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23 Nobel Laureates, global leaders urge UN in an open letter to make Rohi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 30 (ANI): 13 Nobel laureates along with 10 global leaders have urged members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to urgently put the Rohingya crisis on the list of the council's agenda and to call upon the UN secretary-general to visit Myanmar as a pri
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Bangladesh summons Myanmar envoy over firing on fishing trawler
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 29 (ANI): The Bangladesh Government on Thursday handed a strongly worded protest note to Myanmar over the firing on Bangladeshis at the Bay of Bengal.
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Six Bangladeshi fishermen injured by Myanmar troopers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 28 (ANI): Six Bangladeshi fishermen were injured in firing by Myanmar's border troopers near St Martin's Island.
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Myanmar Govt sponsors three-day visit of journalists to northern Rakhine s
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Dec. 21 (ANI): The Myanmar government has sponsored a three-day visit of 13 journalists to Maungdaw and Buthidaung areas, which have been under lockdown since October attacks on border guard posts.
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Security forces target Rohingya during vicious Myanmar scorched-earth camp
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec. 19 (ANI): New York based human rights watchdog Amnesty International has squarely blamed the Myanmar security forces for unlawful killings, multiple rapes and the burning down entire villages inhabited by Rohingyas.
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Myanmar handling northern Rakhine, a lesson in how to make 'bad situa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 17 (ANI): Expressing concern over the situation in Myanmar's northern Rakhine, the top United Nations human rights official warned that the Government's "short-sighted, counterproductive, even callous" approach to the handling of the crisis
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Myanmar military burned Rohingya villages, says Human Rights Watch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 13 (ANI): Human Rights Watch has claimed that the Myanmar military deliberately burned the houses of Rohingya, a Muslim minority in the Buddhist majority country.
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Reporter found dead in Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Dec. 13 (ANI): A reporter for Eleven Media was found dead on the side of the road on Tuesday near Monywa golf course.
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Malaysian armed forces chief meets Myanmar President
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Dec. 6 (ANI): Malaysian armed forces chief General Zulkifeli Mohd Zin met with Myanmar's president U Htin Kyaw and Commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Monday to smoothen the ties between the two sides following recent diplomatic sparring over violen
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Protests in Malaysia in support of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Dec. 4 (ANI): Thousands of Malaysians and Rohingya refugees gathered at Titiwangsa Stadium to protest against the alleged state-endorsed persecution of the Muslim minority group in Myanmar on Sunday.
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Co-operative Bank to issue JCB debit card in Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar]/Tokyo [Japan], Dec.2 (ANI): Co-Operative Bank (CB Bank), a major commercial bank in Myanmar, Myanmar Payment Union Public Co. Ltd (MPU), and JCB International Co. Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., have announced that CB Bank will start is
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Envoys of five nations present credentials to President of India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.1 (ANI): Envoys of Trinidad and Tobago, Georgia, Myanmar, Nepal and Peru presented their credentials to the President Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday.
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