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Rohingya boat capsises along Bangladesh-Myanmar border, several dead
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], October 9 (ANI): At least 12 Rohingyas were killed and 35 others went missing after a boat carrying the Myanmar nationals capsised in the Naf River in Teknaf upazila late last night.
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Samiya clinches gold at U-15 Asian Junior C'ship
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Oct. 8 (ANI): Indian shuttler Samiya Imad Farooqui clinched the gold medal in the U-15 women's singles category of the ongoing Asian Junior Championship after defeating Indonesia's Widjaja Stephani on Sunday.
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Rohingya crisis may 'destabilize' South Asia: US lawmakers
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], Oct.7 (ANI):The United States has expressed concern over the crackdown by the Myanmar government that has caused an exodus of half-a-million Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh, saying this could attract international terrorists and destabilize the region.
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Sheikh Hasina seeks UK support to resolve Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 7 (ANI):Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community, including the UK, to intensify pressure on Myanmar to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who crossed into Bangladesh fleeing violence in Myanmar.
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Rohingya solution has to be found in Myanmar: Bangladesh Foreign Secretary
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct. 6 (ANI): Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque on Friday said the solution to the Rohingya crisis has to be found in Myanmar as it was created there.
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Rohingya Crisis: Myanmar's State Councillor Suu Kyi to be stripped of her
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Oct 5 (ANI): Myanmar's State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi is to be stripped of her Freedom of Oxford award amid criticism of her handling the Rohingya crisis.
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SC to hear Rohingya refugees' plea on October 13
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 03 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to hear the petition filed by Rohingya Muslims challenging the government's stand to deport them back to Myanmar on October 13.
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Rohingyas in Haryana don't want to go back to Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Majeri (Haryana) [India], Oct.2 (ANI): Dispossessed and poor, and living lives of misery and squalor in a 100 square yard area in Majeri, Haryana, is preferable to going back to their original homes in Myanmar for 250 Rohingya Muslim refugees.
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Bangladesh, Myanmar to form joint panel to repatriate Rohingya refugees
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka, [Bangladesh] Oct 2 (ANI): Bangladesh and Myanmar on Monday agreed to form a joint working group, which will draw up plans for the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's portrait removed from display at Oxford College
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
London [Oxford], Sept 30 (ANI): Myanmar's State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi's portrait has been removed from public display at the Oxford college, where she studied as an undergraduate amid criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis.
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No plan to mediate between Myanmar-Bangladesh on Rohingya: India
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 30 (ANI): India has said that it has no plans to mediate between Myanmar and Bangladesh to solve the Rohingya refugee crisis.
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat cautions nation against asylum to Rohingya
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], September 30 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said that the links between Rohingya and Jihadi elements are coming to light and if such elements come to India, they may have an impact on the security situation.
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