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Rohingya issue: B'desh calls for pressure on Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 6 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the Commonwealth countries to force Myanmar to stop the persecution and take the Rohingya refugees back.
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Myanmar seeks to amend repatriation agreement with Bangladesh
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 2 (ANI): Myanmar is working towards bringing amendment of the 1993 agreement with Bangladesh that allows repatriation of the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh, who fled to the neighbouring countries, in wake of clashes with the military.
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Bangladesh PM Hasina in Forbes' list of most powerful women
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 2 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emerged as the 30th most powerful woman, according to the Forbes' list of 100 most powerful women in the world this year.
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Khaleda says Bangladesh not doing enough for Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 30 (ANI): The Bangladesh opposition leader and the Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Khaleda Zia, has accused the government of 'insufficient efforts' in extending assistance to Rohingya refugees, The Daily Star reported.
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U.S. to resume entry of refugees
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): The United States is likely to resume the entry of refugees into the country, but through a more stringent screening and vetting procedure.
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U.K., Canada, Switzerland pledge to donate $33.5m for Rohingya refugees
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 24 (ANI): The United Kingdom and Switzerland have pledged additional USD 24 million as assistance for the Rohingya refugees, who are fleeing to Bangladesh to escape the persecution of Myanmar's Rakhine State.
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Swaraj meets B'desh PM discusses Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Ocotber 22 (ANI): India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to discuss the humanitarian crisis caused due to influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine State.
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U.S. expresses concern over Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 18 (ANI): United States' Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday said that the U.S. was concerned about the mass exodus of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine region, and held the country's military leadership accountable for the humanitarian cris
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Thousands of Rohingya refugees waiting in no man's land to enter Banglades
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 17 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said that at least 10,000 to 15000 Rohingya refugees are stranded near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
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'International community must help resolve Rohingya refugee crisis'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Moazzam Ali on Monday said that it’s necessary to resolve the Rohingya issue at the earliest as Bangladesh has given shelter to the refugees on the humanitarian grounds.
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Court may be moved for an interim order, says MHA
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday said that in case of contingency, the petitioner Nariman in the Rohingya deportation case, may move the court for an appropriate interim order.
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SC to hear Rohingya refugees' plea
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the petition filed by Rohingya Muslims challenging the government's stand to deport them back to Myanmar.
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