October 2023

Bangladesh for improving situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine for Rohingya return Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has urged the international community for their meaningful engagement in the Rakhine State to improve the situation there for sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced people to their homeland Myanmar. In his keynote speech […]

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh appeal to donors for more food aid Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh pleaded with a visiting U.S. State Department official Tuesday to help boost food aid to them, while the U.N. refugee agency’s chief urged donor countries to reverse dwindling humanitarian assistance to the stateless Rohingya. The […]

UK announces further assistance for Rohingya people in Bangladesh UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, has announced a further £4.5 million in humanitarian support at a UNHCR conference on Rohingya refugees. UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, announces further UK funding of £4.5 million to provide vital humanitarian […]

Bangladesh arrests head of Rohingya militant group’s killing squad Bangladesh’s elite security force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), said on Monday it had arrested the head of the killer squad of the Rohingya militant outfit, Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), believed to be directly involved in two high-profile murders in recent […]

Rohingya problems deepen as violence surges in Bangladesh refugee camps “At first, we only heard the gunfire at night. But now, I have seen someone get shot in the daytime right in front of my eyes,” said Fatimah, a 24-year-old Rohingya refugee living with her parents in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. […]

FBCCI stresses on strengthening Bangladesh-Myanmar trade relations The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has put emphasis on strengthening the trade relations between Bangladesh and Myanmar through speedily resolving the existing problems in the way of trade. The FBCCI said Bangladesh and Myanmar have long been enjoying […]

Rohingya camp -Tk 1 lakh robbed from NGO workers Masked criminals robbed over Tk 1 lakh intended for an international NGO’s beneficiaries in Ukhiya Refugee camp on Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred at Camp 15, Mizanur Rahman, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) of Armed Police Battalion 8, said yesterday. […]

US official Afreen Akhter to discuss election, Rohingya issue – Momen Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said he had “very good and positive” discussion with US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Afreen Akhter in Colombo on several issues including elections […]