Photo: Fandom Arakan Now | 20 October 2025 Two Rohingya youths were killed after an RPG-7 shell exploded near Htan Shauk Kan Village in Buthidaung Township The deceased were identified as Saifullah (15)  and Mohammed Faisal (14) . According to residents, the two boys were tending buffaloes near Htan Shauk Kan Village on October 19  when they accidentally came into contact with an unexploded RPG-7 shell buried in the ground. The shell detonated, causing fatal injuries. “They w

Photo: New Age / Facebook Arakan Now | 19 October 2025 India’s Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 11 more Rohingyas into Bangladesh through the Khutamara border of Baldia union at Bhurungamari upazila in Kurigram early Friday, according to a report by New Age . With the latest push-ins, the number of people — including Rohingyas and Indian nationals — pushed into Bangladesh by India since May 7 has risen to 2,372. The Indian border force has so far pushed at least 223 Rohingy

Arakan Now | 19 October 2025 On 2 May 2024, Htan Shauk Kan village als known as Hoyasari was burned down by the Arakan Army (AA), killing more than 600 residents — including children, women, and the elderly. A small number of survivors reportedly took shelter in Sin Taung (စိန်တောင်) village. The Arakan Army has reportedly constructed 85 houses in Hnget Thay (ငှက်သေ) village, a nearby village of Htan Shauk Kan, for survivors of the massacre — one of the worst in Rohingya hist

Arakan Now | 19 October 2025 The Arakan Army has returned all Bangladeshi SIM cards to residents of Sin Taung (စိန်တောင်), Kin Taung (ကင်းတောင်), and nearby villages located east of the Mayyu river in Buthidaung Township.  According to local sources, the AA called Rohingya villagers to  a meeting on 18 October, where AA members reminded attendees not to share information with outside groups. After the briefing, the AA handed back the confiscated SIM cards. A villager told Ara

Photo: Bay of Bengal Post Arakan Now | 18 October 2025 The number of Rohingya leaving Bangladesh by boat in the first half of this year has tripled  compared to the same period last year, as funding cuts and worsening conditions in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar push more people to risk perilous sea journeys, according to Save the Children . At least 1,088 Rohingya , including 87 children, set out from Bangladesh by boat between January and June 2025, heading towards Southe

By Bijaya Khadka (M.Phil, LL.M, M.A, B.Ed.) Abstract This paper examines the lives of Rohingya people in Nepal. This community has been subject to persecution and displacement due to the 1982 immigration law in Myanmar, which stripped them of their citizenship. Despite Nepal's alignment with international human rights obligations, Rohingyas continue to face challenges in accessing legal status and protection. This study examines the historical context, media discourse, and pe

Arakan Now | 15 October 2025 The Arakan Army (AA) today confiscated all phones using Bangladeshi SIM cards in the Nay Mray 4 area of Buthidaung Township , including the villages from Gudar Pyin (ဂူတာပြင်) to Kay Kyet Pet (ကကျက်ဘက်) , according to local residents. Villagers said they were called to a meeting earlier today, where AA members accused them of leaking information to the State Administration Council (SAC) and Rohingya armed groups . “They told us, ‘We can’t trust

Photo: CA's Press Wing Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus met on Tuesday in Rome with World Food Programme (WFP) Acting Executive Director Carl Skau, where they reaffirmed their commitment to securing increased funding to support Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. Skau called on Yunus at a hotel in the Italian capital, said a statement from Yunus’s office. In the meeting, he said the Rohingya remain one of the UN agency’s top agenda items as there is an urgent nee

Photo: Dhaka Tribune The United Nations warned on Tuesday that its ability to help children in the sprawling Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh was rapidly shrivelling and would soon fall off a “funding cliff.” The UN children’s agency Unicef said conditions in the camps were already dire and would only get worse in 2026 as financial support dries up. Around a million largely Muslim Rohingya fled a military crackdown in neighboring Myanmar’s Rakhine state, launched in 2017,

Arakan Now | 13 September 2025 The Arakan Army (AA) has informed residents of Kya Kyet Pet Kan Pyin / Tat Yar Ywar (Zawbbor Fara) in...

Photo: Bangladesh Embassy in Seoul / Facebook Arakan Now | 13 October 2025 South Korea has sent 20,000 metric tons of rice to support...

Arakan Now | 8 September 2025 An old man named Shafi Ullah died in a Bangladesh refugee camp soon after returning home from the WFP...

Arakan Now | 8 September 2025 Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador A. Berris Ekinci has reaffirmed Turkey’s continued support for...

Photo: Daily Sun By Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman,  a retired Lieutenant General and PhD holder, originally published in Daily Sun The first...

Arakan Now | 7 October 2025 The Arakan Army (AA) has reportedly forced young Rohingya women in Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships into...

Photo: The Financial Express Arakan Now | 6 September 2025 There is no prospect of resolving the Rohingya crisis unless repatriation to...

For the first time in eight years, Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Bangladesh have taken part in formal examinations — a...