The way food aid is distributed to Rohingya needs to be adjusted because it is driving population growth in the country’s sprawling refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, a senior Bangladesh government official said
Bangladesh is retaliating against NGOs that have accused the elite security unit RAB of enforced disappearances and other abuses, human rights groups said in a statement Friday
A well-known secular activist on Tuesday called on the Bangladesh Bar Council to pull the membership of a lawyer who has been filing police complaints against musicians alleging that their performances insult Islam
COVID-19 vaccines are being given to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, as part of a nationwide vaccination push to stop the deadly virus from spreading.Bangladeshi authorities are leading the Vaccination programme, with technical assistance from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), and other humanitarian partners
Rozina Islam an investigative journalist was abducted by Ministry of Health officials, whom she had been investigating for several weeks, before being charged with breaching an antiquated state secrets statute. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is urging Bangladesh’s government to order his immediate release
Fundamentalist groups are harassing a growing number of female journalists in Bangladesh, creating security concerns for reporters on assignment
Hundreds of migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries have been sleeping outdoors in freezing weather since a fire destroyed part of the Lipa camp in northwest Bosnia-Herzegovina. The military is rebuilding the camp to provide suitable winter shelter, but there’s no timeline yet for when migrants will be able to move in
The difficult life of many migrants and refugees who ended up in Pakistan
For the last three years, most of the 700,000 Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar have been living in refugee camps in southern Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar
Globally, more than 2.4 million infections have been recorded while the death toll stood at more than 168,000 as of Monday, according to data compiled by disease experts at U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University