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India should play key role in Rohingyas' repatriation, says Hasina
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Santiniketan (West Bengal) [India], May 25 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Friday that India should play an important role in ensuring the safe repatriation of the Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar.
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100,000 Rohingyas to be moved to Bhasanchar: Hasina
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 24 (ANI): Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on May 23 said around 100,000 displaced Rohingya refugees would be shifted to Bhasanchar Island in Noakhali till the time they are being repatriated.
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World needs to care for Rohingya refugees: Priyanka Chopra
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 22 (ANI): Actress Priyanka Chopra, who is also the global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights, on Tuesday urged her fans and followers to care for and support the Rohingya refugees.
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Rakhine crisis obstacle to democratic transition: Mark Green
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 21 (ANI): The chief of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mark Green said that Rakhine State crisis is an obstacle to Myanmar's democratic transition while saying that it must be resolved soon.
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Myanmar urges Bangladesh to begin repatriation of Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 21 (ANI): Out of the 8000 names submitted for repatriation by Dhaka a few months ago, Myanmar has urged Bangladesh to repatriate 2223 Rohingya refugees as soon as possible.
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Turkish agency organises Iftar for Rohingya refugees
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 20 (ANI): Owing to the holy month of Ramzan, a Turkish aid group organised Iftar for Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh.
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Myanmar's border police asks Rohingyas to leave no-man's land
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 19 (ANI): Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) on Saturday asked the Rohingya refugees, living in a no-man's land along the Tombru border point in Bandarban district in Bangladesh, to leave the area.
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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 case: Supreme Court adjourned matter till May 11
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 09: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the case regarding deportation of Rohingya refugees till May 11 (Friday).
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Rohingya refugees, host communities being vaccinated against cholera
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], May 7 (ANI): A massive cholera vaccination campaign began on Monday to protect nearly one million Rohingyas and their host communities living in and around the refugee camps in Bangladesh, to prevent any potential outbreak during the ongoing monsoon season.
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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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