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04 Feb 2020

Myanmar reimposes internet shutdown in Rakhine and Chin state

Officials cited "security requirements and public interest" for the reinstatement, Telenor said, adding that four other townships remain under a blackout first imposed in June last year.

25 May 2018

US seeks credible investigation into killing of Hindus in Myanmar

In a report, Amnesty International said a Rohingya armed group brandishing guns and swords was responsible for at least one, and potentially a second, massacre of up to 99 Hindu women, men and children in August of 2017.

24 Feb 2018

Three bombs hit capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state: Reports

Three bombs exploded in different locations in Rakhine`s state capital Sittwe early Saturday morning, including at the home of a high ranking official, Myanmar police told AFP.

Rohingya Muslims

06 Jan 2018

Rohingya rebels ambush in Rakhine wounds 3: Myanmar army

Rakhine was plunged into crisis last August after a series of militant raids that killed at least a dozen officials prompted a brutal military crackdown that sent some 650,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh.

05 Jan 2018

Myanmar Army overruns Kachin rebel camps as fighting escalates

A separate military campaign in Rakhine state, which has forced 655,000 Rohingya Muslims over the border into Bangladesh, has dominated global attention.

27 Nov 2017

Myanmar has `no religious discrimination`, Army Chief tells Pope Francis

Myanmar`s military stands accused of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims.

27 Nov 2017

Myanmar accused of wiping out Rohingya reporters: Report

Nay Pyi Taw, Nov 27 (IANS) Reporters working inside Myanmars Rakhine state to document the Rohingya crisis have gone missing, raising fears that they have been deliberately targeted by the military, a media report said on Monday.

Rohingya Crisis

27 Nov 2017

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi to visit China as criticism over Rohingya crisis escalates

Even as the US and UN have ramped up pressure over the Rohingya crisis, China has backed Myanmar's military action.

23 Nov 2017

Myanmar, Bangladesh sign deal for return of thousands of Rohingyas

Myanmar and Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday, a senior Myanmar official told Reuters, for the return home of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled to the neighbouring country to escape a Myanmar army crackdown.

23 Nov 2017

Myanmar, Bangladesh to ink Rohingya return deal amid concern over army's role

Myanmar expects to sign an accord on Thursday over terms for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh, a government official said, amid concern that Myanmar's powerful generals could prove obstructive.

08 Nov 2017

Desperate Rohingya refugees use plastic rafts to flee Myanmar

Dozens of Rohingya refugees floated into Bangladesh on Wednesday on a raft fashioned from plastic jerrycans, as the persecuted Muslim minority continue to flee violence in Myanmar in droves, officials said.

28 Oct 2017

Bangladesh eyes sterilisation to curb population in overcrowded Rohingya camps

27 Oct 2017

Myanmar gives green light to resume food aid to Rakhine, says UN

The agreement, whose details are still being worked out, came as UNICEF reported that Rohingya refugee children fleeing into Bangladesh were arriving "close to death" from malnutrition.

17 Oct 2017

World's biggest refugee camp planned in Bangladesh for Rohingyas

The camp is expected to accommodate around 800,000 Rohingya Muslims

13 Oct 2017

Congress, Rahul should make stand clear on Rohingyas: BJP Chief Amit Shah

Lakhs of Rohingya Muslims have fled Rakhine state in Myanmar in the aftermath of a military crackdown

11 Oct 2017

Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya aimed at permanently expelling Muslims from their home: UN

Rohingya Muslims

03 Oct 2017

Rohingya refugees doubt Myanmar's assurances on going home

Rohingya Muslim

27 Sep 2017

163 killed last year in attacks by Rohingya Muslim militants in Rakhine: Myanmar govt

The comments by Myanmar govt officials came after the bodies of at least 45 Hindus were discovered in three mass graves earlier in the week

26 Sep 2017

Myanmar says no 'ethnic cleansing,' genocide against Muslims

Myanmar's UN ambassador insisted Monday that there is no "ethnic cleansing" or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected "in the strongest terms" to countries that used those words to describe the situation in Rakhine State.

24 Sep 2017

Bangladesh Hindus cut down Durga Puja expense to fund Rohingyas

The puja celebration committees across Bangladesh had been asked to save and establish a fund to aid to the Rohingya refugees.

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