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'It is clear that conditions are not yet met for the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees to their places of origin or choice,' Guterres added. (Photo: AP)

Conditions still not suitable for safe return of Rohingya: UN chief

Guterres, recounting his experience of visiting camps this past July, said that he heard stories of horrendous persecution and suffering.

29 Aug 2018 1:46 PM

Irate activists burn an effigy. (Photo: AP )

India must avert Rohingya-like situation in Assam

Question of statelessness will arise in case of those left out of final NRC list.

10 Aug 2018 2:21 AM

Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)

Dhaka vow to Rajnath Singh: Will act firm on terrorism

India has offered to send more relief material and supplies to help Bangladesh deal with the needs of those in the relief camps.

16 Jul 2018 1:29 AM

n this March 20, 2018 photo, a Kachin Independence army rebel stands at frontline outpost facing no man's land in Lawa Yang, outside of Laiza, the armed group's headquarters in northern Kachin state, Myanmar.(Photo: AP)

19 killed in fight between Myanmar army and rebels

The military stands accused of carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign against the stateless minority in Rakhine.

12 May 2018 1:15 PM

The oral cholera vaccines have been made available through the Inter-Agency Coordinating Group with members from WHO, UNICEF, Medecins sans Frontieres and International Federation of the Red Cross. (Photo: Pixabay)

Rohingya refugees, host communities being vaccinated against cholera in Bangladesh

This is a second cholera vaccination campaign being held for the Rohingyas and their host communities.

08 May 2018 8:50 AM

Myanmar agreed earlier this month to receive the Rohingya refugees at two reception centres and a temporary camp near its border with Bangladesh over a two-year period starting Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar delayed: Bangladesh

The United Nations described the military operation as ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya, which Myanmar denies.

22 Jan 2018 3:03 PM

A Rohingya refugee girl looks next to newly arrived refugees who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in Ukhiya. (Photo: AFP)

The year of the missing: Where’s our humanity?

All genocidal intent in India’s new policy is a clerical act of reclassification and the Rohingya go missing.

04 Jan 2018 2:58 AM

Asserting that the MHA has already alerted the states where there is possibility of its repercussion, security sources however claimed that MHA was keeping a close watch on the situation. (Photo: PTI)

Govt intercepts PFI messages sent to West Asia

Intelligence agencies have recorded an alarming growth of radical organisations in Assam and its neighbouring states.

12 Dec 2017 6:52 AM

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee speaks with Union home minister Rajnath Singh as Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal looks on during a press meet at Nabanna in Kolkata. (Photo: Asian Age)

BJP leaders meet Rajnath on Bengal law-&-order situation

Mr Singh is in the city to chair a meeting of chief ministers of the states bordering Bangladesh.

08 Dec 2017 1:48 AM

Suu Kyi studied as an undergraduate student at the Oxford University, where she was granted the honour in 1997 for her 'struggle for democracy'. (Photo: File/AP)

Suu Kyi stripped of Freedom of City of Oxford award over Rohingya comment

The council of Oxford city decided to remove the honour saying that it does not celebrate 'those who turn a blind eye to violence.'

28 Nov 2017 4:07 PM

Victims have described massacres, rape, looting and the burning of hundreds of villages by Myanmar's army and civilian mobs.

Myanmar military denies claims of atrocities on Rohingya Muslims

The military's latest claims were contrary to a large and growing body of evidence documenting severe rights abuses in Myanmar.

14 Nov 2017 1:18 PM

Rohingya refugee children watching the Bangladeshi theatre group ‘Drama Therapy’ at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia.. (Photo: AFP)

Clowns cheer up Rohingya refugee children

Theatre groups use ‘drama therapy’ to heal trauma-hit children.

31 Oct 2017 1:13 AM

There is “nervousness about (his) using the word Rohingya”, said Father Mariano Soe Naing, a spokesman for the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Myanmar, the country’s main Catholic body.

Bishops ‘nervous’ Pope will mention Rohingya

Catholic bishops of Myanmar are worried that the pontiff will mention the violence in Rakhine during his visit next month

28 Oct 2017 6:08 AM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: AP)

Modi advised Suu Kyi not to destroy image, says Sushma Swaraj

“Myanmar may punish the terrorists, not innocent people,” he quoted Ms Swaraj as saying.

23 Oct 2017 1:11 AM

Rohingya man refugee again 40 years after leaving Bangla

Ahmed’s family fled an earlier wave of violence against the Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 1978, when he was still a child.

19 Oct 2017 6:34 AM

According to the report in local media, the Rohingya rebels are in contact with the Imam of Dimapur and have also started collecting huge amount of arms and ammunition from Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Nagaland Muslims plan to regulate growth of masjids

The report also claimed that Rohingya are most likely to attack Nagaland.

15 Oct 2017 3:32 AM

There has been a large-scale influx of Rohingyas after persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine province.

Centre to put in stringent checks along Myanmar

A panel, which is examining issue, to soon submit report on measures that need to be taken to check Rohingyas inflow.

26 Sep 2017 2:24 AM

PM Modi, who will deliver the valedictory address on Monday, may use the opportunity to highlight his government's pro-poor measures and other policy decisions. (Photo: PTI | File)

PM to lay down govt's economic, political goals in BJP's 2-day meet

A key highlight of the meeting will be the presence of the party's all elected lawmakers.

24 Sep 2017 11:19 AM

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday at the UN headquarters. (Photo: AP)

Must be able to return to homeland in safety, dignity: Hasina on Rohingyas at UNGA

Hasina laid out a 5-point plan that called for protection of Rohingyas in safe zones that can be made inside Myanmar under UN supervision.

22 Sep 2017 2:02 PM

Suu Kyi condemns abuses, but quiet on Army role

UN chief urges Army pull back, Amnesty says Nobel winner burying head in sand.

20 Sep 2017 1:50 AM

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