DHAKA: Bangladesh is ready to support an International Criminal Court investigation on Myanmar’s possible crimes against the Rohingya, authorities said on Thursday as the court’s top prosecutor wrapped up his official visit to Cox’s Bazar. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday for a
Omair Ahmad Ever since the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, announced a new visa policy in Bangladesh on May 24, 2023, it has dominated the political discourse of the country. The core of the policy is that, “the United States will be able to restrict
Dhaka: Aid groups raised an alert on Thursday that rapidly decreasing humanitarian assistance threatens the lives of 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as the UN has further reduced their food rations. Since the beginning of June, the UN World Food Program’s food aid for the
Dhaka: Emergency preparations were underway at the world’s largest refugee settlement in southern Bangladesh as the area braced for a powerful cyclone with winds of up to 175 kph, posing a danger to the more than 1 million Rohingya housed in camps at the site. Cyclone
Dhaka: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said on Saturday they would not return to Myanmar to "be confined in camps" after making a visit to the country as part of efforts to encourage their voluntary repatriation. Nearly one million Rohingya Muslims are living in camps in the
Teknaf, Bangladesh: A Rohingya refugee delegation arrived in Myanmar on Friday to tour new facilities built for the revival of a long-stalled plan to return the persecuted minority to their homeland. Bangladesh is home to about a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military
Dhaka: The government in Myanmar must build trust and ensure safety for Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh’s refugee commissioner has said following calls to suspend the community’s potential return to their homeland. Bangladesh has been hosting and providing humanitarian support to 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, most of whom
Dhaka: Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority. Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military
Dr Shakuntala Bhabani A 22-member team of Myanmar immigration officials visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to verify more than 400 Rohingya refugees as part of a pilot repatriation project. Does it hold out any hope for the forcibly displaced people to return to their
Dhaka: Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Tuesday accused Bangladesh's police of abusing the Rohingya refugees in the congested camps in the southern border district of Cox's Bazar. In a report published Tuesday, HRW said: “APBn (Bangladesh's Armed Police Battalion) is committing extortion, arbitrary arrest, and harassment