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Myanmar Officials Visit Bangladesh Refugee Camp for Repatriation Project

Myanmar Officials Visit Bangladesh Refugee Camp for Repatriation Project

A 22-member delegation from Myanmar arrived on Wednesday in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar to verify the information about Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh's camps that are enrolled for repatriation and willing to return to the Rakhine State....

Myanmar Jails 112 Rohingya

Myanmar Jails 112 Rohingya

Myanmar's state media reported on Tuesday that a court in the southern city of Bogale sentenced 112 Rohingya to jail, including a dozen children, for traveling 'without any official documents.'...

Report: At Least 22 Killed in Alleged Massacre at Myanmar Monastery

Report: At Least 22 Killed in Alleged Massacre at Myanmar Monastery

According to a doctor's post-mortem report, at least 22 people, including three monks, were killed at a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar's southern Shan state on Saturday as local insurgent groups and Mynammar's junta accused each other of carrying out a massacre of civilians....

Report: Rohingya Refugee Camp Fire Was 'Planned Sabotage'

Report: Rohingya Refugee Camp Fire Was 'Planned Sabotage'

On Sunday, the seven-member probe committee into the March 5 fire at a Rohingya refugee camp in the Bangladesh district of Cox's Bazar presented its report, describing the blaze as a 'planned and purposeful act of sabotage.'...

Bangladesh: Fire Destroys Rohingya Camp, Leaving 12K Homeless

Bangladesh: Fire Destroys Rohingya Camp, Leaving 12K Homeless

On Sunday, a large fire ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, destroying at least 2K shelters and leaving as many as 12K refugees without housing. As of Sunday, the cause of the fire was unknown and no casualties were reported....

Bangladesh Shuts Down Main Opposition Party Newspaper

Bangladesh Shuts Down Main Opposition Party Newspaper

The Dainik Dinkal, a newspaper run by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for more than three decades, has been shut down after a government suspension originally ordered on Dec. 26 was upheld by the country's Press Council....

World Food Program to Cut Aid to Rohingya Camps

World Food Program to Cut Aid to Rohingya Camps

On Friday, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) announced that it would be cutting funding for food assistance to the Rohingya refugees living in Bangladeshi camps. If donations don't increase, additional cuts will be made beginning in April....