UN to halve Rohingya food aid from April

The United Nations (UN) will slash monthly food aid for Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char by more than half from April due to a funding crisis, the World Food Programme (WFP) informed Bangladesh on Wednesday. Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) MizanurRahman said that WFP verbally communicated its

Make int’l conference on Rohingya a success: Yunus

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday called for making the upcoming international conference on the Rohingya crisis a big success in an effort to put the decades long humanitarian tragedy back into the world map and mobilise more support for the long persecuted Myanmar minority. The Chief Adviser made the

Home Adviser urges US to rehabilitate more Rohingyas

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has called on the United States to take in more Rohingyas from Bangladesh for rehabilitation. He made the request during a meeting with the US Embassy's Charge d'Affaires in Bangladesh, Tracey Ann Jacobson, at the Secretariat on Tuesday. Praising the US for its

NSU holds dialogue on Rohingya crisis

The importance of a national consensus as well as robust international support to resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis has been reiterated at a National Dialogue on Rohingya Policy hosted by North South University’s (NSU) South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) Saturday. The National Dialogue titled "Working Towards a

Rohingya Crisis: No light at the end of the tunnel yet

Explaining briefly why India and China are not coming forward in an expected way to help resolve the Rohingya crisis, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Saturday said there is a potential threat not just for Bangladesh, but the region and beyond. "There is no light at the end of

US to remain Bangladesh’s partner in Rohingya crisis

The United States has said it will continue to advocate with countries in the region, and at the United Nations, for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Myanmar so that the Rohingyas and others displaced by the violence can safely return home. "Until that day arrives, however, Bangladesh should know

WB okays $700m for Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors Wednesday approved two projects totaling $700 million to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for both the host communities and displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh. Nearly one million Rohingyas have fled violence in Myanmar to Bangladesh since 2017, making it one

EU sustaining its support to Rohingya crisis

The visiting delegation of the European Union (EU) on Monday exchanged views with the Rohingyas in the camps and assured them of their continued support. “Intense programme in Bangladesh for Deputy Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service (EEAS) Paola Pampaloni with a visit today