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Rohingya refugees fear ‘another disaster waiting to happen’ after 84 fires in just four months – more than 2020 total
15 April 2021 – Rohingya refugees living in in the Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh are fearing for their lives after seven more fires broke out since Sunday, taking the total number of fires to 84 in just four months, according to data from the Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG). There have now been more […]
Rohingya want to dethrone junta, return to Myanmar
Seventy-year-old Aysar Rahman is one of the more than 750,000 Rohingya who fled Myanmar in August 2017 when its military launched a crackdown that saw villages being burned down, extrajudicial killings, and rape. Leaving behind a big house, a cattle farm and other property, his 8-member family has been living in poor conditions in Cox’s […]
Mental health support centre for Rohingyas opens in Ukhiya
About 225,863 people have already received mental health services through nine other centres in Cox’s Bazar. A Mental Health and Psycho-social Support (MHPSS) centre for Rohingya refugees was launched at Kutupalong in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. Syed Mahbubul Haque, assistant secretary of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and in-charge of camp […]
‘Pray floods don’t kill us’: The Rohingya’s remote Bangladesh island
BHASAN CHAR, BANGLADESH – As a Bangladeshi naval ship anchored off a remote Bay of Bengal island, some of the Rohingya Muslim refugees aboard clapped in anticipation of starting a new life on a piece of land that did not even exist two decades ago. Carrying poultry and sacks of belongings, they are part of a […]
Rohingyas’ repatriation amid hope & despair
The saddest part of the Rohingya crisis is that no one is focusing on the repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar. Why the whole world is mum over this matter? Why are we all putting pressure on Bangladesh to resettle these refugees in an unsafe and vulnerable island? It seems Bangladesh has accepted the responsibility […]
Bangladesh disburses US$ 500,000 to OIC over Rohingya genocide case
Bangladesh has disbursed US$ 500,000 to OIC as foreign ministers of the 57-nation group in their ongoing meeting initiated a fund raising campaign for its West African member Gambia’s legal battle against Myanmar over Rohingya genocide in International Court of Justice (ICJ). “We have already disbursed the fund to the OIC for supporting Gambia in […]
WHO: 336 Rohingyas infected with Covid-19 in refugee camps till October
As of October 31, some 71 host community members and nine Rohingyas have died from the deadly virus, said the report, adding, ‘Testing rates for refugees averaged over 100 tests a day in October’ As many as 5,150 people in Cox’s Bazar, including Rohingyas, have tested positive for Covid-19 since the first case was detected […]
Rohingya repatriation talks after full formation of Myanmar govt: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Bangladesh will approach for resuming the Rohingya repatriation talks after the full formation of a new government in Myanmar, saying Bangladesh stands ready to send back Rohingyas. The repatriation talks remain halted due to Covid-19 pandemic and elections in Myanmar. Bangladesh will also activate a tripartite […]
Int’l community pledges $600m for Rohingya refugees, host communities
The funding will be allocated for the Bangladesh Joint Response Plan and the Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan The international community has announced funding some US$600 million to assist Rohingya refugees, host communities, and internally displaced people in Myanmar. The announcement was made at a virtual donor conference, co-hosted by US, UK, EU and the UN […]
IOM Bangladesh Rohingya Crisis Response – Monthly Situation Report (September 2020)
On September 30, a team from the Sexual and Reproductive Health Working Group (SRH-WG) attended the inauguration of the maternity ward at the Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Isolation and Treatment Centre (SARI ITC) in Camp 24. The ward has an 18-bed capacity and trained midwives who can now also assist pregnant women with suspected or […]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 […]
