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Myanmar nationalists protest Malaysian aid for Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Feb. 10 (ANI): Nationalists in Myanmar staged a demonstration as a Malaysian ship carrying food and humanitarian aid for Rohingya Muslims arrived in the former capital Yangon claiming that the aid was a form of political exploitation.
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UN rights expert warns about possible reprisals in Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan. 25 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, has warned about possible reprisals against the people she met during her recent visit to Myanmar from January 9 to 21.
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B'desh Police detain 152 Myanmar nationals for entering country illeg
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 22 (ANI): At least 152 Myanmar nationals have been detained by the Bangladesh Police at the Ijtema premises in Tongi, Gazipur for entering the country illegally.
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Term 'Rohingya' missing from Suu Kyi's letter to B'des
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 15 (ANI): In a letter to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has conveyed that Naypyidaw wants to address the Rohingya issue and other concerns in a spirit of good neighbourliness, trust and mutual understanding.
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Myanmar to start process for Rohingya repatriation from B'desh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 13 (ANI): Bangladesh Foreign Minister A. H. Mahmood Ali has said that Myanmar has expressed interest in repatriating 65,000 Rohingya Muslims who entered Bangladesh in the last two months.
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Bangladesh asks visiting Myanmar delegation to stop Rohingya influx
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 12 (ANI): Expressing concern over continued influx of Rohingya Muslims, Dhaka has asked Naypyidaw to immediately halt the exodus of Rohingyas and repatriate all their nationals staying in Bangladesh for years.
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Special envoy from Myanmar to visit Bangladesh today, may discuss Rohingya
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 10 (ANI): A special envoy from Myanmar is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday for a three day visit with speculations that the Rohingya influx may be discussed.
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Poets from across the world come together in New York to read poems on cap
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Jan.7 (ANI): Poets Alfred Corn from the United States, Ladan Osman from Somalia, Jonathan Cohen and Indran Amrithanayagam from the United States, ko ko Thett from Myanmar, Lola Koundakjian from Armenia, Denize Lauture from Haiti and Abhay K. from India came togethe
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UN rights expert to assess potential abuses in northern Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Jan. 7 (ANI): An independent United Nations expert will assess the human rights situation in Myanmar starting next week, it was announced yesterday, following increasing concerns about civilians in Kachin State and the escalating violence in Rakhine State.
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Moderate tremors felt in Arunachal, India-Myanmar border
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], Jan. 4 (ANI): A moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale was recorded along the India-Myanmar border region at 12.20 a.m. today.
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India, Myanmar cherish long standing close and friendly relations: Prez
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Jan. 3 (ANI): Extending his greetings to Myanmar on the eve of its Independence Day, President Pranab Mukherjee today expressed confidence that the efforts of both close and friendly nations will meet with success and contribute to the realization of respective developmen
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Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami to take out solidarity march in support o
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jan. 1 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Karachi chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has urged people of the city to join in a march to express solidarity with their Muslims brothers in Syria and Myanmar.
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