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
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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
Rohingya Crisis: EU envoy for ‘Whole of Cox’s Bazar’ approach
Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh Michael Miller has said they all understand that the solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis is "political" and said they should work with Dhaka to promote a 'Whole of Cox's Bazar' approach. "All of us, Bangladesh, the EU and most
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
Rohingya Crisis: Yunus seeks urgent international conference to find solution
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has called for an "urgent attention" to the Rohingya crisis, including convening an international conference, to find a sustainable solution to the crisis and ensuring "safe and dignified" return of the Rohingya people to Myanmar. "We cannot ignore the people who continue to be persecuted, uprooted
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