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Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said, Our position is very clear, the problem has been created in Myanmar and the solution has to be found in Myanmar. (Photo: ANI)

Solution to Rohingya issue has to be found in Myanmar: B'desh foreign...

The Foreign Minister said that the Bangladesh government wants Rohingyas to go back as soon as possible.

6 Oct 2017 1:21 PM GMT

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 leader Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honour over...

A cross-party motion was unanimously passed by the council on Tuesday, which said it was 'no longer appropriate' for her...

4 Oct 2017 11:25 AM GMT

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

Myanmar 'makes proposal' to take back Rohingya refugees fled to...

The Rohingya, a Muslim minority, do not qualify for Myanmar citizenship even though many have lived there for...

2 Oct 2017 9:04 AM GMT

In this Nov. 4, 2017, photo, Rohingya Muslim Nabi Hussain, 13, poses for a portrait with the yellow plastic drum he used as a flotation device while crossing the Naf river in Shar Porir Dwip, south Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Rohingya boy who can't swim floats from Myanmar to Bangladesh on oil...

In just a week, more than three dozen boys and young men used cooking oil drums like life rafts to swim across the mouth...

13 Nov 2017 7:45 AM GMT

The NHRC recently issued a notice to the Centre over its plan to deport Rohingyas, who are residing in various parts of India. (Photo: AFP)

UN refuge agency says toll from Rohingya boat capsize likely to top 60

Witnesses and survivors previously said that the overturned vessel was just metres from the coast in rough waters.

29 Sep 2017 10:01 AM GMT

The NHRC recently issued a notice to the Centre over its plan to deport Rohingyas, who are residing in various parts of India. (Photo: AFP)

19 dead in Rohingya boat sinking as UN chief tells Myanmar to end...

The billowing humanitarian crisis prompted the UN Security Council to hold its first meeting on Myanmar in eight years.

29 Sep 2017 7:15 AM GMT

On Sunday, Myanmars army said it had discovered two mud pits filled with 28 Hindu corpses (Photo:AFP)

Hindus recount massacre in Myanmar as mass graves unearthed

The military's sweeping reprisal has left hundreds dead and sent nearly half a million Rohingya refugees fleeing to...

27 Sep 2017 10:11 AM GMT

On Sunday, Myanmars army said it had discovered two mud pits filled with 28 Hindu corpses (Photo:AFP)

17 more bodies found as Myanmar unearths mass Hindu graves

The vast majority -- more than 430,000 -- are Rohingya Muslims who have fled across the border to Bangladesh.

25 Sep 2017 1:32 PM GMT

On Sunday, Myanmars army said it had discovered two mud pits filled with 28 Hindu corpses (Photo:AFP)

Mass grave unearthed: Myanmar troops search for more Hindu corpses

The vast majority -- more than 430,000 -- are Rohingya Muslims who fled across the border to Bangladesh.

25 Sep 2017 5:54 AM GMT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in slated to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday (Photo: EAM Twitter)

Not just Pak, Swaraj likely to corner China on JeM chief ban in UNGA...

Meanwhile, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj is also likely to clear the air about the India's perspective on Rohingya...

23 Sep 2017 11:35 AM GMT

A picture of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen as Myanmar migrants living in Thailand hold hands during a memorial in Bangkok on March 4, 2021 to honour those who died during demonstrations against the military coup in their homeland. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Karan Thapar | The tragedy of Suu Kyi: Almost Shakespearean

So, like Shakespeare's tragic heroes, she may well ask if the price she paid for achieving her ambition was worth it?

5 March 2021 2:01 AM GMT