Rohingya camps risk turning into a terrorist hub: home minister

The Daily Star
Fri May 31, 2024  

Photo: Collected

 

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said the Rohingya camps risk turning into a potential hub for international terrorists if the persecuted citizens of Myanmar are not repatriated to their country soon.

The Arakan Army responds to Rohingya abuse accusations in Myanmar

The New Humanitrian
Conflict
Ali M. Latifi
Asia Editor Interview
29 May 2024

‘We suggest observers give balanced attention and concentration to all the horrible civilian loss of lives and properties all across Myanmar including Arakan.’ 

Tun Myat Naing is the commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army (AA) and also the chairman of its political wing, the United League of Arakan (ULA).

The Arakan Army, one of the most prominent armed opposition groups challenging military rule in Myanmar, has been accused of committing abuses against the Rohingya minority and of spreading harmful rhetoric about them.

4 Rohingyas held near Patgram border

The Daily Star
UNB, Lalmonirhat
Sun Feb 11, 2024 

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four Rohingya refugees near Lalmonirhat's Patgram border on Friday afternoon.

 

The detainees are Abdullah, 24, his wife Sharifa Begum, 19, their daughter, 27-month-old Rinus Bibi, and Amena Begum, 15.

Ferdous Wahid, officer-in-charge (OC) of Patgram Police Station, said the Rohingyas were roaming near the corridor post area of Patgram upazila's Dahagram Union border on Friday afternoon.

U.N. to boost food ration for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

REUTERS
By Sudipto Ganguly and Ruma Paul
January 2, 2024

Rohingya Muslim refugees receive food as they take rest on a sidewalk outside the government office after they were refused shelter by local residents, following their arrival, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, December 11, 2023. REUTERS/Riska Munawarah/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

DHAKA, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The United Nations will increase the food ration for each Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh by $2 a month, to $10, from Jan. 1, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, as it thanked donors for coming to the rescue of a cash-strapped effort.

US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

ALJAZEERA
8 Dec 2023

US deputy ambassador says an immediate ceasefire in Gaza would ‘only plant the seeds for the next war’.

Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli air strike at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Monday, October 9 [File: Adel Hana/AP Photo]

 

The United States has vetoed a United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza.

Russia and Saudi Arabia urge all OPEC+ powers to join oil cuts

REUTERS
By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin
December 7, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walk during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/ File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 6, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Savostyanov/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

Myanmar jails more than 100 Rohingya for travelling 'without documents'

FRANCH 24

Text by: NEWS WIRES
10/01/2023

In this photograph taken in Indonesia, Rohingya refugees arrive at a beach in Gampong Baro village, Aceh Besar, Aceh province on January 8, 2023. © Khalis Surry/Antara Foto via Reuters

Myanmar authorities have sentenced 112 Rohingya, including a dozen children, to between two and five years in prison for attempting to travel to Malaysia "without legal documents", state media reported Tuesday.

The group were arrested last month in the southern Ayeyarwady region and sentenced on January 6, according to a report by the Global New Light of Myanmar, which cited local police.

The children were transferred to a "youth training school" near commercial hub Yangon on January 8, the newspaper reported, without giving further details.

Dhaka, Rome stress intense cooperation between EU, Bangladesh

Prothum Alo------ 

Feb 06, 2020

 Prime minister Sheikh Hasina holds a bilateral meeting with her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte at Palazzo Chigi, the official residence of the Italian prime minister, in Rome, Italy on 5 February 2020. Photo: PID

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has sought continued support of the European Union (EU) including Italy to ensure safe, dignified and sustainable return of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas.

“The Bangladesh prime minister also expressed thanks to the EU including Italy for their support to the cause of the Rohingyas,” said a nine-point joint statement issued on the outcomes of bilateral talks between Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte in Rome on Wednesday.

Myanmar Navy to Join US-led Maritime Exercise in South China Sea

The Irrawaddy
By Moe Myint
27 August 2019

Naval officers wave from the Kyan Sitt Thar warship to their senior commanders as they leave Yangon in a photo posted by the Myanmar navy to Facebook on Monday, August 26, 2019. / Myanmar navy / Facebook 

 

YANGON—Myanmar’s navy said on Monday it is traveling to the Gulf of Thailand to take part in a five-day maritime exercise led by the United States with seven ASEAN navies.