The Rohingya are the most persecuted minority group in the world. Such persecution has forced Rohingyas into Bangladesh for many years, with significant spikes following violent attacks in 1978, 1992, and again in 2016. More than 700,000 were forced to flee from Myanmar following a brutal military crackdown in 2017.
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3,500 Rohingya tried crossings deadly sea in 2022
More Rohingyas reach Indonesia after weeks at sea
Lavrov’s Visit: Dhaka to focus on energy cooperation, Rohingya issue
Considering the current situation, Bangladesh will explore the possibility of cooperation in the energy sector with Russia during Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's planned official visit here later this month. Bangladesh will also discuss food grains supply and quick implementation of the projects that are in the pipeline including the
Sheltering Rohingyas: When benevolence becomes burden
Rohingya crisis: Dhaka seeks proactive role of ASEAN
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh wants to intensify political, trade, economic and cultural connectivity with the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, and seeks its support for early repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar. Myanmar is a member of ASEAN, although its leadership was frozen out
Rohingyas must go back to their own country: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh is not in a position to take any more people from Myanmar emphasizing on repatriation of the Rohingyas who took shelter temporarily in Bangladesh to their own country. In an interview with the Bengali service of Voice of America (VoA) aired on Tuesday, she
Rohingya in no-man’s land seek UN protection
A Rohingya community taking refuge in a strip of land along the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier has called on the United Nations to ensure their safety amid a recent string of violent incidents near the border. On Monday, residents of the Konapara camp, situated in no-man's land along the Tumbru border in Bandarban's
No solution to Rohingya issue without repatriation
Repatriation of the Rohingya refugees has become essential to finding a permanent resolution of the issue, speakers said at a webinar on Friday. The virtual seminar, titled 'Rohingya Problem: Possibility of Repatriation", was organized by the permanent mission of Bangladesh in Geneva in association with Legal Action Worldwide (LAW), marking the
Rohingyas in Bangladesh face hostility and dwindling aid as 5 years passed
On a dry and hot summer afternoon last year, Achala Navaratne, then the country representative at American Red Cross in Bangladesh, was busy supporting the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society with a cyclone preparedness program in Cox’s Bazar. The southeastern coastal district hosts about a million Rohingya refugees in sprawling camps,