Bangladesh Scraps Plan to Start Repatriating Rohingya
By JULHAS ALAM COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The head of Bangladesh’s refugee commission said plans to begin a voluntary
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UN Rights Chief Urges Halt to Rohingya Repatriation Plan
The U.N. human rights chief says Bangladesh’s government should halt plans to repatriate more than 2,200 Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, saying such a move would endanger their lives.
Read moreBangladesh Sentences 19 to Death in Political Rally Attack
A Bangladeshi court sentenced 19 people to death and the son of the opposition leader to life imprisonment on Wednesday over a deadly 2004 attack at a political rally held by current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Read moreWorld Court Opens Preliminary Probe Into Rohingya Expulsions
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor announced Tuesday that she is launching a preliminary investigation into deportations of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar into Bangladesh.
Read moreIn LA’s Koreatown, Little Bangladesh Stakes Its Claim
The aroma of spicy, hot stone soups and Korean barbecue fills the air along Third Street in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. As the scent drifts east across this food mecca it meets the unmistakable fragrance of spicy curries and fish biryanis emanating from markets in Little Bangladesh, a little-known community that staked its claim here eight years ago.
Read moreBangladesh, Myanmar to Return Rohingya in 2 Years
Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed that they will try to complete the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled from violence in Myanmar within two years, Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Read moreBangladesh Questions Family of Man Accused of NYC Attack
Bangladesh counterterrorism officers are questioning the wife and other relatives of a man accused of carrying out a bomb attack in New York City’s subway system, officials said Tuesday.
Read morePope Enters Rohingya Minefield With Myanmar-Bangladesh Trip
Pope Francis will wade into the religious and political minefield of Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims and the effects of their exodus to Bangladesh when he visits both countries next month.
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Fleeing Rohingya Muslims Watch as Homes Burn in Myanmar
Days after fleeing their village on the Myanmar side of the border fence, a group of Rohingya Muslims watched from just inside Bangladesh as yet another house went up in flames.
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Bangladesh Offers Land to Shelter Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar
With hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims in need of shelter after fleeing recent violence in Myanmar, a Bangladesh official said Monday the government will free land for a new camp.
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Study Links Bangladeshi Children’s Deaths to Pesticide
The sudden deaths of 13 children in a remote village in Bangladesh was caused by exposure to a routinely used pesticide applied in a nearby lychee tree orchard, according to a scientific report released Monday.
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