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Bangladesh to Improve Schools for Rohingya Refugee Children

TEHRAN (defapress) - Authorities in Bangladesh in partnership with the United Nations will expand educational programs for hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya children living in refugee camps who are currently receiving only basic lessons, officials said Wednesday.
News ID: 80045    Publish Date : 2020/01/29

Iran expresses deep regret over loss of lives in Bangladesh fire

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has expressed deep regret over a deadly fire in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, which killed and injured scores of people.
News ID: 75761    Publish Date : 2019/02/22

Bangladesh Election Commission Defers National Polling Date to Dec. 30

TEHRAN (defapress) - Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) Monday deferred the polling date for the country's national election to Dec. 30 from Dec. 23.
News ID: 73658    Publish Date : 2018/11/12

Dozens of Rohingya Flee Camps by Boat, Reviving Memories of 2015 Tragedy

TEHRAN (defapress) – Dozens of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and Bangladesh have boarded boats to try to reach Malaysia, officials and aid workers said on Thursday, raising fears of a fresh wave of such dangerous voyages after a 2015 crackdown on people smugglers.
News ID: 73582    Publish Date : 2018/11/09

Bangladesh to Set Election Date as Opposition Cries Foul

TEHRAN (defapress) – Bangladeshi authorities were set to announce later Thursday a date for general elections despite the opposition crying foul and threatening protests.
News ID: 73573    Publish Date : 2018/11/08

Rohingya Rally to Mark Myanmar 'Genocide' Anniversary

Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees rallied in Bangladesh, calling for justice on the anniversary of Myanmar’s deadly crackdown on the persecuted ethnic minority group.
News ID: 71994    Publish Date : 2018/08/25

UN Warns of 'Lost Generation' of Rohingya Children

The United Nations warned of a lost generation of Muslim Rohingya children, with half a million in refugee camps in Bangladesh facing dangers including disease and floods and those still in Myanmar lacking access to proper education.
News ID: 71933    Publish Date : 2018/08/23

Bangladesh Shuts Down Mobile Internet to Tackle Teen Protests

Bangladesh authorities have shut down mobile internet across swathes of the country, officials and local media said Sunday, as the authorities try to quell massive student protests that have spiraled into violence.
News ID: 71586    Publish Date : 2018/08/05

Iran’s Zarif, D-8 New Chief Discuss Closer Cooperation

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with the new secretary general of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari, about a range of issues, including ways to boost cooperation between Iran and the other member states.
News ID: 71277    Publish Date : 2018/07/19

Monsoon Season Poses Huge Threat to Rohingya

For the 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Southeast Bangladesh in the past nine months, the approaching monsoon season poses the most serious threat since they were violently expelled from Myanmar, according to reports.
News ID: 70405    Publish Date : 2018/05/28

Iran takes over IONS presidency

The rotating presidency of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) has been officially handed over to the Navy of Islamic Republic of Iran Army for a two-year term.
News ID: 69823    Publish Date : 2018/04/23

Bangladesh Accelerates Plan to Put Rohingya Refugees on Isolated Island

TEHRAN (defapress)- The government in Bangladesh is rapidly pushing a controversial plan to relocate some 100,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar to an isolated and flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, where they may be stranded forever.
News ID: 68810    Publish Date : 2018/02/22

Admiral khanzadi in a conversation with Defapress,

The 50th Iranian Sea Fleet will soon be flowing into international waters

The navy commander of the Army, referring to the fact that the forty-nine forces of the force are returning to the country, said that after the end of the Fleet 49 mission, the 50th Fleet will be flowing to international waters.
News ID: 67843    Publish Date : 2018/01/01

UNHCR: Rohingya Refugees Still Fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh

TEHRAN (defapress)- UN refugee agency said Rohingya refugees continue to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh even though both countries set up a timetable last month to allow them to start to return home.
News ID: 67340    Publish Date : 2017/12/08

Myanmar, Bangladesh sign agreement on rohingya refugees

TEHRAN (defapress) – Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed on a repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims.
News ID: 67114    Publish Date : 2017/11/23

Thousands of New Rohingya Refugees Flee Violence, Hunger in Myanmar to Bangladesh

TEHRAN (defapress) - Hungry, destitute and scared, thousands of new Rohingya refugees crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar early on Monday, Reuters witnesses said, fleeing attacks by Buddhist mobs and hunger that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing.
News ID: 66452    Publish Date : 2017/10/16

Bangladesh PM Says Government Will Continue to Help Rohingya

TEHRAN (defapress) - Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government would continue to support nearly 1 million Rohingya Muslims who have fled neighboring Myanmar to escape violence.
News ID: 66186    Publish Date : 2017/10/07

Bangladesh to Press for Muslim Refugees' Return to Myanmar

TEHRAN (defapress) - Bangladesh opens talks with neighboring Myanmar on Monday with the aim of securing the return home of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, most of whom have arrived since late August.
News ID: 66106    Publish Date : 2017/10/02