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New York: Three days of strong winds and heavy monsoon rain on sprawling refugee sites in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar have taken Rohingya refugee lives and wreaked havoc and destruction, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday. more
UN rights office urges restraint over intensifying violence in northern Myanmar

New York, May 16: The United Nations human rights arm has voiced deep concern over escalating conflict between the military and armed groups in Myanmar’s Kachin and Shan provinces t ...

Early rains expose risks for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, but worst ‘yet to come,’ warns UN agency

New York: The arrival of pre-monsoon rains in southern Bangladesh has revealed an alarming level of risks for Rohingya refugees, United Nations humanitarian agencies said on Friday, warni ...

UN appeals for nearly $1 billion to address ‘critical needs’ of Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh host communities

New York: To meet the urgent needs of nearly 900,000 Rohingya refugees and more than 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in the communities hosting them, United Nations agencies and their hum ...

Rohingyas could face further violence if they return to Myanmar, UN adviser warns

New York: International crimes were committed against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and those who fled the country could face further persecution if they return now, a senior United Nat ...

‘No other conclusion,’ ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas in Myanmar continues – senior UN rights official

New York: The “frenzied” scale of unspeakable violence against the minority Muslim Rohingya community in Myanmar has shifted to a “lower intensity campaign of terror and ...

UN agencies helping Rohingya refugee camps brace for potentially devastating rains in southern Bangladesh

New York, Feb 28 (JEN): Against the backdrop of the fast approaching wet season in Bangladesh, United Nations relief agencies are working flat out to strengthen vital infrastructure and b ...

‘Hell on earth’ in Syria’s eastern Ghouta must end – UN chief Guterres

New York, Feb 27 (JEN): Syria’s war-battered east Ghouta, the troubled Kasais region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Northern Rakhine state in Myanmar, where violence h ...

Dire situation for Rohingya children could become ‘catastrophic,’ as new threats loom – UNICEF

New York, Jan 17 (JEN): As the Bay of Bengal region gears up for cyclone and monsoon seasons, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that more than half-a-millon Roh ...

Bangladesh plans to voluntarily sterilize Rohingya refugees

Cox's Bazar, Oct 30 (JEN): Overwhelmed by the exodus of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, the Bangladesh government is planning to voluntarily sterilize them to keep its populatio ...