Rohingya

News Hour The United Nations will need $200 million over the next six months to face the “catastrophic” influx of more than 420,000 Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh, a top UN official said yesterday, Reports BSS. The...

News Hour: Oxfam is providing clean water, sanitation, and tarpaulins for shelter to Rohingya people who have fled to Bangladesh. Nearly 370,000 people crossed into Bangladesh in the last four weeks, doubling the number of people...

News Hour: The United Nations’ top human rights official on Monday slammed Myanmar for conducting a “cruel military operation” against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, branding it “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”. Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein’s...

News Hour: In wake of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in which the Rohingya Muslims have been targetted, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Sunday said that Lord Buddha “would have definitely helped” the Rohingyas” and he...

News Hour: The United States has appreciated Bangladesh’s generosity in responding to the humanitarian crisis of Rohingya refugees. According to the United Nations, nearly 300,000 have fled from persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine state into Bangladesh since...

News Hour: An unprecedented surge of 270,000 Rohingya has sought refuge in Bangladesh over the past two weeks, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, as it announced a dramatic jump in the total as new...

News Hour: Earlier in the day, Emine Erdogan arrived in Dhaka to meet Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State Turkey’s First Lady Emine Erdogan is visiting the Kutupalong Refugee camp in Ukhia upazila...

News Hour: At least five children have drowned after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar sank early on Wednesday, Bangladeshi border guards have said. Authorities, according to the Associated Press, said the boat sank at...

News Hour: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan to halt violence against Rohingya Muslims after nearly 125,000 of them fled to...

News Hour: 75,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh, with aid officials warning relief camps are reaching full capacity as thousands continue to pour in every day. Vivian Tan, the regional spokeswoman for UNHCR, told Al Jazeera on...