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Rohingya crisis: KS Relief gives USD 2 mln to strengthen Cox's Bazar hospi
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Cox's Bazar[Bangladesh], Mar.1 (ANI): The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre has announced a USD 2 million grant to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for upgrading the Sadar District Hospital in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, to enhance health care services for Rohingyas and their ho
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Urgent need to scale up health services in Cox's Bazar: WHO
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Feb.21 (ANI): Calling for continued efforts to further scale up health services for nearly 1.3 million people in Cox's Bazar, Rohingyas and their surrounding host communities, the World Health Organisation today said six months after the start of the refugee crisis,
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B'desh provide Myanmar list of Rohingyas refugees
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Feb 20 (ANI): Bangladesh has provided Myanmar with a list of over 8,000 Rohingya refugees and has asked the latter to have their backgrounds checked before the repatriation process begins, its home ministry said on Saturday.
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Bangladeshis, Rohingyas can give shelter to militants: BJP lawmaker
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (J-K) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Vikram Randhawa on Saturday warned that the continued illegal presence of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas in Jammu and Kashmir creates the potential for them to offer shelter to militants
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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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Indonesia, Bangladesh committed to enhancing ties
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 29 (ANI): Indonesian President Joko Widodo wrapped up his two-day visit to Bangladesh on Monday and called for stronger ties with the latter. He also extended his support to the Rohingya refugees for their safe return to Myanmar.
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UN special envoy visits Rohingya camp in B'desh
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Jan. 21 (ANI): The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's coastal town of Cox's Bazar on Saturday.
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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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Fire at Rohingya camp kills 4
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Jan 13 (ANI): Four Rohingyas, including three children and a woman, were killed in a fire at an UN-run transit camp in southeastern Bangladesh's Ukhiya upazila near Cox's Bazar on Friday night.
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Myanmar military admits killing 10 Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Jan 11 (ANI): In a rare acknowledgement, the Myanmar military has admitted that the members of its security forces were involved in the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims, whose bodies were found in a mass grave in December in the restive Rakhine region.
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Rohingyas' access to balanced diet a major concern: UN study
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 6 (ANI): According to a new United Nations study, most Rohingyas have a limited access to getting a nutritious and balanced diet, despite the fact that more than 90 per cent of them have received emergency food assistance.
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Rohingyas attack Myanmar Army truck, injure 5 soldiers
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Jan 6 (ANI): Rohingya insurgents on Saturday launched an assault on the Myanmar Army, attacking its truck in the restive state of Rakhine, and injured five soldiers in the process.
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