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Hasina accuses Myanmar of being hesitant in taking back Rohingyas
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jun 10 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reportedly accused Myanmar of being hesitant in repatriating over a million Rohingya who fled ongoing sectarian conflict in the northern Rakhine State.
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Myanmar forces kill six suspecting rebel-links
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Rakhine [Myanmar], May 3 (ANI): Myanmar security forces shot dead at least six people in the perturbed western state of Rakhine for their alleged links with rebel Arakan Army.
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Rohingya repatriation: Bangladesh, Myanmar to hold meeting on May 3
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Apr 19 (ANI): The fourth round of meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation will be held on May 3 in Nay Pyi Taw, the Foreign Office of Bangladesh said on Friday.
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Jailed Reuters journalists win Pulitzer for Rohingya report
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Apr 16 (ANI): Jailed Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for uncovering Rohingya killings in Myanmar's Rakhine state, on Monday.
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India hands over 50 housing units in Rakhine province to Myanmar
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Nay Pyi Taw [Myanmar], Dec 11 (ANI): India has handed over 50 housing units in the Rakhine province to Myanmar on Tuesday during President Ram Nath Kovind's maiden visit to the country.
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Rohingya crisis: Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty's highest honour
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Nov 13 (ANI): Human Rights organisation Amnesty International withdrew its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday.
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Rohingya repatriation to start on Nov 15, transit camps set up
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 12 (ANI): Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will return to Myanmar, a year after they fled the Rakhine state following a military crackdown.
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India, Myanmar ink MoU on appointment of private port operator
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): India and Myanmar signed a pact for the appointment of a private port operator for the operation and maintenance of Sittwe Port, Paletwa Inland Water Terminal and associated facilities that are part of the Kaladan Multi-Model Transit Transport Project, in
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Could have been handled better: Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], Sep 13 (ANI): Myanmar State Counsellor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday said that her government could have handled the situation in her country's Rakhine state better.
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Myanmar Govt permits UN to probe Rohingya abuse
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 13 (ANI): The Myanmar Government granted permission to the United Nations inspection teams to assess dozens villages and townships in the country's Rakhine State, that were home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims last year.
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India signs pacts with Rakhine State for capacity building, economic devel
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Yangon [ Myanmar], Sept 12 (ANI): Indian Embassy on Wednesday signed two agreements with Myanmar's Rakhine State Government to facilitate capacity building and economic development in the province. The pacts will help promote agricultural mechanisation and support computer literacy among the
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International Criminal Court to investigate crimes against Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
The Hague [The Netherlands], Sep 07 (ANI): The International Criminal Court (ICC) has the jurisdiction to investigate the crimes that have been committed against the Muslim minority Rohingya community in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the court ruled on Thursday.
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