With roosters crowing in the background as he speaks from the crowded refugee camp in Bangladesh that's been his home since 2017, Maung Sawyeddollah, 21, describes what happened when violent hate speech and disinformation targeting the Rohingya minority in Myanmar began to spread on Facebook. "We were good with most of
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Li to discuss early repatriation of Rohingyas
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has met acting Foreign Secretary Rear Admiral (Retd) Md Khurshed Alam and discussed the ways for early repatriation of the Rohingyas and the recent incidents along Bangladesh-Myanmar border. Talking to a small group of reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the meeting on
US announces over $170 m for Rohingyas
The US has announced over $170 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingyas inside and outside Myanmar as well as for host communities in Bangladesh. "With this new funding, our total assistance in response to the Rohingya refugee crisis has reached nearly $1.9 billion since August 2017, when over 740,000 Rohingya
Rohingyas must go home in Myanmar: PM tells UN rights chief
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her call to Myanmar to take back home the country's over one million Rohingya nationals from their temporary shelter in Bangladesh."The Rohingyas are the nationals of Myanmar and they have to be taken back," the prime minister told the UN High Commissioner for
Momen urges UK to resettle one lakh Rohingyas
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has proposed that the United Kingdom, a global leader in justice and human rights, could consider resettling one lakh Myanmar Rohingyas currently sheltered in Bangladesh to give them a better life and lessen the unfair Rohingya burden on Bangladesh. Momen made the proposal during a
Rohingya camp leader hacked to death
A Rohingya leader of the Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar has been hacked to death allegedly over establishing dominance in the camp, the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) said on Friday. The deceased was identified as Md Azimuddin,48, son of Kamal Uddin, and head of block L/16 of
PM seeks more international support to ensure Rohingya repatriation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her call to the international community to do much more to ensure safe, sustainable and dignified return of over one million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh. “Bangladesh has been hosting 1.1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals. This humanitarian crisis poses a serious security threat,”
Filippo Grandi in Bangladesh to call for support for Rohingya refugees
Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a five-day visit to discuss the needs of the Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. Grandi last visited Bangladesh in March 2019. Grandi will meet with representatives of the government of Bangladesh to discuss the ongoing response
Rohingya man held with 1.06kg crystal meth in Cox’s Bazar
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a Rohingya man along with 1.06 kg crystal methamphetamine (Ice) from Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Thursday. The detainee was identified as Shahidul Islam, 22, a resident of Jadimora refugee camp in Teknaf. According to a media release of BGB, tipped off, a team
