Former UN chief Annan says refugees must return to Myanmar
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalFormer UN secretary general Kofi Annan talks during the press meeting about the commission's final report in Yangon on 24 August 2017. Photo: MizzimaFormer UN chief Kofi Annan...
View ArticleRefugee return dependent on agreement with Bangladesh
Soe Thu AungCategory: NewsRegionalBangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan. Photo: Asaduzzaman Khan/FacebookUnion Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine...
View ArticleBangladesh steps up security at India border
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA Member of the Bangladesh Border Guard patrols the border near Myanmar in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 04 October 2017. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPA-EFEBangladesh has...
View ArticleTen drown as refugee boat sinks off Bangladesh
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalBangladesh coastguard hand over recovered bodies to local Bangladeshi locals after recovering it from the Naf river estuary near Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf on October 16, 2017....
View ArticleMyanmar photographers allowed to leave Bangladesh
AFPCategory: NewsRegional(FILE) - Photojournalists Min Zayar Oo (L) and Hkun Lat (C) pose for a photograph next to Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi during the ninth Yangon Photo Festival at...
View ArticleSolar panels offer a lifeline in refugee camps
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalSolar Panels. Photo: EPAThe squalid camps in Bangladesh that are now home to nearly 600,000 newly arrived Rohingya have no running water and barely any toilets, but they do...
View ArticleOver 600,000 refugees have fled to Bangladesh, UN says
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalRohingya refugees queue to receive relief in front of makeshift tents in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, 20 September 2017. Photo: EPA-EFEMore than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled...
View ArticleMyanmar must take back refugees who are a ‘big burden’ on Bangladesh: Sushma...
Bdnews24.comCategory: NewsRegionalMyanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (R) meets with Sushma Swaraj(L) India's Minister of External Affairs, during their meeting at the presidential house in...
View ArticleNations pledge $345 million to refugee response
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalRohingya Muslim refugees build makeshift shelters at Balukhali refugee camp near Ukhia on October 19, 2017. Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFPNations have pledged $345 million (294...
View ArticleNew field hospital treats hundreds of refugees
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalThis photo taken on October 22, 2017 shows a Myanmar refugee woman being treated at the operation theatre at the Red Cross clinic in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. Photo:...
View ArticleThais bid final goodbye to beloved King Bhumibol
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalThai mourners hold pictures of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej as they wait for the royal cremation ceremony outside the Royal Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, 26 October...
View ArticleBangladesh arrests prominent Buddhist charity chief
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalMakeshift settlements housing Rohingya Muslim refugees are seen at Balukhali refugee camp near Ukhia on October 19, 2017. Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFPBangladesh has arrested on...
View ArticleNo time frame yet on refugee repatriation
MizzimaCategory: NewsDomesticRegionalA general view of delegates participating in the Cooperation with Myanmar and Bangladesh Minister Meeting on Security and Law Enforcement matters, at the Ministry...
View ArticleMyanmar Consul General in Kolkatta killed in accident
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalPhoto: TNNMyanmar Consul General in Calcutta Mr Pyi Soe has been killed in a road accident in India.His wife has been admitted to a hospital with serious injuries.Mr Pyi...
View ArticleMyanmar-India border meeting in Imphal ‘constructive’
MizzimaCategory: NewsDomesticRegional11th Indo-Myanmar Regional Border Committee Meet between India and Myanmar. Photo: OrganizersThe 11th Indo-Myanmar Regional Border Committee Meet between India and...
View ArticleKhaleda urges Myanmar to take back refugees ‘for the sake of humanity’
Sumon Mahmud, bdnews24.comCategory: NewsRegionalFormer Bangladeshi prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khaleda Zia. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFPBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has...
View ArticleSeven refugees drown trying to reach Bangladesh
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalRohingya Refugees disembark from a boat in Naf river as they arrive to Teknaf, Bangladesh, 14 September 2017. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPAAt least four Rohingya were killed Tuesday...
View ArticleBangladesh border guards stop refugees
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegional(File) This August 29, 2017 photo taken from Nykkhongchhari near the Bangladeshi town of Ukhiya shows a Bangladeshi border guard ordering Rohingya refugees to return to the...
View ArticleMyanmar blames Bangladesh for delaying refugee repatriation
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalRohingya refugees wait to get relief goods in Ukhiya, Coxsbazar, Bangladesh, 10 October 2017. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPA-EFEMyanmar on Wednesday accused Bangladesh of delaying...
View ArticleUS delegation ends Myanmar trip, now in Bangladesh
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalDeputy Minister U Soe Aung meets with a delegation led by the United State Acting Assistant Secretary Mr. Simon Henshaw. Photo: Myanmar News AgencySimon Henshaw, Acting...
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