Rohingya

News Hour: Hard-pressed to find space for a massive influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees, Bangladesh plans to chop down forest trees to extend a tent city sheltering destitute families fleeing ethnic violence in neighboring Myanmar. More...

News Hour: The United State of America (USA) has highly appreciated Bangladesh’s ‘humane approach’ in providing temporary shelter and emergency humanitarian assistance to the Rohingyas, the Myanmar nationals fleeing the violence in the Rakhine State. The...

News Hour: The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has appealed to the international community for 119.77 million US dollars to provide desperately needed aid as over 500,000 newly arrived Rohingya are now living in dire state...

News Hour The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has appealed to the international community for 119.77 million US dollars to provide desperately needed aid as over 500,000 newly arrived Rohingya are now living in dire state...

News Hour: Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh were skeptical on Tuesday about their chances of ever going home to Myanmar, even though the government there has given an assurance it would accept people verified as refugees. More...

News Hour A boat packed with approximately 100 Rohingya desperately escaping violence in Myanmar capsized in the rough seas of the Bay of Bengal this evening (28/09), while en route to Bangladesh. The remains of 15...

News Hour: UNICEF announced today that it is planning to establish more than 1,300 new learning centers for Rohingya children who have fled Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh. UNICEF is currently running 182 learning centers in Rohingya...

News Hour: The UK has sent the second consignment of relief for Rohingya who have taken shelter in Bangladesh after fleeing atrocities by the Myanmar army since August 25. A flight carrying 85 tons of relief arrived...

News Hour:  60 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar are believed to have drowned when their boat capsized, the latest victims in what the United Nations says is the world’s fastest-developing refugee emergency. The refugees drowned in...

News Hour: International aid groups in Myanmar have urged the government to allow free access to Rakhine State, where an army offensive has sent 480,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh but hundreds of thousands remain cut off...