EC moves to prevent Rohingyas from enrolling in updated voter list.

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Published: 19 Apr 2019

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The Election Commission, or EC, has adopted special measures in 32 Upazilas in southern Bangladesh to prevent Rohingya refugees from being listed as voters in the updated electoral roll.

The EC issued a 10 point directive to its field officials to implement the measures on Thursday during a coordination meeting before collecting data to update the voter roll on Apr 23.

The 32 Upazilas in Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, and Chattogram have been declared ‘special areas’ for the upcoming survey, EC Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed told the media.

No hurry to relocate Rohingyas to Bhasan Char, says Junior Minister Enamur.

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26 Mar 2019 10:14 AM BdST

Bangladesh is not in a hurry to relocate Rohingya refugees to a Bay of Bengal island, a minister told Reuters on Monday, after the United Nations sought more details on the government's plan, criticised by some human rights groups.

Bangladesh wants to move 100,000 of the nearly 1 million Rohingya Muslims sheltered in cramped camps in its southeastern district of Cox's Bazar to the remote island, known as Bhasan Char which it has been developing for the past two years.

The United Nations is making plans to help Bangladesh with the move, Reuters reported last week.

Rohingya man killed in BGB ‘shootout’ in Cox’s Bazar.

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Cox’s Bazar Correspondent,

20 Feb 2019

A Rohingya man, who had been detained as a drug suspect, has been killed during an alleged gun battle involving the Border Guards Bangladesh in Cox’s Bazar.

The deceased Zafar Alam lived in Noyapara Muchni Rohingya refugee camp at Heela Union, said Lt Col Md Asadud-Zaman Chowdhury, head of Teknaf-2 BGB Battalion, on Wednesday.

The incident of gunfight took place at No. 5 Sluice Gate in Sabrang, he said.

Japan to continue to support Bangladesh on Rohingya issue.

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20 Feb 2019 02:00 AM BdST

Japan will continue its support to Bangladesh in its bilateral efforts to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar.

Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshiko Abe said this during official talks with his Bangladesh counterpart Md Shahriar Alam in Dhaka on Tuesday.

He is paying a two-day visit to reiterate Japan’s efforts in resolving Rohingya crisis, the foreign ministry said.

Issues of bilateral relations were also discussed.

Eight Buddhist families return to Myanmar from Bangladesh border.

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Bandarban Correspondent
Published: 11 Feb 2019

          Eight of the 38 Buddhist families from Myanmar, who took refuge at the border with Bangladesh a week ago, have returned home

The 28 people returned on Sunday and the others also said they would return gradually, Colonel Zahirul Haque, commander of Border Guard Bangladesh or BGB in Bandarban, told bdnews24.com.

Bangladesh summons Myanmar ambassador again, protests baseless comments.

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Published: 29 Jan 2019 08:47 PM BdST

Myanmar Ambassador Lwin Oo. File Photo

The foreign ministry has summoned the Myanmar ambassador in Dhaka to protest “fabricated and baseless” statement that Bangladeshis were involved in a terrorist attack on a police post at Maungdaw Township near the border.

 

Lwin Oo met Md Delwar Hossain, director general of the foreign ministry’s Southeast Asia wing, on Tuesday afternoon. The envoy was asked to explain “irresponsible and false” allegations by the officials of the General Administration Department of Myanmar implicating Bangladesh in the attack.