By Ro Harez Khan | 11 February 2026 | Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Rohingya Refugee Camp Sokina Khatun, 110 years old, sits on the wet ground in a tarpaulin shelter. Her eyes are cloudy with age and her hair white, but her memory remains sharp as she watches people rush for water, mothers call their children, and elderly men lean on sticks. She has witnessed this scene before. I greeted her gently with “Salaam” and asked, “How is your life, Dadi (grandma)?” “Now it is the third ti

Arakan Now | 11 February 2026 Rohingya Students Association in Türkiye, Türkiye’deki Arakanlı Öğrenciler Birliği (TAÖB), met officials from Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) in Ankara to request a higher quota for Rohingya students under the Türkiye Scholarships program. During the meeting, TAÖB representatives raised concerns about limited access to higher education and outlined academic and financial barriers affecting Rohingya students in Türkiye. “

Arakan Now | 10 February 2026 Türkiye'deki Arakanlı Öğrenciler Birliği (TAÖB) met with officials from Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı to seek stronger institutional support for Rohingya education, with a particular focus on expanding scholarship opportunities for refugee students. The meeting was led by TAÖB, the association representing Rohingya students studying across Türkiye. During the discussions, student representatives directly shared the challenges they face in pursuing higher

Photo: Development Aid Arakan Now | 10 Feb 2026 The European Union has pledged an additional €2 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh to maintain food and nutrition support for Rohingya refugees and local host communities, the agency announced in a statement. This latest contribution raises the EU’s total support to WFP in 2025 to €15.3 million. The funding arrives amid a deepening humanitarian crisis: the Rohingya emergency has entered its ninth year, and i