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Myanmar blames Bangladesh for delayed Rohingya return

Yangon - Muslimchronicle

Myanmar blamed Bangladesh on Tuesday for delays to the start of a huge repatriation programme for Rohingya refugees, as the UN warned of the dangers of rushing their return to strife-torn Rakhine state. Nearly 690,000 Rohingya escaped to Bangladesh after a brutal Myanmar army crackdown began in the state last August, while around 100,000 fled an earlier bout of violence inRead more

Bangladesh delays Rohingya refugee return

Cox's Bazar - Muslimchronicle

The repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Myanmar will not begin as planned, Bangladesh said Monday, with authorities admitting "a lot of preparation" was still needed. Bangladesh had been due to start the huge process on January 23, after agreeing a two-year timeframe with Myanmar. But Bangladesh's Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammad Abul Kalam announced Monday thereRead more

Rohingya deal aims to repatriate refugees in Bangladesh ‘within two years’

Yangon - Muslimchronicle

Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to repatriate Rohingya displaced by an army crackdown “within two years”, Dhaka said Tuesday, outlining the first clear timeline for a return of hundreds of thousands of refugees. The agreement says the process will be “completed preferably within 02 (two) years from the commencement of repatriation”, according to a statement from the Bangladeshi government followingRead more

Myanmar army changes tack with Rohingya killings admission

Yangon - Muslimchronicle

After months denying any wrongdoing, Myanmar has admitted its forces helped kill 10 Rohingya in custody in an apparent bid to blame a few rogue soldiers for what the global community alleges is part of an organised ethnic cleansing campaign. Accounts of mass murder, rape and torture from the 655,000 Rohingya who fled Myanmar's army to Bangladesh have horrified theRead more

Deadlines unlikely to break the deadlock over Rohingya repatriation

Bangladesh - Muslimchronicle

Even as the world acknowledges the festering Rohingya crisis as one of the world’s top 10 conflicts to monitor in 2018, there is little hope that the two key players – Buddhist Myanmar and Muslim Bangladesh – will quickly solve the problem which United Nations has called a “textbook case of ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” by the Myanmar military. AtRead more

Tanker ablaze, 32 missing after collision off China

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

Thirty-two people, including 30 Iranians, were missing Sunday after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship off the coast of east China, the transport ministry said. The tanker, carrying 136,000 tonnes of oil condensate, caught fire following the collision Saturday night and its crew of 32, including two Bangladeshis, were missing, the ministry said in a statement, adding thatRead more

Kuwait confirms chief of staff safe after helicopter crash in Bangladesh

Myanmar - Muslimchronicle

Chief of general staff of Kuwait Armed Forces Lt Gen Mohammad Khaled Al-Kheder is safe following a helicopter crash in Bangladesh, an official statement said on Wednesday. Kheder was part of a high-level army delegation paying a courtesy call to the Bangladesh Army Chief of Staff, General Abu Belal Muhammad on Tuesday. Only one person on board had minor injuries.Read more

Many Rohingya carry memories of persecution in their mobile

Myanmar - Muslimchronicle

With tiny bits of their old lives packed up into small sacks that they clutch onto tightly, more than 630,000 Rohingya refugees have poured across the border from Myanmar into Southern Bangladesh since late August. They bring with them stories of violent persecution by Myanmar's security forces. Their village, their homes, their cattle, their gold, everything that they owned, haveRead more

Quarter of Rohingya refugee children

Geneva - Muslimchronicle

A quarter of Rohingya children under the age of five who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar suffer from potentially life-threatening levels of malnutrition, the United Nations said Friday. The UN children's agency said that three health and nutrition surveys conducted between October 22 and November 27 showed up to 25 per cent of the young children crammed into Bangladeshi refugee camps haveRead more