June 2025

Some Rohingya Returning to Myanmar Some Rohingya refugees in Bangladeshi camps are returning to Arakan (Rakhine) State with their families due to them facing growing livelihood challenges and other hardships in the camps. The World Food Programme (WFP) was previously providing each Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh with a monthly allowance […]

Working on three fronts, says foreign adviser on Rohingya crisis Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday said the government is working on three fronts – uninterrupted flow of foreign funding, keeping the issue alive amid other global crises and ensuring their safe and dignified return. “The issue should not […]

Why a humanitarian corridor into Rakhine could be a risky move for Bangladesh As the humanitarian crisis involving the Rohingya enters its eighth year, proposals have re-emerged for a humanitarian corridor from Bangladesh into Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State. The Myanmar-Bangladesh border is now home to nearly one million displaced Rohingya, […]

Community schools offer hope for Rohingya refugee children as US aid cuts hit education As US aid cuts have forced the UN’s children agency UNICEF to suspend thousands of learning centers for Rohingya refugee children sheltering in camps in Bangladesh, a small number of community-led schools have now become their […]

US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months A U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the […]

A future beyond the fences – Rethinking the Rohingya response With the commemoration of World Refugee Day, I find myself grappling with a painful question: What kind of future awaits the children and young people living in refugee camps like the one in Cox’s Bazar? By early 2025, more than […]

Dhaka, Kuala Lumpur urge OIC for action and aid on Rohingya crisis at Istanbul meet Bangladesh and Malaysia made urgent appeals at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ministerial meetings in Istanbul for intensified legal and humanitarian action on the Rohingya crisis, warning of a dramatic collapse in aid and […]

Bangladesh seeks stronger OIC role in Rohingya justice Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to assume a stronger and more coordinated role to ensure justice for persecuted Rohingyas, as Bangladesh faces growing humanitarian and security pressures of millions of displaced Myanmar nationals. Addressing […]

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