Fencing work begins along India-Bangladesh border in Bengal after BSF gets 27-km land parcelFencing work has begun along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Phansidewa area of Siliguri subdivision after the West Bengal government handed ...
29 May, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
Hundreds try to flee West Bengal as anti-infiltration drive triggers 'reverse exodus'Suspected illegal immigrants are gathering at the Hakimpur border in West Bengal seeking to return to Bangladesh. This follows the state's ...
27 May, 2026, 06.50 PM IST
West Bengal: Malda, Murshidabad get first 'illegal immigrants’ holding centres for suspected Bangladeshis & RohingyasWest Bengal has opened its first holding centres in Malda and Murshidabad to house suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingya de...
26 May, 2026, 10.23 AM IST
Bengal asks districts to build ‘holding centres’ for illegal foreigners as anti-infiltration drive gathers paceWest Bengal is setting up holding centers for suspected illegal foreigners and foreign prisoners. This move institutionalizes the state's '...
24 May, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
About 250 people feared missing after boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UNA boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea. Around 250 people are feared missing. The vessel d...
14 Apr, 2026, 10.48 PM IST
"Bangladesh has reached its limits": Muhammad Yunus calls for repatriation of Rohingyas amid "deteriorating" security situationMuhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of Bangladesh's interim government, highlighted the urgent need for Rohingya repatriation at a UN event. He s...
25 Sep, 2024, 08.00 AM IST
At least 17 dead after Rohingya boat breaks up off Myanmar: RescuersAt least 17 Rohingya refugees drowned when their boat broke up at sea while heading from Myanmar's Rakhine state to Malaysia, with rescuers...
10 Aug, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
Bangladesh adds feather to cap as UN lauds Rohingya rehabilitation in Bay of Bengal islandMazou and his colleague Gillian Teiggs, assistant high commissioner for the refugees (Operations), visited Bhasan Char on May 31 where Bang...
04 Jun, 2021, 09.37 AM IST
Relocation of Rohingyas to Bangladesh island from camps brings cheer to manyThe Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps, where he and his family lived before, were made on hilly areas. "Here, the land is plain and open. I can wa...
01 Jan, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
Bangladesh launches unique initiative to relocate Rohingya refugeesThe Hasina government took initiative to reduce the population at Coxbazar camp. The project in Bhasan Char had started in 2018. Around 150...
06 Dec, 2020, 08.43 PM IST
Rohingya terrorists linked to pro-Pak terror groups in Jammu & KashmirAqa Mul Mujahideen (AMM) leaders were trained in Pakistan and later recruited Rohingya youth in Rakhine region of Myanmar, claimed persons ...
12 Jul, 2018, 08.59 PM IST
European Union to discuss Rohingya crisis with Myanmar's Suu KyiEU's foreign policy chief along with foreign ministers from Asia and Europe visited the refugee camps in Bangladesh and heard testimony fro...
19 Nov, 2017, 07.39 PM IST
Sushma Swaraj calls Sheikh Hasina, vows to back Dhaka on Rohingya issueMore than 300,000 Rohingyas have poured into Bangladesh since the latest flare-up in violence on August 25, adding to around 300,000 refuge...
15 Sep, 2017, 11.42 PM IST
India sends relief materials for Rohingya refugees in BangladeshThe first consignment of India's assistance comes days after Dhaka briefed New Delhi about the problems faced by it due to the influx of th...
14 Sep, 2017, 03.20 PM IST
India to send relief materials for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh"An Indian aircraft will carry the first consignment of humanitarian assistance tomorrow...It will land at Chittagong airport at 11 am," an...
13 Sep, 2017, 10.40 PM IST
India, Bangladesh discuss Rohingya crisisBangladesh High Commissioner Syed Muazzem Ali today called on Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar during which the two sides discussed the issue...
09 Sep, 2017, 08.54 PM IST
LeT, IM busy opening terror front along Bangla-Myanmar border, intel inputs sayEven as the security establishment counters the pan-Indian network of LeT and its indigenous arm Indian Mujahideen, the Pakistan-based terr...
21 Jul, 2013, 06.46 AM IST