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A Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his dead son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on Monday. AFP

Myanmar's tourism dreams on steady decline in lieu of Rohingya crisis

Ever since the bloodshed broke out in late August, tourism operators have witnessed a cascade of cancellations and...

29 Oct 2017 5:13 PM IST

A Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his dead son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on Monday. AFP

Food, aid restricted, Rohingya refugees flee into Bangladesh

Wading through waste-deep water Rohingyas reached border fleeing Myanmar's Buthidaung region.

16 Oct 2017 3:32 PM IST

In most cases, the Rohingyas try to pass themselves off as Bangladeshis if they are apprehended by the BSF, officials said.

Atrocities against Rohingyas under probe: Myanmar army

Myanmar's military has said it is investigating its operations in violence-wrecked Rakhine state.

14 Oct 2017 3:49 PM IST

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a televised speech to the nation at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls for unity, creates new aid committee to...

The government has tightly restricted access to Rakhine for international aid groups and journalists.

13 Oct 2017 4:19 PM IST

Seconds after his war crimes sentence of 20 years was upheld at the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Praljak raised a small brown bottle to his lips, and drank it in full view of the cameras filming. (Photo: ANI)

Slobodan Parjlak convicted of war crimes, drinks poison in court

Praljak was one of six former Bosnian Croat political and military leaders appearing before the appeal court.

30 Nov 2017 12:37 PM IST

The Rohingya believe the government is intentionally eviscerating the remnants of their culture to make it nearly impossible for them to return. (Representational Image)

Nothing left: Govt bulldozes Rohingya villages, genocide evidence...

When you see the pictures, it's clear that whatever was left -- the mosques, the cemeteries, the homes -- they're gone.'

24 Feb 2018 4:25 PM IST

Though Rohingya have always been persecuted in the country, it got much worse after 2012, when violence in Rakhine killed hundreds and drove about 140,000 people, most of them Rohingya, from their homes to camps. (Photo: File)

In Yangon, Rohingya fear rising persecution, hatred

Bloody military operations that followed Rohingya militant attacks in August have driven nearly 700,000 Rohingya into...

12 Feb 2018 6:38 PM IST

The figure is the highest estimated death toll yet of violence that erupted on August 25 and triggered a massive refugee crisis, with more than 6, 20,000 Rohingya fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh in three months. (Representational image)

Widows camp': Rohingya women find solidarity in B'desh refugee...

Aid workers say women and girls are most at threat from predators and human traffickers lurking in the poorly supervised...

6 Feb 2018 11:15 AM IST

The figure is the highest estimated death toll yet of violence that erupted on August 25 and triggered a massive refugee crisis, with more than 6, 20,000 Rohingya fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh in three months. (Representational image)

Reports, mass graves in Myanmar confirm massacre of Rohingyas

The Myanmar government regularly claims such massacres of the Rohingya never happened.

2 Feb 2018 3:35 PM IST

Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled their villages into Bangladesh since the Myanmar militarys crackdown following Aug 25 attacks by Rohingya insurgents. (Photo: File/Representational)

UN official says Rohingya crisis has hallmarks of genocide'

Lee said that Myanmar's actions were amounting to crimes against humanity.'

1 Feb 2018 6:24 PM IST

Asperger managed to accommodate himself to the Nazi regime and was rewarded for his affirmations of loyalty with career opportunities. (Photo:Pixabay)

Dr Asperger 'actively cooperated' with Nazis: study

Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, typically involves deficiencies in social and communication skills.

19 April 2018 3:56 PM IST

Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, walk towards a refugee camp in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday. (Photo: AP)

7 Myanmar soldiers sentenced to 10 years for Rohingya massacre

The Rohingya men from the northern Rakhine village of Inn Din were buried in a mass grave in September 2017 after being...

11 April 2018 11:06 AM IST