UN envoy to Myanmar: perpetrators of Rohingya attacks must be held accountable
The new UN envoy for Myanmar told authorities in Naypyidaw during her first visit that credible measures were needed to establish accountability for the...
Bangladesh monsoon rains: Rohingya shelter camps washed away
Heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh has caused severe structural damages to camps hosting more than one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, according to the...
New UN envoy to pay first visit to Myanmar
The new UN envoy for Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, will pay her first visit to the country beginning on Tuesday (12), holding talks on...
Myanmar orders Rohingya to leave tense border zone
Myanmar security forces have resumed loudspeaker broadcasts near its border with Bangladesh ordering Rohingya Muslims to immediately leave a strip of no-man's land between...
Myanmar urged to hold ‘proper’ probe into alleged atrocities against the Rohingya
Myanmar must hold a "proper investigation" into alleged atrocities against the Rohingya, a UN Security Council envoy said Tuesday, after the highest-level diplomatic visit...
Tens of thousands rally as Bangladesh job protests spread
Tens of thousands of university students marched in cities across Bangladesh on Wednesday (11) in one of the biggest protests faced by prime minister...
Thousands rally in Bangladesh after 100 injured in student protest
Thousands of students across Bangladesh staged protests and sit-ins Monday after clashes at the country's top university left at least 100 people injured.
Police fired...
Bangladesh launches billion dollar ‘model’ mosques to counter radicals
Bangladesh has launched a billion-dollar campaign to build hundreds of "model mosques", partly with Saudi funding, to try to counter radical Islam in the...
UN: Conditions in Myanmar ‘not conducive’ to Rohingya return
Conditions in Myanmar's crisis-hit northern Rakhine state are "not conducive" to bringing back Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh, a senior UN official said, despite...
Weather threat forces refugee relocation
BANGLADESH has begun relocating 100,000 Rohingya refugees to safer ground before the monsoon season for fear of deadly landslides and floods in the congested...
