Bangladesh

Far from home, Rohingya refugees face new peril on a remote island

Nov 06, 2020 05:12

Three years ago, a military operation in Myanmar destroyed entire Rohingya Muslim villages. UN investigators say as many as 10,000 people were killed and more than 730,000 Rohingya fled the massacre for Bangladesh. The UN called it a "textbook ethnic cleansing."
An outpour of anger: Bangladeshis rally against France's Macron

Nov 02, 2020 10:16

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Bangladesh against French President Emmanuel Macron, who sparked outrage among the world's Muslim population with his recent Islamophobic rhetoric.
Rohingya Muslim refugees living in ‘open prison’ in Myanmar: HRW

Oct 08, 2020 08:27

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced as an “open prison” the refugee camps housing tens of thousands of Rohyngia Muslims in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine and called for an immediate end to the mass detention of the ethnic minority.
Rohingya refugees charge sexual assault on Bangladeshi island

Sep 27, 2020 07:15

Rohingya refugees charge they are being held against their will in jail-like conditions and subjected to rape and sexual assault on a Bangladeshi island in the Bay of Bengal.
Bangladesh ferry accident kills at least 11, many missing

Sep 09, 2020 05:17

A ferry in Bangladesh carrying around 40 passengers capsized after colliding with a sand-laden vessel on Wednesday, leaving at least 11 people dead and many more missing, officials said.
Bangladesh mosque gas explosion death toll rises to 24

Sep 06, 2020 23:56

The death toll from a gas explosion that tore through a Bangladesh mosque has risen to 24, officials said Sunday, as rescuers described how survivors jumped into a nearby open sewer to escape the flames.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark Manmar crackdown anniv.

Aug 25, 2020 06:51

Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh have held a silent protest on the third anniversary of a crackdown on the Muslim minority by Myanmar that killed thousands of them.
Rohingya Muslims voice fears over coronavirus outbreak at Myanmar's “apartheid” camps

Aug 23, 2020 11:57

Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims have expressed fears of coronavirus outbreak reaching their overcrowded camps in conflict-wracked Rakhine state, where they face state-sponsored violence and apartheid-like conditions.
Floods in Delhi as South Asia monsoon toll rises to nearly 1,300

Aug 19, 2020 10:51

Heavy monsoon rains lashed New Delhi Wednesday, inundating roads and piling on misery for commuters in the Indian capital, as the death toll from the annual deluge across South Asia rose to nearly 1,300.
Nearly two dozen dead in Bangladesh ferry accident

Jun 29, 2020 09:26

At least 23 ferry passengers were killed in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday when the vessel sank after a collision, officials said.