Bhashan Char
- 16/10/2021
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By Kaamil Ahmed, The Guardian Rights groups raise concerns over deal to provide services on Bhasan Char, as Bangladesh plans to increase camp’s population by 80,000 The UN’s refugee agency...
Read more- 14/10/2021
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By Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, Arab News Bangladesh agreed a new deal with the UN early this month that will allow Dhaka to move another 81,000 Rohingya refugees from Cox’s Bazar,...
Read more- 08/10/2021
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By AFP Bangladesh wants to send more than 80,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal after sealing an agreement for the United Nations to provide...
Read more- 31/05/2021
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By AFP Dhaka: Several thousand Rohingya staged "unruly" protests Monday against living conditions on a cyclone-prone island off Bangladesh where they were moved from vast camps on the mainland, police said....
Read more- 31/03/2021
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By Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, Arab News The latest fire in Cox’s Bazar has left some 50,000 Rohingya refugees without shelter, at least for the short term. Last week’s fire was...
Read more- 31/03/2021
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By AFP The Bangladesh government continued its efforts to send thousands more Myanmar Rohingya Muslim refugees to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal despite safety concerns raised by...
Read more- 13/12/2020
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By Aman Ullah On December 3, 1,642 inmates of the existing camps were brought to the Char via Chittagong by seven vessels of the Bangladesh Navy with much fanfare. Initially,...
Read more- 20/11/2020
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By Amnesty The Bangladeshi authorities must abandon plans to relocate more than 100 Rohingya families to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal which has not yet been declared...
Read more- 31/10/2020
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By Akbar Hossain, BBC After fleeing a brutal crackdown which left thousands dead in their homeland of Myanmar, the Rohingya are once again under threat. In Cox's Bazar, the massive...
Read more- 18/10/2020
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By Dhaka Tribune Government has a plan to begin relocating 100,000 Rohingyas to Bhashan Char this year from Cox's Bazar camps Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said...
Read more- 20/07/2020
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By Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, Arab News After weeks of drifting in rickety wooden boats in the choppy waters of the Andaman Sea, Bangladesh finally relented and rescued the almost 400...
Read more- 20/05/2020
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By Reuters COX’S BAZAR: Authorities in Bangladesh have moved hundreds of Rohingya refugees living on a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal to storm shelters as super cyclone Amphan,...
Read more- 07/11/2019
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By RFA The U.N.’s refugee agency says it wants to meet with Bangladesh government officials to discuss concerns about Dhaka’s plan to move thousands of Rohingya from Cox’s Bazar to...
Read more- 24/10/2019
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By The Daily Star Appreciating the country for opening its borders to huge Rohingya refugees, the United States has urged Bangladesh to "postpone" its Rohingya relocation plan to Bhashan char...
Read more- 28/09/2019
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(Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 26, 2019 — Rohingya Refugee Network (RNN) expresses its deepest appreciation to Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, for putting emphasis on a long-term solution...
Read more- 05/03/2019
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By John Quinley III, Dhaka Tribune The Rohingya are not willing to move to an isolated island Bangladesh has rightfully received praise from the international community for welcoming more than a...
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