Bangladesh, Myanmar agree timeframe for repatriating of Rohingya Muslims
Dhaka, Jan. 16 (TNS): Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed a timeframe for repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled crackdowns from the military.
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Bangladeshi man defied a government ban to marry a Rohingya
Dhaka, Oct 7 (TNS): Foyzul Islam and Hafsa Bibi fled from the Rakhine state of Myanmar to Bangladesh with over 500,000 other Rohingya, including...
Bangladesh looks to China for investment in power hub: official
DHAKA Jan 09 (TNS): Bangladesh is looking to China for help to build a 12-billion-U.S. dollar major power hub at Payra, 204 km south...
UN urges Myanmar for unhindered access to Rohingya camps
DHAKA Jan 25 (TNS): The United Nations has called on Myanmar to give aid agencies unhindered access to the camps it has built for...
Bangladesh arrests social media activist
DHAKA, Dec. 26 (TNS): Bangladesh police arrested a 25-year-old social media activist as he tried to leave the country on charges that he defamed Islam...
Bangladesh’s Khaleda Zia faces sedition charges for allegedly meeting with ISI official in London
Dhaka, Nov. 1 (TNS): A pro-Awami League lawyer has accused BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia of sedition for allegedly holding a ‘secret meeting’ with Pakistani’s...
UN urges Bangladesh not to move Rohingya refugees to desolate island
DHAKA Sept 26 (TNS): The United Nations has urged Bangladesh not to force Rohingya refugees to move to camps on a desolate island of Bhashan Char.
Addressing a...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi denounces terrorists, silent on Rohingya exodus
DHAKA/SHAMLAPUR Sept 6 (TNS): Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday blamed “terrorists” for “a huge iceberg of misinformation” on the violence in Rakhine...
Myanmar troops systematically gang-raped Rohingya women: UN envoy
DHAKA Nov 13 (TNS): Myanmar soldiers "systematically targeted" Rohingya women for gang-rape during violence against the minority Muslim community which triggered an exodus to...
Situation in Myanmar is textbook example of ethnic cleansing: says UN rights chief
DHAKA SEP 12 (TNS): The situation in Myanmar is a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”, the United Nations rights chief said Monday, as Washington...
