Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees still fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh, says UN refugee agency

Dec 07, 2017 16:10

The UN refugee agency says persecuted Rohingya Muslims continue to flee Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh even though both countries set up a timetable last month to allow them to start to return home.
In Bangladesh, Pope Francis calls Myanmarese Rohingya Muslims by ethnic name

Dec 02, 2017 10:57

In an encounter with Myanmarese Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, Pope Francis breaks his silence and addresses them by their historical name Rohingya for the first time during his trip, begging forgiveness for all the sufferings the persecuted minority group has gone through.
Pope, in Bangladesh, avoids to utter Rohingya

Nov 30, 2017 16:06

Pope Francis has arrived in Bangladesh from Myanmar, urging the international community to address the plight of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims in the country.
Myanmar, Bangladesh sign deal to repatriate Rohingya Muslim refugees

Nov 25, 2017 11:13

Bangladesh says it has agreed with Myanmar on repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees back to Myanmar amid widespread expressions of distrust of the process among the displaced.
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.
Food security in doubt: Current phase of Bangladesh

Nov 12, 2017 12:21

Bangladesh has made significant progress in the context of its food security. The country has achieved self-sufficiency in its rice production; however, it is still vulnerable towards the loss of its food production that is caused by natural calamities.
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.