The ethnic Rohingya villages of Myanmar’s Rakhine state are becoming empty as nearly 4,00,000 Rohingyas have fled into Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar and over 3,000 have died on the way. A spokesperson for the Myanmar government has confirmed that nearly 200 villages of

DHAKA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi to express "deep concerns" over treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities in her country, reports Huffington Post Canada. The phone call on Wednesday (September 13) followed a chorus

DHAKA: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council urged Myanmar authorities to end violence against the Rohingya Muslims that has forced some 400,000 people to flee to Bangladesh, reports Reuters. Guterres, on Wednesday (September 13), said the

DHAKA: At least 25 students and teachers died in a fire at a religious school in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. The fire at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah broke out in the early hours of the morning. "The number of confirmed dead are 23 students and two wardens,"

DHAKA: United States President office White House condemned the ongoing massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state carried out by the army of Myanmar led by the government. Besides, White House appreciated the role of Bangladesh government as it has provided shelters and

DHAKA: Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to miss next week's UN General Assembly debate as criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis grows, reports BBC. Some 370,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Rakhine state for Bangladesh since the outbreak of violence in

DHAKA: The United Nations has imposed a fresh round of sanctions on North Korea after its sixth and largest nuclear test. The measures restrict oil imports and ban textile exports - an attempt to starve the North of fuel and income for its weapons programmes, reports the BBC. The US

The top UN human rights official has denounced Myanmar's “brutal security operation” against Rohingya in Rakhine state, which he said was “clearly disproportionate” to militia attacks carried out last month. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, addressing the United Nations Human

Myanmar has brushed off a one-month unilateral ceasefire announced by a Rohingya militant group in Rakhine. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) announced a truce on Sunday (Sep 10), urging Myanmar's army to lay down weapons as well, reports the BBC. But government

At least eight people are dead, including the suspect, after a shooting at a home in Plano, Texas, authorities in North Texas said Sunday night (Sep 10). The shooting occurred around 8:00pm in the city less than 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) northeast of Dallas. Plano police spokesman

DHAKA: Myanmar finds itself increasingly isolated diplomatically as violence against the country's Muslim minority Rohingya spurs a humanitarian crisis, but an analyst said the country has found one prominent ally: India. CNBC, an American basic cable, internet and satellite

DHAKA: Forced out of their home country, Rohingya Muslims share their experiences of crossing to Bangladesh. Many women of the Rohingya refugees share experiences of giving birth on the way to the border. Al Jazeera, the state-funded news network of Qatar, reported on Sunday (September

DHAKA: Rohingya Muslim insurgents in Myanmar started a one-month unilateral ceasefire from Sunday (September 10) to ease the humanitarian crisis in northern Rakhine state, reports BBC. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) also urged Myanmar's army to lay down weapons as well.

DHAKA: Nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into Bangladesh in the 15 days since new violence erupted and the United Nations is braced for a further surge, officials said. The exodus figure has jumped about 20,000 in a day and from 164,000 on Thursday.

DHAKA: At least 58 people died after the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in a century struck off the southern coast, reports CNN. The magnitude 8.1 quake, which was felt as far as Mexico City and Guatemala City, was registered off Mexico's southern coast just as heavy rains

DHAKA: At least 58 people died after the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in a century struck off the southern coast, reports CNN. The magnitude 8.1 quake, which was felt as far as Mexico City and Guatemala City, was registered off Mexico's southern coast just as heavy rains

DHAKA: At least 58 people died after the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in a century struck off the southern coast, reports CNN. The magnitude 8.1 quake, which was felt as far as Mexico City and Guatemala City, was registered off Mexico's southern coast just as heavy rains

DHAKA: An earthquake described by Mexico's president as the country's strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing at least 33 people. The quake, which President Enrique Peña Nieto said measured 8.2, struck in the Pacific, about 87km (54 miles) south-west

DHAKA: India on Thursday (Sep 7) refused to sign a declaration adopted at an international conference as it carried a reference to violence in Rakhine state of Myanmar, from where 125,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh. An Indian parliamentary delegation, led by Speaker Lok Sabha

DHAKA: A deadly magnitude 8.1 earthquake-struck off of the southern coast of Mexico early Friday (September 8) — raising fears of a tsunami, reports New York Post. The US Geological Survey reported that the powerful temblor struck 20 miles under the Pacific near Mexico’s border