Criminal Court Orders Probe into Myanmar Crimes
The Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on November 14 authorized the prosecutor to proceed with an investigation for the alleged crimes in Bangladesh / Myanmar. ICC…
India Suffers with More Hunger than Pakistan and Bangladesh: Global Report
India’s rank is a poor 102 among 117 countries in the new Global Hunger Index (GHI). The annual index measures and tracks hunger at the global, national, and regional levels.…
Angelina Jolie Urges to Save Rohingya Refugees
Visiting Bangladesh, Angelina Jolie, the Special Envoy for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said the world must not turn away from the nearly one million Rohingya refugees who have fled…
Difficult for Rohingya Refugees to Return to Myanmar: Expert
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, said Monday the Government’s failure to redress discriminatory laws against the Rohingya made it impossible for…
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Is a Human Rights Nightmare: UN Chief
On his visit to Bangladesh on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres applauded Bangladesh for giving refuge to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees driven from their homes in Myanmar…
Bangladeshi Peacekeeper Killed in South Sudan
A Bangladeshi peacekeeper from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan was killed Tuesday during an attack on a convoy delivering humanitarian aid to vulnerable civilians in Central Equatoria Province.…