Prestigious 'Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA)' committee visited Rohingya Camps

brac
Wednesday, 20 September 2023 

A five-member delegation from the 'Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA)' committee visited the Rohingya Camps in Cox's Bazar today (Tuesday, 19 September). Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, former adviser to the caretaker government and chairperson of BRAC, along with senior officials from the organisation, joined the delegation during the visit.

Thailand donates $28,000 for Rohingyas

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Report
Publish : 20 Sep 2023 

Thailand Ambassador Makawadee Sumitmor hands over the donation to WFP Resident Representative and Country Director Domenico Scalpelli on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 in Cox’s Bazar. Photo: Courtesy

The Thai government has made a donation of 1 million baht (3,085,467.45 taka) or around $28,000 for the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazaar.

The assistance will enable World Food Program (WFP) to allocate food to 3,500 displaced persons for one month, the Thai embassy on Wednesday said.

Over 100 Rohingyas detained for fleeing camps

The Daily Star
Wed Sep 20, 2023

Police yesterday detained 101 Rohingyas for fleeing the refugee camps in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar.

They were held near Ukhiya Degree College next to the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway between 11:00am and 1:00pm, said Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station.

OIC Ministerial Contact Group on Rohingya Muslims Meets in New York

Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Date: 19/09/2023

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar held a meeting in New York on 19 September 2023 on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, under the chairmanship of the OIC Secretary-General Mr Hissein Brahim Taha. In his speech at the meeting, the Secretary-General recalled that 25 August marks the sixth anniversary of the heinous attack unleashed against the Rohingya by the Myanmar army, leading to the influx of large numbers of refugees from Rakhine state to neighboring countries, especially Bangladesh. He extolled the generosity and solidarity exhibited by Bangladesh in hosting more than a million refugees. He renewed the call to the international community to intensify efforts towards finding a sustainable solution to this logjam. The Secretary-General briefed the meeting about the outcome of his 30 May 2023 visit to Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh.

 

Malaysia calls for OIC-ASEAN collaboration to resolve Rohingya issue

theSundaily
20-09- 2023 

Pix credit: Datukseridrzambry Abdul Kadir FB

In making the call, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said both OIC and ASEAN should ask for de-escalation and cessation of violence, especially by the military authorities in Myanmar.

NEW YORK: Malaysia has called on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to collaborate with ASEAN to resolve the Rohingya humanitarian crisis.

Malaysia calls for OIC-Asean collaboration to resolve Rohingya issue

malaymail
Wednesday, 20 Sep 2023 

A Rohingya refugee walks at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. — Reuters pic

 

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NEW YORK, Sept 20 ― Malaysia has called on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to collaborate with Asean to resolve the Rohingya humanitarian crisis.

In making the call, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir said both OIC and Asean should ask for de-escalation and cessation of violence, especially by the military authorities in Myanmar.

One detained after gunfight between APBn, robbers in Rohingya camp

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Desk
Publish : 17 Sep 2023, 

The image shows the detainee along with two APBn police members pose for a photo. Photo: Bangla Tribune
 

A Rohingya teen was arrested in connection with a gunfight between some suspected robbers and the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) at Nayapara Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar.

The detainee is Rafiq alias Abbua, 18.

Rohingya Say No Return to Myanmar Without Guaranteed Citizenship

VOA
Shaikh Azizur Rahman
September 13, 2023

A Rohingya girl collects leaves from a vegetable plant in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Aug 28, 2023. Over 1.2 million Rohingya refugees live in Bangladesh since fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar. (Noor Hossain for VOA)

Members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya community living as refugees in Bangladesh are again voicing opposition to efforts to repatriate many of them. They say that the Myanmar government has not met their demands over citizenship rights and that it is not safe for them to go back to Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

France, Bangladesh ink deals on infrastructure, satellite technology

TRT World
September'11 2023 

President Macron's visit to Dhaka follows a Pacific trip in July to the French overseas territory, as well as a stopover in Sri Lanka, in which he outlined his "Indo-Pacific strategy" aimed at "recommitting" France to the region.

France has also praised Bangladesh’s "leading contribution" to the UN peacekeeping missions. / Photo: Reuters

French President Emmanuel Macron has witnessed the signature of a deal to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system.

Bangladesh-Myanmar border guard commander-level meeting held

Narinjara
Date: 11 September 2023 

A meeting of border guard commander-level from Bangladesh and Myanmar was organised in the morning hours of 10 September. 

 
The meeting was held near the friendship bridge on Naff river located at Kong dom of Naikhongchari township in Bangladesh and Taungbro in Myanmar’ Maungdaw township.

UK provides £3,000,000 of new humanitarian support for Rohingya refugees

GOV.UK

From: British High Commission Dhaka
Published12 September 2023

This funding will help refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char access healthcare, clean water, hygiene and sanitation services, and cooking fuel.

 

Sir Philip Barton, Permanent Under-Secretary at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), has announced that the UK will provide £3,000,000 (around 42 crore taka) of new funding through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to support Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char.

ASEAN completes 11 priority economic deliverables, MITI to continue championing Malaysian exporters’ interests

theSundaily
10-09- 2023 

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KUALA LUMPUR: ASEAN has completed 11 out of 16 Priority Economic Deliverables (PEDs) under Indonesia’s chairmanship, while five out of seven PEDs under the purview of ASEAN Economic Ministers have been completed, according to the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI).

G20 Summit and India’s Treatment of Rohingya

Refugee International
By Daniel P. Sullivan
September 8, 2023

Statement from Refugees International Director for Africa, Asia, and the Middle East Daniel P. Sullivan:

“As India hosts the world’s most powerful leaders for this year’s G20 Summit, those leaders should ask what India has done to address a genocide in its own neighborhood.

ARSA's Increasingly Brazen Presence in Maungdaw District

BNI
Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Residents of the villages within Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships, located near the border between Bangladesh and Rakhine State, have reported a significant increase in the activities of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in recent days.

ARSA Spreading Through Western Myanmar

The Irrawaddy
September 4, 2023

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has infiltrated Maungdaw Township in Rakhine State, intimidating and kidnapping residents.

Faced with a government crackdown in neighboring Bangladesh over refugee camp crime, ARSA members have been appearing in Maungdaw, said residents.

Japan to consider increasing aid to Rohingyas

The Daily Star
Staff Correspondent
Mon Sep 4, 2023 

National Diet delegation set to visit Cox’s Bazar camps 

Rohingya camp. File photo

Japan will consider increasing its humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, a prominent Japanese lawmaker said yesterday.

"We are planning to visit Cox's Bazar tomorrow. We would like to see the situation and provide some humanitarian assistance based on the actual needs there," said Nakanishi Yusuke, director of the committee on general affairs, House of Councillors at the National Diet.

Rohingya Return: Myanmar to allow int’l volunteers

The Daily Star
Porimol Palma
Tue Sep 5, 2023 

Bangladesh delegation hold talks in Naypiydaw  

Photo: Reuters/File

Myanmar will allow international volunteers, including those from the UN, China and ASEAN countries, to take part in the humanitarian assistance programmes for Rohingyas during their repatriation to Rakhine.

The country agreed to this during a director meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar in Naypiydaw yesterday, a member of the Bangladesh delegation to the meeting told The Daily Star.

US Deputy Assistant Secretary Mira Resnick in Dhaka

The Daily Star
UNB, Dhaka
Mon Sep 4, 2023 

Dhaka, Washington to discuss Indo-Pacific, military cooperation, rights issues tomorrow  

Mira Resnick 

Bangladesh and the United States will hold the ninth annual bilateral security dialogue in Dhaka tomorrow as part of the "comprehensive security relationship" between the two governments.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Mira Resnick, who will lead the US delegation, arrived in Dhaka today.

Meeting today to repatriate Rohingyas by December

Prothum Alo------
Diplomatic Correspondent
Dhaka
Updated: 04 Sep 2023

The issue of starting repatriation in smaller scale by December under a trilateral initiative mediated by China will be discussed in the meeting.

• This is the first time a delegation from Bangladesh has gone for talks since the junta assumed power in Myanmar.

• Bangladesh will place stress on measures to be taken by Myanmar to restore the confidence of the Rohingyas.

• A list of more than 3,000 Rohingyas have been provided with the goal of starting pilot repatriation project.

Rohingya influx from Myanmar,Reuters

Following a gap of more than four years, Bangladesh is about to hold discussions in Myanmar on starting Rohingya repatriation. The director general-level meeting will be held today, Monday in the administrative capital of Myanmar, Naypyidaw.

Bangladeshi delegation visits Myanmar to discuss Rohingya repatriation

AA
DHAKA, Bangladesh
SM Najmus Sakib
04.09.2023 

Bangladesh wants to start repatriation by December, Rohingya worry for their safety in Myanmar

A high-level delegation from Bangladesh reached Myanmar on Monday to lead a Chinese-mediated meeting on Rohingya repatriation.

A list of over 3,000 Rohingya under a pilot program has been sent to Myanmar to verify and a possible repatriation could begin under the mediation of China, according to Bangladeshi officials.