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B'desh, Myanmar aim to resettle Rohingyas in 2 years
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Jan 16 (ANI): Bangladesh and Myanmar on Tuesday have finalised an agreement, which will facilitate the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.
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Rohingya repatriation: First list will contain 1 lakh names
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 27 (ANI): The first list for repatriation of Rohingya refugees, who entered into Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State, will contain 1,00,000 names.
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Bangladesh, Myanmar form joint panel for Rohingya repatriation
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 19 (ANI): Myanmar and Bangladesh on Tuesday formed Joint Working Group (JWG) to handle the repatriation of Rohingya refugees.
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Myanmar team to visit Bangladesh to discuss Rohingya issue
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec.18 (ANI): A six-member Myanmar delegation is arriving here on Monday for a meeting to set up the joint working group (JWG) to facilitate the repatriation of Rohingyas who fled violence in northern Rakhine State between August 25 and now.
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40 Rohingya villages burnt in October and November, says HRW
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.18 (ANI): Satellite imagery over Myanmar has revealed that at least 40 new Rohingya villages were burnt down in the months of October and November in the country's northern Rakhine State.
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Bangladesh completes registration of 8,44,227 Rohingya refugees
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 15 (ANI): Bangladesh has completed biometric registration of 8,44,227 Rohingya refugees who have crossed the border to escape persecution in neighbouring Myanmar's Rakhine state.
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6700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar: MSF
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec 14 (ANI): At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed between August and September after violence broke out in Myanmar's northern restive Rakhine state, according to the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
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UN human rights chief cites 'elements of genocide' in Myanmar's Rohingya c
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 5 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday condemned the brutal attacks at and decades-long discrimination against the Rohingyas, citing they could contain "elements of genocide."
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India sends relief material to Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): India has sent relief material for distribution amongst the displaced persons in Myanmar's restive Rakhine State.
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Amnesty says Myanmar promoting 'apartheid' of Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [United States], Nov.21 (ANI): A study prepared by the New York-based Amnesty International has charged the Government of Myanmar with promoting and practicing a form of "apartheid" against the Rohingya population in that country's northern Rakhine state.
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Rohingya crisis:Aung San Suu Kyi meets UN chief, Tillerson
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Nov.14 (ANI): Myanmar'State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under rising global pressure to solve the Rohingya crisis in northern Rakhine State, has had meetings here with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerso
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UN calls on Myanmar to end excessive military force in Rakhine state
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], November 7 (ANI): Strongly condemning the widespread violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, which has led to the displacement of over 600,000 members of the country's minority Muslim Rohingya community, the United Nations Security Council has called on the Myanmar Government
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