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- Many Rohingya gather in port city for Zakat, alms
- Milwaukee group hopes to raise enough money to create Rohingya community center
- BGB: Rohingyas released from Myanmar jails are crossing over to Bangladesh
- Rohingyas tortured for trying to flee Bangladesh island, HRW says
- Bangladesh: Turkish agency distributes aid to Rohingya
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Many Rohingya gather in port city for Zakat, alms
Despite the government’s decision not to allow Rohingya people to go outside their camps at Cox’s Bazar and Noakhali’s Bhashanchar, scores of refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine have entered the port city in Ramadan and staying here for collecting Jakat. Around 1.1 million Rohingyas entered Bangladesh in 2016 to escape Myanmar junta’s crackdown on the minority […]
Milwaukee group hopes to raise enough money to create Rohingya community center
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee is home to the largest Rohingya community in the country and they have a goal of purchasing a building to turn into a community center. The existing church building on 24th and Scott is a space organizers say would be a great fit. The Burmese Rohingya Community of Wisconsin Administrative Director, Andrew […]
BGB: Rohingyas released from Myanmar jails are crossing over to Bangladesh
Border Guard Bangladesh pushed back about 133 Rohingyas to Myanmar this year, of which 104 were sent back in March and April alone Rohingyas who are being released from prisons in Myanmar are crossing over to Bangladesh, officials of BGB have said. Most of those who have infiltrated the border are staying with their relatives […]
Rohingyas tortured for trying to flee Bangladesh island, HRW says
Dhaka, Apr 27 (EFE).- Nonprofit Human Rights Watch on Tuesday flagged the alleged torture and arbitrary arrest of many Rohingya refugees for trying to abandon a remote island where they had been transferred, supposedly voluntarily, to decongest the crowded refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi government has so far relocated around 20,000 refugees to […]
Bangladesh: Turkish agency distributes aid to Rohingya
Turkey’s state-run aid agency sent relief to 1,000 Rohingya families living in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, the organization announced on Monday. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) said in a statement that the aid was provided as part of a campaign initiated for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Resident families of Camp […]
First Person: Rohingya refugees traumatized again, after devastating camp fire
Mohammad Alam is one of 800,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled unrest in neighbouring Myanmar over the past several years and who are now sheltering in Cox’s Bazar. He told UN News about losing all his possessions in the fire and how he and others are trying to rebuild for the future. “I never thought I was […]
Shahriar: No disagreement over Bhashan Char except few recommendations
Till date, the government of Bangladesh has relocated over 18,500 Rohingyas to Bhashan Char; plans to relocate 100,000 in total State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Wednesday said Bhashan Char is now a settled issue and hoped that international agencies will get engaged taking responsibility of Rohingyas in Bhashan Char, the way […]
Rohingya man died of Covid-19 in Teknaf camp
A Rohingya man has died of novel coronavirus infection at Cox’s bazar Sadar Hospital. Although he died on Sunday night, the incident was disclosed on Monday after his burial. Sultan Ahmed, 67, lived in the B-6 block of Shalbagan Camp in Teknaf. Although 10 Rohingyas have died of Covid-19 so far, Sultan was the first […]
100 Rohingya girls living in Bangladesh camps get scholarship from Kuwait
Kuwait has pledged to give 100 girls from the Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh four-year university scholarships, Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) said on Sunday. Kuwait’s Finance House announced the bursaries after an agreement was signed between the KRCS and the Asian University of Bangladesh, based in Dhaka, according to Kuwait’s state news agency KUNA. […]
Rohingya refugees observe lonely Ramadan on remote Bangladesh island
DHAKA: Rohingya refugees have welcomed the beginning of the month of Ramadan with a sense of solitude and isolation on Bhashan Char island, where thousands were been moved by Bangladeshi authorities from the overcrowded camps of Cox’s Bazar. Over 18,500 Rohingya Muslims have been relocated to the remote island in the Bay of Bengal since […]Recent Posts
Despite the government’s decision not to allow Rohingya people to go outside their camps at Cox’s Bazar and Noakhali’s Bhashanchar, scores of refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine have entered the port city in Ramadan and staying here for collecting Jakat. Around 1.1 million Rohingyas entered Bangladesh in 2016 to escape Myanmar junta’s crackdown on the minority […]
