23 suspected Rohingyas detained from Khilkhet.

The Daily Star
May 11th, 2019

They were to be sent to Malaysia, say DB sources

Staff Correspondent

Detective branch (DB) of police, in a special drive, detained 23 suspected Rohingyas from Khilkhet area yesterday.

Based on information, a team of DB police conducted drive at a home in Madhyapara of Khilkhet and arrested them, Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told The Daily Star.

Fire at Rohingya camp.

The Daily Star
Thursday, "April 25, 2019"

Our Correspondent, Cox’s Bazar

At least 22 makeshift houses and a mosque were gutted in a fire at Balukhai Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

Rohingyas, locals get skill training in crafts.

The Daily Star
April 17, 2019

Staff Correspondent

UNHCR, Ayesha Abed Foundation scale up project in Cox's bazar

The United Nations' refugee agency has teamed up with Ayesha Abed Foundation -- the humanitarian wing of Brac -- to provide income opportunities by developing skills of Rohingya and Bangladeshi women in craft production in Cox's Bazar.

The project that formally began in February is now being scaled up. At the recently-opened training facility in Ukhiya, local Bangladeshi women are taught silk screen printing, block printing and tailoring, according to a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) statement.

Alarming level of food insecurity for locals.

The Daily Star

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Rohingya influx affecting poor communities in Cox's Bazar

Rohingya refugees queue for aid in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS/CATHAL MCNAUGHTON

According to a global report titled “2019 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC)”, the locals in Cox's Bazar are facing an uphill struggle due to the influx of Rohingya refugees. The poor have lost access to farmlands, fishing grounds and forest resources and many have been forced to opt to work as day labourers. But given the availability of cheap labour from the refugee camps, wage rates have also plummeted and demand for food has pushed up prices. The net result of all these factors is one where locals now have less access to basic services and where staples cost more than what they can afford.

Quick, safe repatriation of Rohingyas stressed.

The Daily Star
March 29, 2019

Diplomatic Correspondent

Speakers at a discussion yesterday called upon the international community to take immediate steps towards repatriation of Rohingya refugees.

They acknowledged plight of the refugees and highlighted the importance of ensuring their return to Myanmar with dignity and safety.

Two 'traffickers' held in Dhaka.

The Daily Star
Thursday, "March 28, 2019"
4 Rohingya women were being sent to Saudi Arabia

Staff Correspondent

Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested two members of a human trafficking gang in the capital, who were trying to traffic four Rohingya women to Saudi Arabia by forging documents.

Myanmar army urges civilian tip-offs on Arakan Army in Rakhine.

The Daily Star
11:05 AM, March 26, 2019

FILE PHOTO: A Myanmar soldier patrols in a boat at the Mayu river near Buthidaung in the north of Rakhine state, Myanmar September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

Eleven Media Group, Myanmar

The Tatmadaw requested people to give tip-offs about Arakan Army (AA) to respective administrative organizations and security organizations if the AA entered their towns, wards and villages to avoid further bloodshed in Rakhine State, it announced on March 23.

Rohingyas are violent as they are stateless: Foreign minister.

The Daily Star

February 24, 2019
Our Correspondent, Sylhet

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Rohingyas are violent as they do not have citizenship anywhere.

Attacking German journalists at Ukhia Rohingya Camp in Cox's Bazaar was an unfortunate act by the Rohingyas, he said.

PM assures ICC of support in examining Rohingya crisis

The Daily Star

February 17, 2019 

Welcoming the decision of International Criminal Court (ICC) to send a team for 'preliminary examination' of the atrocities on Rohingyas by Myanmar Army, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday assured them of extending all-out support in this regard.

"The ICC team is scheduled to visit Bangladesh next month," Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque said while briefing reporters about the outcome of PM's meeting with ICC Chief prosecutor Dr Fatou Bensouda.