Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Myanmar reach deal to repatriate Rohingya refugees in 2 months

Nov 23, 2017 14:08

Bangladesh says it has reached a deal with Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya Muslim refugees within two months, as global pressure mounts on Myanmar for driving more than half a million members of the persecuted minority out of their homes.
Bangladesh police detain top militant suspect in blogger killing

Nov 19, 2017 13:49

The Bangladeshi police have arrested a suspected leader of an al-Qaeda-linked militant group wanted in connection with the death in 2015 of a blogger critical of extremism.
Rohingya children in Bangladesh face worsening malnutrition crisis: UNICEF

Nov 03, 2017 15:12

The United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, says life-threatening malnutrition has spread perilously among Rohingya child refugees who have fled Myanmar and entered Bangladesh.
Myanmar starts harvesting farmland abandoned by Rohingya Muslims

Oct 28, 2017 13:54

The government in Myanmar has embarked on harvesting rice from farmland abandoned by the Rohingya Muslim refugees, who have fled the military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine to neighboring Bangladesh.
Bangladesh mulls sterilization to curb Rohingya population

Oct 28, 2017 09:10

Bangladeshi health officials seek to launch sterilization programs to curb the number of Rohingya Muslim refugees, who have fled the military crackdown at home in Myanmar and taken refuge in overcrowded border camps in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh nabs Buddhist charity chief over Myanmar violence

Oct 26, 2017 03:59

A prominent Buddhist, who heads a charity that operates in Myanmar's violence-hit Rakhine State, has been arrested by Bangladeshi authorities on terror charges.
UN opens key fundraising conference for Rohingya refugees

Oct 23, 2017 14:27

The United Nations has opened a major fundraising conference aimed at securing aid for nearly one million persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh.
Dozens of Rohingya drowned en route to Bangladesh, 12,000 more flee

Oct 16, 2017 05:59

At least 12 Rohignya Muslims, including six children, have been killed in yet another boat tragedy in waters off Bangladesh, which is reportedly dealing with a fresh influx of refugees fleeing Myanmar’s violence-torn Rakhine State.
About 14,000 orphans among Rohingya refugees: Bangladesh

Oct 15, 2017 16:43

A new influx of Rohingya refugees that hit Bangladesh contains around 14,000 orphans, authorities say, as new details emerge of a brutal crackdown in neighboring Myanmar which forced over half a million Rohingya Muslims to flee their homes.
Bangladesh beefs up border security amid Rohingya concerns

Oct 15, 2017 14:29

Bangladesh has stepped up security along its western border with India amid concerns that hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees could be pushed into its territory.