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
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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,
The world owes Rohingyas their right to human dignity
It has been five years since the forced exodus of the Rohingyas from Myanmar, and their plea for justice and accountability continues. On August 25, 2017, “Myanmar military began a sweeping campaign of massacres, rape, and arson in northern Rakhine State”, said Human Rights Watch in its latest report, Myanmar: No
Five years of forced displacement of Rohingyas to Bangladesh
The protracted Rohingya crisis has stepped on the sixth year on Thursday without a single Rohingya repatriated to their homeland. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina saved the world from a humane catastrophe in 2017 by sheltering these persecuted people. Bangladesh has been carrying the load in terms of providing humanitarian assistance and
BNP for proactive role of Asian, western nations to fix Rohingya crisis
Stating that Rohingyas are becoming a big burden for Bangladesh, BNP on Thursday said the repartition of Myanmar's displaced citizens will not be possible without a proactive role of the international community, especially that of the influential Asian and western countries. Speaking at a press conference, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul
Rapid sustainable repatriation is the only solution: FM
Five years of Rohingya crisis: Where is the solution?
Myanmar's violent ethnic cleansing program, which forcibly forced roughly a million Rohingya Muslims into Bangladeshi refugee camps, is going to mark its fifth anniversary upcoming August month. Myanmar's persecution of Rohingya Muslims is not new, with major waves of emigration recorded in 1978, 1992, and most recently in 2017. Some 30,000
Bachelet assures UN’s continued efforts to ensure safe repatriation of Rohingyas
Acknowledging Bangladesh's great difficulty in dealing with the Rohingya crisis, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has assured the UN's continued efforts to realise safe and voluntary return of the Rohingyas to Myanmar. She made the assurance when Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said that protracted stay of