Bangladesh-Myanmar border areas are teeming with Rohingya refugees now numbering well over half a million. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has elevated her stature several notches by organising massive humanitarian assistance and supply of relief material to the arriving refugees. This is not because they are Muslims but because she has improved her own image by …
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October 20, 2017The bodies of 20 Rohingya refugees, including children, were recovered from Naf River on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border after their boat capsized while they were fleeing violence in Myanmar that has forced at least 18,500 Rohingyas to seek refuge across the border. An official said the boat carrying the Rohingyas was attempting to cross the border …
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August 31, 2017