Bangladesh

Iran to send 3rd humanitarian aid cargo for Myanmar Muslims

Oct 10, 2017 12:09

Iran is due to load and send its third cargo of humanitarian aid for Myanmar's Muslim refugees in Bangladesh later on Tuesday.
UN warns Bangladesh Rohingya camp plan runs risk of disease spread

Oct 07, 2017 12:41

A top UN official says building a mega refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh would run the risk of health and security woes.
Fleeing violence at home, Rohingya face crackdown in Bangladesh

Oct 05, 2017 10:09

Bangladeshi forces have reportedly beaten a group of Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar on arrival in Bangladesh and have destroyed some 20 boats that carried them.
Myanmar atrocities against Rohingya may be crimes against humanity: UN rights committees

Oct 04, 2017 09:02

The United Nations committees for women’s and children’s rights say atrocities against Rohingya Muslims “at the behest of the military” in Myanmar may constitute crimes against humanity.
Bangladesh, Myanmar to form ‘working group’ on refugee crisis

Oct 02, 2017 08:25

Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to set up a “joint working group” tasked with paving the way for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, who have fled a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar’s Muslim-majority Rakhine State.
60 Rohingya presumed dead as boat capsizes off Bangladesh

Sep 29, 2017 10:39

At least 60 people, among them women and children, are likely to have lost their lives following an incident in which a boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized in rough waters off Bangladesh.
15 people, including 10 children, drown as Rohingya boat capsizes off Bangladesh

Sep 28, 2017 17:24

At least 15 people, including 10 children, have drowned when a boat carrying persecuted Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state capsized in rough seas off Bangladesh.
Iran to airlift new aid supplies for Myanmar Muslims

Sep 28, 2017 11:12

Iran’s Red Crescent Society is going to deliver the third consignment of humanitarian aid to the Muslim people of Myanmar who have taken refuge in neighboring Bangladesh from a military crackdown.
UN: Longer-term plans needed to manage Rohingya influx into Bangladesh

Sep 27, 2017 14:30

The United Nations says longer-term plans are needed to manage the influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled from Myanmar's Rakhine state to neighboring Bangladesh.
WHO warns of cholera outbreak in Bangladesh camps

Sep 25, 2017 10:48

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a growing risk of a cholera epidemic at makeshift refugee camps in Bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of Myanmarese Rohingya Muslim refugees are sheltered in dire conditions.