Daily Archives: June 3, 2017
Turkish aid agency sends food aid to Rohingya Muslims
Humanitarian Relief Foundation distributes 2,300 food packages to Rohingya Muslims affected by cyclone in Bangladesh
A Turkish aid group distributed 2,300 food packages to Rohingya Muslims affected by a tropical cyclone in Bangladesh, the group...
Three Muslims Charged For Praying in Public in Myanmar’s Yangon
Myanmar authorities on Friday charged three Muslims for conducting Ramadan prayers in front of a shuttered Islamic school in the commercial capital Yangon and warned other Muslims not to hold prayer sessions on public...
Trudeau needs to press Aung Sun Suu Kyi on Rohingya ‘genocide’: expert
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets Myanmar’s de facto leader and honorary Canadian Aung Sun Suu Kyi next week, he needs to pressure her to protect the Rohingya Muslim minority, which is facing genocide...
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‘Bilateral approach without powerful underwriting will not solve the Rohingya crisis’
Professor Abdur Rob Khan, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North South University, talks to The Daily Star’s Naznin Tithi about the present...
Moving Rohingya to Bashan Char is not the solution
Above, a structure being constructed on Bhashan Char island off the Bangladeshi coast to prepare for the relocation of Rohingya refugees in this October...
Rohingya support Bangladeshi leader’s proposal to end crisis
A proposal by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the United Nations for resolving the Rohingya refugee crisis has been hailed by the Muslim...
Bangladesh to fence in over 30 Rohingya refugee camps to halt their sprawl
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DHAKA – Authorities in Bangladesh will build barbed-wire fences around sprawling camps housing Rohingya refugees to stop their expansion, a...
Rohingya Refugees Risk Going Back to Another Genocide in Myanmar
Myanmar’s government is pushing for the more than 1 million Rohingya refugees currently in Bangladesh to start returning to the country, in an effort...