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Myanmar President pardons 58 detained Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 28 (ANI): Myanmar President U Win Myint has forgiven 58 displaced Rohingyas detained for attempting to re-enter the country from Bangladesh.
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Kazi Nazrul sowed seeds for our Independence, says Hasina
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Asansol (West Bengal) [India], May 26 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam's compositions laid the foundation for achieving the country's independence.
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India should play key role in Rohingyas' repatriation, says Hasina
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Santiniketan (West Bengal) [India], May 25 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Friday that India should play an important role in ensuring the safe repatriation of the Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar.
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100,000 Rohingyas to be moved to Bhasanchar: Hasina
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 24 (ANI): Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on May 23 said around 100,000 displaced Rohingya refugees would be shifted to Bhasanchar Island in Noakhali till the time they are being repatriated.
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Rohingya fighters killed Hindus in Myanmar: Amnesty International
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 23 (ANI): Amnesty International has said that it has evidence that Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) killed around 99 Hindu civilians in August 2017.
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Rakhine crisis obstacle to democratic transition: Mark Green
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 21 (ANI): The chief of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mark Green said that Rakhine State crisis is an obstacle to Myanmar's democratic transition while saying that it must be resolved soon.
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Myanmar urges Bangladesh to begin repatriation of Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 21 (ANI): Out of the 8000 names submitted for repatriation by Dhaka a few months ago, Myanmar has urged Bangladesh to repatriate 2223 Rohingya refugees as soon as possible.
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Turkish agency organises Iftar for Rohingya refugees
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 20 (ANI): Owing to the holy month of Ramzan, a Turkish aid group organised Iftar for Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh.
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Myanmar's border police asks Rohingyas to leave no-man's land
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 19 (ANI): Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) on Saturday asked the Rohingya refugees, living in a no-man's land along the Tombru border point in Bandarban district in Bangladesh, to leave the area.
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Over 60 Rohingya babies are born per day in B'desh refugee camps: UNICEF
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], May 17 (ANI): More than 60 babies are being born every day in the camps and informal settlements in Cox's Bazar in the nine months since a brutal Myanmar army crackdown forced thousands of families to take refuge in Bangladesh.
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ECHO, UNICEF to provide protection to 42,000 Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 17 (ANI): The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Operations (ECHO) has provided $2.6 million to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
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US provides USD 44 m as assistance for Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 16 (ANI): The United States (US), through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has agreed to provide an additional sum of USD 44 million as humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees.
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