Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent months, escaping escalating violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, according to Bangladeshi officials. The violence has intensified as fighting between Myanmar’s ruling junta and the Arakan Army, a powerful ethnic militia drawn from the Buddhist majority, continues to worsen. “We have information that around 8,000 … Read more
Listen to article DHAKA: Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate and incumbent Bangladesh transitional government chief, has sought UN support for the “voluntary return” of Rohingya refugees who are currently sheltering in the country’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district. About 1.2 million Rohingya have been in Bangladesh since August 2017, fleeing a severe military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine … Read more
COX’S BAZAR: For the past three years, Mohammad Lalu had been diligently saving up, bit by bit, for one goal: to ensure that him and his family of eight had $2,000 to cross the Naf River and reach a Rohingya refugee camp in neighboring Bangladesh. Lalu was not among the approximately 750,000 Rohingya refugees who … Read more
COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugees stranded in camps in southern Bangladesh observed the seventh “Rohingya Genocide Day” on Sunday. The commemoration took place as new refugees, fleeing escalating violence in Myanmar, continued to arrive at the border. Seven years ago, the majority of the Rohingya community was forced to flee Myanmar’s Rakhine state, an act … Read more
Representational image of a Rohingya family who fled from Buthidaung, Myanmar, to Bangladesh, walk at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, June 25, 2024. — Reuters Heavily pregnant woman and her daughter among victims. Attack single deadliest known assault on Rakhine civilians in weeks. Arakan Army denies allegations of launching the attack. BANGKOK: A … Read more
A drone attack that killed over 200 fleeing Rohingya Muslims near the Bangladesh border on Monday has forced hundreds to return to their hometowns, while thousands are still taking shelter in paddy fields awaiting to cross into neighboring Bangladesh, a rights group said on Sunday. Risking their lives, a few hundred have moved toward areas … Read more