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Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Wednesday said the Rohingya crisis has returned to global discussions due to various efforts taken by the Bangladesh interim government.

Trump Administration Fires U.S. Aid Workers in Quake Zone in Myanmar

The New York Times
By Edward Wong and Hannah Beech
April 5, 2025

The move comes despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the U.S. would still do some humanitarian work while shrinking foreign aid. Democratic lawmakers have denounced the cuts.

People lining up for donated relief supplies in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Thursday.Credit...Reuters

Trump administration officials have fired workers for the main American aid agency who were sent to Myanmar to assess how the United States could help with earthquake relief efforts, three people with knowledge of the actions said.

The firings, done Friday while the workers were in the rubble-strewn city of Mandalay, raise doubts about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s stated commitment to continuing some humanitarian and crisis aid even as the aid organization, the U.S. Agency for International Development, is dismantled by the Trump administration.

Road to Rohingya repatriation is more complex than it seems

THE BUSINESS STANDARD
Ariful Hasan Shuvo
05 April, 2025

Myanmar declaring a portion of Rohingya refugees eligible for repatriation might sound like overwhelmingly good news. But in reality, they cannot return as long as the Arakan Army controls Rakhine

Bangladesh is now home to over a million Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar since 2017. Photo: TBS

A Facebook post from the verified page of the Chief Adviser to Bangladesh's interim government broke the internet on Friday. After all, it offered a ray of hope in the longstanding Rohingya crisis the country has been grappling with for over eight years now.

"Myanmar authorities have confirmed to Bangladesh that out of a list of 800,000 Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh, they have identified 180,000 Rohingyas eligible for return," the post reads.

Hope at a time of uncertainty

The Daily Star

Mokammel Shuvo

Sun Apr 6, 2025

Mixed reactions in Cox’s Bazar camps as Myanmar identifies 180,000 Rohingyas for return.

Following reports of Myanmar verifying 1,80,000 Rohingyas for potential repatriation, a wave of mixed feelings has washed over the camps in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char.

Although many Rohingyas express a strong desire to return to their homeland safely, they remain apprehensive of Myanmar's ability to guarantee security.

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.

17,000 MTs of U.S.-grown food aid arrives to support Rohingya

BBS NEWS
02 Apr 2025,

DHAKA, APRIL 2, 2025 – This week, 17,000 metric tons of vital food aid for Rohingya people arrived in Chattogram.

This food, produced by American farmers, will be delivered through the World Food Programme as part of the United States’ assistance to more than one million Rohingya in critical need, said an US Embassy press release here today.

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2 Bangladeshis shot along Myanmar border Somoy News - Somoy Tv
25 rescued after Rohingya trawler capsizes in Naf River, several including BGB member missingThe Business Standard
25 Rohingyas rescued after boat capsizes -The Daily Star
48 Kenyans rescued in Myanmar arrives in the country -YouTube
Arakan Army denounces Myanmar junta's drug allegations as “political defamation”mizzima
Arrested ARSA leader blamed for violence against Rohingyarefugees in BangladeshBenar News
Before-and-after satellite images reveal devastation from Myanmar's strongest earthquake in 100 years VnExpress International
Bishops call for immediate ceasefire in quake-hit Myanmar Union of Catholic Asian News
Business as Usual at Chinese Projects in Arakan State |Burma News International
Four bodies recovered after Rohingya boat capsizes off Teknaf coast, several still missingbdnews24.com
In quake chaos, Myanmar diaspora shares guilt, pain and one rule: do not help the junta South China Morning Post
Junta's Intentions to Hold Thingyan Festival in Three Military-Tense Towns of Arakan State ...Narinjara News
Myanmar earthquake: Hong Kong deploys 51 search and rescue specialists, donates HK$30m to relief effort Hong Kong Free Press
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Nepalis in 'scam camps' escape to tell the taleNepali Times
Rohingya-laden boat capsises near Cox's Bazar coastobserverbd.com
SC to hear petitions on Rohingyas' deportation - The Sunday Guardian Live
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Voice of America's critical role in countering disinformation, supporting democracy in Burmamizzima
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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.

What militant’s arrest means for Rohingyas’ future

ARAB NEWS
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim
March 23, 2025

Rohingya refugee carries a food ration sack on his back from a distribution center in Cox's Bazar. (AP)

The arrest by Bangladeshi police of Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi, the leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, on the outskirts of Dhaka last week marks a significant turning point in the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. Ataullah’s capture raises critical questions about the future of Rohingya militancy, the shifting dynamics in Rakhine State and the prospects for stability in the region.

BGB refutes rumours of 33 missing personnel in Naf River

Dhaka Tribume
BSS
Publish : 23 Mar 2025,

Rescue operations for the other Rohingyas, including the currently missing BGB member, are continuing

File photo: Naf River flows along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border region in Teknaf, Cox`s Bazar. Photo: Dhaka Tribune

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a statement on Sunday confirmed that the news of missing 33 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel spreading on some social networking sites was a rumour.

"Various social media platforms are spreading false information that 33 BGB members have gone missing in the Naf River while on a mission in the past two days," the statement said.

4 bodies recovered after Rohingya boat capsizes off Teknaf, one BGB member missing

daily observer
Observer Online Report
Published : Sunday, 23 March, 2025

Four bodies, including a child, were recovered from the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf after a boat carrying Rohingyas drowned while attempting to cross into Bangladesh from Myanmar.

There was also a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member on the boat.

Several people, including the BGB member, are still missing.

Dhaka for innovative solution for Rohingya crisis

BSS NEWS
23 Mar 2025,

DHAKA, March 23, 2025 (BSS) – Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin today expressed hope that the upcoming High-Level Conference under the aegis of the UN, to be held in New York, would offer innovative solutions over the Rohingya crisis.

He made the remarks as UNHCR Executive Committee Chair Ambassador Marcelo Vazquez-Bermudez met him at the foreign ministry here, said a ministry’s press release.

Top US general to be in Dhaka ahead of Arakan Army offensive in Rakhine State

NORTHEAST NEWS
byChandan Nandy
March 23, 2025

Deputy Commanding General of US Army Pacific, Lt Gen Joel Vowell will be in Dhaka for two days during which time he is expected to meet senior Bangladesh Army officers

The arrival of a top American general from the US Pacific Command in Dhaka on March 24 and his meetings with senior Bangladeshi Army officers is aimed at solidifying defensive measures along Bangladesh’s borders with Myanmar’s Rakhine State, where military moves against the military junta are expected to begin soon.

Lieutenant General Joel ‘JB’ Vowell, Deputy Commanding General for US Army Pacific (USARPAC)—located at Fort Shafter, Hawaii—will land at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport around 10 p.m. tomorrow.

Rohingya genocide warrants and the legitimacy battle in Myanmar

new mandala
Tin Shine Aung
19 Mar, 2025

AUNG SAN SUU KYI AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, DECEMBER 2019 (PHOTO: ICJ)

The NUG’s handling of Aung San Suu Kyi’s reputation has become a critical fault line within its coalition, wedging former NLD members, ethnic organisations, and liberal-democratic groups within the political wing of the anti-junta resistance.

On 13 February a federal court in Argentina issued arrest warrants for Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, head of Myanmar’s State Administration Council (SAC), and Aung San Suu Kyi, the former State Counsellor of the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led administration and the National Unity Government (NUG) and Nobel peace laureate. The warrants, issued under universal jurisdiction, accuse them of genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya ethnic minority. (Universal jurisdiction allows states or international bodies to prosecute individuals for serious crimes like genocide and war crimes, regardless of where they occurred or even without a direct link through nationality.)

Insurgency in rohingya camps: AL govt downplayed the problem for years

The Daily Star
Staff Correspondent
Wed Mar 19, 2025

Says Fortify Rights; blames Rohingya armed-groups for repeated violence there

Despite the rising violence in the Rohingya camps of Cox's Bazar over the years, the Bangladesh authorities have repeatedly downplayed or denied the presence of Rohingya militant groups, allowing them to operate unchecked.

Refugees and rights groups have long raised concerns over killings, abductions, and torture carried out by armed factions, but official inaction has left vulnerable communities unprotected, said a report by Fortify Rights launched at Dhaka Reporters Unity yesterday.

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