Cox’s Bazar
- 10/12/2021
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By Agence France-Presse Bangladesh authorities demolished about 1,000 shops belonging to Rohingya in camps, an official said Friday, with a rights worker saying the move would have a "huge impact"...
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- 23/03/2021
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By Mohammed Rafique, The Rohingya Post “This calamity brings all of us into a sleepless night haunted by the thoughts of our loved ones lost in the fire in a...
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- 30/10/2020
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By Beenish Ashraf, International Policy Digest An estimated 730,000 Rohingyas had crossed into Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh three years ago in order to flee persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Although...
Read more- 01/10/2020
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By Human Rights Watch Return Detainees on Bhasan Char Island to Cox’s Bazar Camps The Bangladesh government has failed to honor its pledge not to involuntarily hold Rohingya refugees on the remote, unprotected island of...
Read more- 06/09/2020
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By The Rohingya Post Bangladesh arranged a 40-strong delegation team to visit Bhasan Char where the first batch of 'temporarily' relocated Rohingya refugees met in desperation to get out of...
Read more- 30/03/2019
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By The Rohingya Post “Some refugees take the greatest risk of their lives in order to flee the trauma of living in the camps, coupled by the fear of forceful...
Read more- 28/03/2017
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By Ashraful Azad, The Conversation Hundreds of hard-line Buddhist monks in Myanmar protested on March 19 against a proposal to grant citizenship to the country’s persecuted Muslim minority, the Rohingya who...
Read more- 22/03/2017
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By Nita Bhalla, Reuters NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tens of thousands of Muslims who have fled violence in northern Myanmar are living in "extremely poor" conditions in neighbouring Bangladesh...
Read more- 22/03/2017
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By Daily Sabah Tens of thousands of Muslims who have fled violence in northern Myanmar are living in "extremely poor" conditions in neighboring Bangladesh and need better shelter as the...
Read more- 21/03/2017
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By Vivian Tan, UNHCR A small proportion who fled violence decades ago are considered refugees, while many recent arrivals remain undocumented and miss out on vital aid. UKHIYA, Bangladesh -...
Read more- 28/02/2017
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By AFP Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have told how government forces gang-raped women, slit people's throats and threw children into burning houses, a UN envoy has said...
Read more- 24/02/2017
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By Debi Edward, iTV An estimated 70,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled persecution from Myanmar (also known as Burma) to Bangladesh since October last year, joining a population of around 400,000...
Read more- 21/02/2017
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By Arafat Kabir, University of Utah, East Asia Forum Bangladesh is said to be planning to relocate its Rohingya refugees to a remote island. If implemented, tens of thousands of Rohingyas...
Read more- 21/12/2016
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By Tama Salim, The Jakarta Post Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi concluded on Tuesday her visit to Bangladesh to seek lasting solutions for the plight of the Muslim Rohingya minority in...
Read more- 19/12/2016
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By The Stateless Rohingya Cox’s Bazar: Ukhiya Forestry Department destroyed 120 temporary sheltered built by the new Rohingya refugees fled into Bangladesh from the ongoing military operations in northern Maungdaw,...
Read more- 30/11/2016
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By AFP At least 10,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in recent weeks, fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar, the United Nations said on Wednesday. "Based on reports by various humanitarian...
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