Experts: Follow up steps should start on Rohingya repatriation after Myanmar’s assurance

Dhaka Tribune
Publish : 05 Apr 2025

Myanmar has informed Bangladesh that out of 800,000 Rohingyas in the country, 180,000 have been identified as eligible to return.

File image of Rohingya camp. Photo: Dhaka Tribune- BSS

Foreign relations experts on Saturday said follow up talks should start quickly on Rohingya repatriation as Myanmar has confirmed out of over 1.30 million of the ethnic minority Muslim people, who took makeshift refuge in Bangladesh were 180,000 are eligible to return.

4 found dead after Rohingya trawler capsizes in Naf, several including BGB member still missing

THE BUSINESS STANDARD
TBS Report
22 March, 2025

Earlier, 25 Rohingya refugees were rescued alive after their vessel went down near Shah Porir Dwip 

Naf River. File Photo: TBS

Four bodies have been found floating in the Naf River following the capsize of a trawler carrying Rohingyas, who were trying to illegally enter Bangladesh from Myanmar through Teknaf. 

According to Teknaf Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Sheikh Ehsan Uddin, locals this evening (22 March) reported seeing the bodies of four people floating in the waters of the Naf River near Shah Porir Dwip and Damdamia estuary.

Bangladesh security officials arrest commander of Rohingya armed group

Mail Online
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published:19 March 2025

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Security officials in Bangladesh arrested the leader of a Rohingya insurgent group on charges of illegal entry, sabotage and terrorist activities in the South Asian nation, where there are more than 1 million Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar.

Police said that a team of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi, known as the commander-in-chief of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army in a raid Tuesday in Narayanganj district near the capital, Dhaka.

Armed Rohingya Group’s Leader Is Arrested in Bangladesh

The New York Times
By Hannah Beech
March 19, 2025 

 

Attacks by the group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, were used as a pretext by the Myanmar military to launch a campaign of ethnic cleansing that set off a massive refugee crisis.

More than a million Rohingya are confined to a series of tent settlements in Bangladesh, like this one in Cox’s Bazar, seen on Saturday.Credit...Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

The leader of an armed group representing a persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar was arrested in a raid in neighboring Bangladesh this week and charged under an antiterrorism law.

Ataullah, an ethnic Rohingya and the commander of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, or ARSA, was arrested on Monday, the Bangladeshi police said in a statement. He was captured in Narayanganj District, on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, according to a local police officer. Nine other suspected members of ARSA were also nabbed in raids.

Rohingya leader: Grateful to Bangladesh, want to return to Arakan

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Desk
Publish : 21 Feb 2025

The Rohingya community in Ukhiya, Coxs Bazar, observed International Mother Language Day, honoring linguistic heritage and unity, on Friday, February 21, 2025. Photo: Bangla Tribune

International Mother Language Day 2025 was observed at the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar.

To mark the occasion, a gathering was held on Friday morning at Block C of Camp 9 in Palongkhali union.

The event began with a tribute to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement. Religious leaders, teachers, youth activists, and Rohingya leaders delivered speeches during the program.

Chief Adviser seeks continued US support for key projects, reforms

BSS Dhaka
Updated: 12 Feb 2025

US Charge d'affaires to Bangladesh Tracey Ann Jacobson stressed that elections for a new government should be free, fair and inclusive. She also enquired about 'Operation Devil Hunt', recently launched by the country's security forces.

 

US Charge d'affaires to Bangladesh, Tracey Ann Jacobson, met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on 11 February 2025.PID

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday sought continued US support for key projects and reforms as US Charge d'affaires to Bangladesh Tracey Ann Jacobson met him in the city.

UN SG reaffirms continued support to Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh

BSS NEWS
BSS
08 Feb 2025,

High Representative of Bangladesh's Chief Adviser on Rohingya Issue and Priority Matters Dr. Khalilur Rahman met UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday. Photo: PID

DHAKA, Feb 8, 2025 (BSS) - United Nation (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has reiterated the UN's continued commitment to a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis and assured Bangladesh of ensuring funding for the issue.

How Pakistan’s ISI is helping Rohingya armed groups to forge a united front in Bangladesh

Firstpost
Rajeev Bhattacharyya
January 27, 2025, 

As per sources, Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence was engaged in the spadework to convince the Rohingya armed groups in Bangladesh to collaborate for ‘effective coordination’ in their campaign to recover their homeland in Myanmar

 

A refugee camp of the Rohingya at Kutupalong in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar/ Credit - Rajeev Bhattacharyya

 
Among the many consequences of Bangladesh’s growing bonhomie with Pakistan seems to be the emergence of a united front of Rohingya armed groups that could have a far-reaching impact on the region, including India.

Accountability for crimes committed against Rohingya is critical for future peace, says Head of the Myanmar Mechanism during Bangladesh visit

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MECHANISM FOR MYANMAR

Dhaka/Geneva, 24 January 2025 – Pursuing justice for crimes committed against the Rohingya is critical for their future return to their homes in Rakhine State in Myanmar and future peace, said Nicholas Koumjian, the Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, on the conclusion of his five-day official visit to Bangladesh.

During his visit, Koumjian met with high-level government officials, as well as more than 100 Rohingya activists and representatives of community organizations from the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.

Rohingya camp fire in Bangladesh kills 2, destroys shelters

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR
December 24, 2024

 

A massive fire in the Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. [twitter/x@UNICEFBD] 

A massive fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, killing at least two people and destroying over 1,000 shelters and other structures, rights activists and the UN refugee agency said today.

The fire, which lasted two hours, broke out at the Kutupalong Rohingya Camp in Ukhiya in the southeastern Cox’s Bazar district.

Rohingya rights activist Ro Nay San Lwin said: “At least two refugees, including a child, tragically lost their lives.”

Rohingya camp fire in Bangladesh kills 2, destroys shelters

AA
Anadolu staff
24.12.2024

Fire breaks out at Kutupalong Rohingya Camp in Ukhiya area of southeastern Cox’s Bazar district

FILE PHOTO

A massive fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, killing at least two people and destroying over 1,000 shelters and other structures, rights activists and the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.

Call for safety in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps after fatal fire

VOA
By Sarah Aziz
December 25, 2024 

A fire breaks out in the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Dec. 24, 2024. (Md. Jamal for VOA)

Kolkata, India —

Sitting before a pile of dilapidated shacks and ashes in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 80-year-old Rohingya refugee Amena Khatun began weeping as she talked about her 60-year-old son, Abul Hair.

60,000 more Rohingya flee Bangladesh amid escalating conflict in Myanmar

AA
SM Najmus Sakib
DHAKA, Bangladesh
22.12.2024

Arakan Army claims to control border of Rakhine state along Bangladesh border as junta army defeated in more area

 Amid escalating conflict between the junta government and rebel Arakan Army in Myanmar, a fresh 60,000 Rohingya entered Bangladesh in the last two months, a Bangladeshi official said on Sunday.

Dhaka’s repeated calls for Rohingyas’ return fall on deaf ears

daily observer
Sunday, 22 December, 2024

Dhaka has once again called for the safe and immediate repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh, pointing to the fact that there can't be lasting peace and stability in Myanmar without resolving the Rohingya crisis.

This was pointed out by Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Friday at a bilateral meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa on the sideline of the Informal Consultation on Myanmar in Bangkok. The meeting was also attended by high-level representatives from China, India, Lao PDR and Myanmar.

No lasting peace in Myanmar without resolving Rohingya crisis: Touhid

BSS NEWS
20 Dec 2024, 

File Photo

DHAKA, Dec 20, 2024 (BSS) – Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today said that there can be no lasting peace and stability in Myanmar without resolving the Rohingya issue.

The Arakan Army’s Capture Of The Bangladeshi Border Could Prompt A Crisis With Dhaka

Andrew Korybko
Dec 16, 2024

China, Pakistan, and the US could take advantage of this to expand their military influence in Bangladesh at the expense of India’s legitimate national security interests.

Resolving the Rohingya crisis needs a three-pronged diplomatic strategy

THE BUSINESS STANDARD
Dr Mohammad Tarikul Islam
11 October, 2024,

Bangladesh now needs to take proactive and well-coordinated action to stop the Rohingya migration and move towards the restoration of their rights

Rohingya refugees' fear of violence upon their return caused previous attempts at repatriation in 2018 and 2019 to fail. Photo: Bloomberg

Because of the presence of around one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, concerns have been raised about the safety of the native people. In spite of diplomatic efforts, Myanmar, which has been ruled by a military junta since 2021, has refused to allow its Rohingya citizens to return home, infuriating Bangladesh and jeopardising regional stability. 

Dhaka to host int’l conference on Rohingya issue in Sept-Oct next: CA press secretary

prothomalo
BSS
Published: 10 Dec 2024

Chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam briefing newsmen at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Tuesday evening.PID

 

Bangladesh will hold an international conference on Rohingya crisis in Dhaka in September-October next year, said chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Tuesday.

Dhaka won't take any hasty steps over Rohingya issue: Dr Khalil

daily observer
Saturday, 14 December, 2024

 

Dr Khalilur Rahman, High Representative on Rohingya Crisis and Matters of Priority to the Chief Adviser, on Friday said Bangladesh would not take any hasty step over Rohingya issue without any proper assessment regarding the emerging situation in Rakhine state of Myanmar.

"We're keeping watch on the emerging situation in Rakhine….. We don't want to do anything hastily. We'll not take any step without deep consideration," he said, joining a discussion here in the capital through a virtual platform.

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan to visit Bangladesh 25-28 Nov; will meet Prof Yunus

THE BUSINESS STANDARD
22 November, 2024,

Process underway to finalise proposed 'Witness Protection Protocol'

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim A Khan. Photo: Collected 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the process of finalising the "Witness Protection Protocol" proposed by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is underway.