Tag: Bangladesh
UN condemns reprisals against Bangladesh election
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- The United Nations on Friday expressed concern over reports of violence and intimidation in Bangladesh during the recent elections. A...
Washington is concerned about “irregularities” during elections in Bangladesh
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- The United States Tuesday expressed "concern" over the conduct of the legislative elections Sunday in Bangladesh, where the ruling...
17 people killed in clashes during the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) -- At least 17 people, including seven members of the ruling People’s League party and five oppositionists from the United...
Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia has been jailed
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to seven years in prison...
Bangladeshi prime minister: Myanmar is delaying the return of the Rohingya
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused neighboring Myanmar of finding new pretexts to delay the return of more...
US increases aid to Rohingya in Bangladesh
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Monday that her country had stepped up its aid to...
Bangladesh begins transporting Rohingya refugees to safe areas before the rainy...
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Bangladesh has begun to move 100,000 Rwandan refugees into safe areas ahead of expected seasonal rains, which are feared...
At least 49 killed in Bangladesh plane crash
BANGLADESH (VOP TODAY NEWS) - At least 49 people were killed when a Bangladesh airliner carrying 71 people crashed on Monday as it sank in...
Myanmar denies reports of new mass graves found in Rakhine state
MYANMAR - Myanmar denied on Friday the existence of mass graves in a village in the troubled state of Rakhine where an army crackdown triggered...
Plight of Rohingya Muslims
MYANMAR - The United Nations has expressed concern over the condition of Rohingya refugees huddled in squalid, muddy camps of Bangladesh. A UN humanitarian report...
Bangladesh says the Rohingya will be returned in coordination with the...
Bangladesh on Sunday sought to reassure the international community of a plan to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to Burma by confirming...
Bangladesh says it receives more than 1 million Rohingya on its...
Bangladesh has counted more than 1 million Rohingya refugees living in camps near its border with Burma, according to the official in charge of...
Bangladesh agrees with Myanmar to complete the return of the Rohingya...
Bangladesh said on Tuesday it had agreed to complete the process of returning the Muslim Rohingya to Myanmar within two years from the start...
Akhmat Kadyrov’s school was opened for refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh
The school named after the first president of the Chechen Republic, Akhmad Kadyrov, opened in one of the largest refugee camps located on the...
Bangladesh is preparing to repatriate 100,000 Rohingya refugees to Burma
Bangladesh is preparing to repatriate 100,000 Rohingyas to Burma as part of a plan to repatriate the Muslim refugees they fled this year to...
Dengue kills more than 20 people in Rohingya camps: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that 21 people had died from diphtheria in Bangladesh's Rohingya refugee camps, where a second vaccination...
Pope says he “wept” during his meeting with Rohingya refugees in...
Pope Francis said on Saturday that he cried when he heard Rohingya refugees telling their plight directly, adding that meeting them was one of...
Pope visits Burma, Bangladesh amidst Rohingya tragedy
Pope Francis will start a two-day diplomatic visit to Burma, Bangladesh and Muslim Bangladesh on Monday, where he will be watching what he will...
Burma, Bangladesh agree to start return of Rohingya refugees within two...
Burma and Bangladesh announced on Thursday that the repatriation of Rohingya refugees would begin within two months amid growing international pressure to end the...
Pope Francis will meet with Rohingya members in Bangladesh
Pope Francis will meet with Muslim Rohingya Muslims in Dhaka during his trip to Bangladesh from November 30 to December 2, Holy See spokesman...
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