Photo: Collected Arakan Now | 21 March 2026 Bangladesh officials have welcomed a food assistance programme funded by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar. Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammad Mizanur Rahman said the initiative would strengthen ties between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia, noting that Rohingya refugees have been living in the country for nearly nine years. The progr

Photo: Collected Arakan Now | 21 March 2026 Australia has committed AUD 16.5 million to support Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh through a three-year partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Announced on 13 March, the funding will run from 2026 to 2028 and support essential health and protection services in Cox’s Bazar, where more than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees live in overcrowded camps. Around 568,000 people in nearby host communit

Photo: Dhaka Tribune Arakan Now | 21 March 2026 The Bangladesh Coast Guard has seized two fishing boats carrying a large consignment of potatoes allegedly intended for smuggling into Myanmar, according to Dhaka Tribune. Coast Guard Media Officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Suzan confirmed the matter on Thursday afternoon. He said that, acting on a tip-off, members of Coast Guard Station Hatiya conducted an operation in the early hours of Thursday in the Meghna River near

Photo: Collected Arakan Now, 17 March 2026 More than 250 Rohingya refugees remain in detention in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir during the holy month of Ramadan, raising growing human rights concerns. The detainees have been held since 2021 after authorities launched operations to identify undocumented migrants. Many are confined at a holding facility in Hiranagar in Kathua district near the India–Pakistan border, according to local reports. The Rohingyas fled their h