October 2023

Rohingyas may turn into severe threat to stability of region – FM Without mentioning any name, foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said that it was ‘shameful’ that certain quarters utilised democracy and human rights as their preferred tool to keep pressure on countries, thus pursuing their narrow national […]

Rohingya woman and two daughters nabbed for burglary Terengganu police have arrested a Rohingya woman and her two underage daughters for allegedly working with a syndicate to commit burglaries. Terengganu police chief Datuk Mazli Mazlan said the 33-year-old woman and her children, aged 13 and 14, were nabbed at 7.05pm […]

Still in Myanmar prison even after serving time On a quest to change his fortune, Salamat Ullah left his home in Teknaf for Malaysia in October last year. After embarking on a boat journey with a broker, Salamat, 26, was detained by Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP). He was then […]

NUG’s first Rohingya minister says Myanmar in unified revolution It has been more than two years since the Myanmar military staged a coup to overthrow the democratically elected National League for Democracy and jail civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The power grab in February 2021 has only pushed the […]

Massacre of Hindus by Rohingya in Myanmar could be international crime – UN investigator The massacre of 99 Hindus by a Rohingya group in Myanmar could qualify as an international crime, according to the UN official carrying out investigations of serious human rights violations there. Asked on Monday about the […]

Remember the Rohingya, for disease hasn’t forgotten them The nightmare scenario has arrived for the Rohingya people living in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Disease and living conditions have reached a level that is unacceptable and inhumane. Right now, there is a 40 per cent prevalence rate of scabies in the […]

Australia cuts aid to Rohingya refugees Recently on this blog, Arunn Jegan, former head of Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) in Bangladesh, wrote about how the “nightmare scenario has arrived for the Rohingya people living in refugee camps in Bangladesh”. The prevalence rate of scabies has reached 40%. […]

The world has stopped listening – Rohingya plight continues The Rohingya community living in the Cox’s Bazar camps seems to have been trapped in Satan’s trifecta. With dwindling funds and increasing violence in the camps, their camp life has become a living hell; on the other side of the borders, […]

Bangladesh’s dependence on India, China could increase if western pressure continues – Int’l Crisis Group Bangladesh’s dependence on India and China will increase if the United States and potentially other Western countries go for further pressure and sanctions, such as visa bans on top officials, the International Crisis Group has […]