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ECHO, UNICEF to provide protection to 42,000 Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 17 (ANI): The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Operations (ECHO) has provided $2.6 million to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
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US provides USD 44 m as assistance for Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 16 (ANI): The United States (US), through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has agreed to provide an additional sum of USD 44 million as humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees.
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Rohingya crisis affecting Bangladesh adversely: CPD
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 14 (ANI): Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Executive Director Fahmida Khatun said the Rohingya crisis was putting an adverse effect on Bangladesh's economy, society and its environment.
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Rohingya Crisis: Dhaka expects move by OIC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 4 (ANI): In the upcoming 45th session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dhaka expects that the Council of Foreign Ministers to exert pressure on Myanmar for a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis.
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Myanmar Army killing Christians in Kachin
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kachin [Myanmar], May 4 (ANI): Not long after Myanmar army carried out targeted killings of Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state, it has now been accused of committing atrocities against Christians in the northernmost state of the country, Kachin.
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Rohingya refugees falling prey to human traffickers
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 3 (ANI): Rohingya refugees, who fled to Bangladesh since late August last year to escape the inter-communal violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, are facing another threat in the form of human trafficking.
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Rohingya crisis: UNSC seeks investigation into human rights abuses
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanamar], May 3 (ANI): The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) team has asked the Myanmar government to conduct a proper investigation into alleged human rights abuses in northern Rakhine State.
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7 Myanmar soldiers sentenced to 10 years over Rohingya killings
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Apr 11 (ANI): The Myanmar military has sentenced seven of its soldiers to 10 years of hard labour over the massacre of 10 Rohingyas, according to the country's state media on Wednesday.
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Bangladesh calls for global pressure on Myanmar to repatriate Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar 31 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to continue pressurising Myanmar to take Rohingya refugees back as soon as possible.
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Rohingya crisis: US to continue support to Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 30 (ANI): The United States has assured cooperation to Bangladesh on the issue of Rohingya crisis, the US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said.
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Bomb explosions hit Myanmar's Rakhine state
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Feb 24 (ANI): A series of four bomb explosions occurred on Saturday in Sittwe, capital of Myanmar's western Rakhine state.
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Rohingya crisis can incite religious conflict in South Asia: UN
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 6 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday said the possible "acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing" by the Myanmar army against the Rohingyas could incite a religious conflict in the South Asian region.
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