United Nations. Thousands of Rohingya each year make perilous sea journeys from crowded […]

Bangladesh sounds alarm over rise in Rohingya deaths at sea Bangladeshi authorities are raising the alarm over increasing numbers of Rohingya refugees going missing at sea as they take risky boat journeys to reach Southeast Asia through the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh hosts more than 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, who, […]

The military council is eager to repatriate Rohingya refugees – The Bangladesh Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said that his Myanmar counterpart has shown keen interest in kickstarting the Rohingya repatriation process. Mahmud met with Than Swe on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Uganda on […]

Rohingya death toll at sea in 2023 worst for almost a decade – UN At least 569 Rohingya were reported to have died or gone missing while trying to flee Myanmar or Bangladesh in 2023, the highest toll since 2014, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday, calling for urgent […]

Colonies of Rohingya taking over different locations nationwide In some areas in the country, the number of Rohingya people will steadily increase within a few years from a mere 10 people to become ‘colonies’ made of hundreds of them. Hailing from from Rakhine, Myanmar, they will arrive in Malaysia as […]