Kamran Reza Chowdhury

3 weeks ago | rfa.org | Kamran Reza Chowdhury

Read this story on BenarNewsDHAKA, Bangladesh — The United Nations food agency said it managed to avoid drastic food aid cuts to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the face of concerns that their monthly rations would be reduced by more than half. Earlier this month, the U.N.’s World Food Program, or WFP, said it might be forced to reduce the monthly rations for the over 1 million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, from US$12.50 per person to $6, beginning in April.

3 weeks ago | benarnews.org | Kamran Reza Chowdhury

The United Nations food agency said it managed to avoid drastic food aid cuts to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the face of concerns that their monthly rations would be reduced by more than half. Earlier this month, the U.N.’s World Food Program (WFP) said it might be forced to reduce the monthly rations for the over 1 million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, from U.S. $12.50 per person to $6, beginning in April.

1 month ago | rfa.org | Kamran Reza Chowdhury

DHAKA, Bangladesh – The leader of a Rohingya insurgent group blamed for instigating attacks that provoked a deadly offensive by the Myanmar military and the forced cross-border exodus of Rohingya in 2017 has not spilled “significant information” since his arrest earlier this week, Bangladesh police said. Ataullah Abu Jununi, leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, or ARSA, was arrested on Tuesday at an apartment near Dhaka where he had been staying for four months.

1 month ago | benarnews.org | Kamran Reza Chowdhury

The leader of a Rohingya insurgent group blamed for instigating attacks that provoked a deadly offensive by the Myanmar military and the forced cross-border exodus of Rohingya in 2017 has not spilled “significant information” since his arrest earlier this week, Bangladesh police said. Ataullah Abu Jununi, leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), was arrested on Tuesday at an apartment near Dhaka where he had been staying for four months.

1 month ago | benarnews.org | Kamran Reza Chowdhury

Beijing hopes to earn a slice of the U.S. $5 billion Bangladeshis spend abroad annually on healthcare after New Delhi let go its share when it drastically curtailed visa issuances amid a rift with Dhaka, experts said. Bangladesh and China will discuss expanding cooperation in health tourism and the medical sector during the first official visit to China next week by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, the head of the interim Bangladeshi government, a senior foreign ministry official here said.