China to provide aid for Rakhine state
The announcement comes shortly after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described the violence in Rakhine as unacceptable.
Sep 21, 2017, 14:04 PM IST
Situation in Myanmar's Rakhine should be handled with restraint: India at UN
The Rohingyas do not enjoy citizenship status in Myanmar and are sparingly given refugee status in Bangladesh.
Sep 19, 2017, 19:17 PM IST
Myanmar's Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rakhine but silent on army role
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday human rights violations in Rakhine state and said violators would be brought to book, but she did not address U.N. accusations of a campaign of ethnic cleansing by the military.
Sep 19, 2017, 18:25 PM IST
Rohingya crisis: Security tightened along India-Myanmar border
Security has been further tightened along the borders of northeastern states with Myanmar and Bangladesh to foil any attempt by the Rohingyas fleeing the Rakhine state in Myanmar from entering India, officials said on Friday.
Sep 15, 2017, 13:19 PM IST
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to address nation next week on Rohingya crisis
In a press conference government spokesman Zaw Htay said Suu Kyi will "speak for national reconciliation and peace" in a televised address on September 19.
Sep 13, 2017, 18:55 PM IST
Myanmar`s Suu Kyi scraps UN trip amid Rohingya crisis
Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner for her defiant democracy activism under Myanmar`s former junta, was once the darling of the international community.
Sep 13, 2017, 10:22 AM IST
Global split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdown
International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for a military crackdown that has been criticised by the US, slammed as "ethnic cleansing" and forced 370,000 Rohingya to flee the violence.
Sep 12, 2017, 18:49 PM IST
Myanmar mob stones Muslim home amid Rohingya crisis
The mob attack on Sunday night in the Magway region of the mainly Buddhist nation was fuelled by anger over the deepening crisis in the western state of Rakhine, according to a government press release.
Sep 11, 2017, 15:54 PM IST
Myanmar accused of laying mines after refugee injuries
Refugee accounts of the latest spasm of violence in Rakhine have typically described shootings by soldiers and arson attacks on villages.
Sep 10, 2017, 21:15 PM IST
United Nations appeals for aid as Myanmar refugee exodus nears 300,000
The United Nations has appealed for aid to deal with a humanitarian crisis unfolding in southern Bangladesh after the number of Muslim Rohingya fleeing Myanmar neared 300,000, just two weeks after violence erupted there.
Sep 10, 2017, 16:36 PM IST
250,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh: UN
In the last two weeks alone 164,000 mostly Rohingya civilians have fled to Bangladesh, overwhelming refugee camps that were already bursting at the seams and triggering warnings of a humanitarian crisis.
Sep 07, 2017, 19:33 PM IST
India offers development assistance to Myanmar's Rakhine
India has committed development assistance to Rakhine state in Myanmar where large-scale violence blamed on the minority Rohingya Muslim community has claimed the lives of security personnel and innocent people and triggered a mass exodus, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday.
Sep 06, 2017, 20:40 PM IST
Suu Kyi slams 'iceberg of 'misinformation' over Rohingya Muslims
Suu Kyi's government has faced growing international condemnation for the army's response with refugees.
Sep 06, 2017, 15:59 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi meets Aung San Suu Kyi, says India understands Myanmar's concern on Rohingya crisis
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi amid a raging crisis involving Rohingyas in the country's Rakhine state.
Sep 06, 2017, 11:10 AM IST
Rohingyas to be deported,don't preach India on refugees: Kiren Rijiju
"I want to tell the international organisations whether the Rohingyas are registered under the United Nations Human Rights Commission or not. They are illegal immigrants in India," Rijiju told reporters here.
Sep 05, 2017, 18:31 PM IST
Over 400 schools closed in Myanmar's Rakhine, 7 Hindus killed in attacks
A total of 418 schools in three townships in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state have been closed.
Sep 04, 2017, 22:15 PM IST
Thousands more Rohingya refugees flee Myanmar by land, sea
The violence has triggered a flood of refugees crossing mostly on foot into Bangladesh, though some were fleeing in wooden boats.
Sep 02, 2017, 23:49 PM IST
Food aid suspended as Myanmar state sinks deeper into violence
Around 120,000 people — most of them Rohingya Muslim civilians — have relied on aid hand-outs in camps since 2012, when religious riots killed scores and sparked a crisis which is again burning through the state.
Sep 02, 2017, 16:50 PM IST
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark Eid-ul-Adha after fleeing violence
The festival comes as renewed violence in Myanmar`s Rakhine state forces thousands of Rohingya — a stateless ethnic minority — to seek refuge in Bangladesh, with many drowning as they attempt to cross the border river in makeshift boats.
Sep 02, 2017, 16:33 PM IST
India wants to help Myanmar's economy bloom, not set any agenda: Indian envoy
Ambassador Vikram Misri said PM Modi`s visit will focus on the bilateral "strong civilisational linkages" and project the great diversity of Myanmar`s culture.
Aug 31, 2017, 18:03 PM IST
