AJ Impact

Bangladesh's rural families bear the brunt of climate change

Households are spending more than they receive in aid from the government and foreign donors.

Bangladesh's rural families bear the brunt of climate change

Bangladesh

Akter, 20, expelled from university for being Rohingya

Rahima Akter has become the face of the struggle of Rohingya refugees who want, but are not allowed to pursue education.

Akter, 20, expelled from university for being Rohingya

Rohingya

Rohingya still in Myanmar face 'threat of genocide': UN

UN fact-finding mission warns repatriation of a million driven from the country by Myanmar army remains 'impossible'.

600,000 Rohingya in Myanmar face 'serious risk of genocide': UN

Asia

Bangladesh bans mobile phone access in Rohingya camps

The move threatens a communication blackout for Rohingya who use mobile phones to connect across camps and borders.

Bangladesh bans mobile phone access in Rohingya camps

AJ Impact

Sustainable fashion: Good for the world, but worth the price?

Some sustainable fashion brands are betting helping shoppers track a garment's 'story' can justify higher prices.

Sustainable fashion: Good for the world, but worth the price?

Rohingya

Poor healthcare, prospects for Rohingya babies in Bangladesh

Few Rohingya babies are taken to Bangladeshi camp clinics and lack birth certificates when born.

Poor healthcare, prospects for Rohingya babies in Bangladesh
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Asia

Drop 'virgin' from Muslim marriage certificates: Bangladesh court

In a landmark verdict, the country's top court ordered to remove the term and replace it with "unmarried".

Drop 'virgin' from Muslim marriage certificates: Bangladesh court

Earthrise

Conservation 'tusk force': The Rohingya and the elephants

earthrise travels to Bangladesh to see how Rohingya refugees are learning to coexist with their elephant neighbours.

Conservation 'tusk force': The Rohingya and the elephants
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Bangladesh

In Pictures: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh two years on

Sunday marks two years since the mass exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh after Myanmar's military campaign against them.

In Pictures: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh two years on

Rohingya

'Genocide Day': 200,000 Rohingya rally in Bangladesh

Refugees in Bangladesh camps demand rights and citizenship on second anniversary of exodus after Myanmar crackdown.

'Genocide Day': Thousands of Rohingya rally in Bangladesh camps
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Asia

Rohingya refugees hesitant to return to Myanmar

With no guarantee of what will happen when they get there, no one has so far agreed to return.

Rohingya refugees hesitant to return to Myanmar
02:47

Myanmar

UN panel condemns Myanmar army's sexual violence against Rohingya

UN investigators say the scale of sexual violence against the Rohingya shows 'genocidal intent'.

UN panel condemns Myanmar army's sexual violence against Rohingya

Bangladesh

Rohingya in Bangladesh refuse repatriation to Myanmar

Fresh push to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar fails amid demands of safety and full citizenship.

Empty buses in Bangladesh as no Rohingya turn up for repatriation

Rohingya

'Conditions here are inhumane': Rohingya in Bangladeshi camps

More than 700,000 refugees from Myanmar face dire conditions at Cox's Bazar camp two years after they fled violence.

'Conditions here are inhumane': Rohingya in Bangladeshi camps

Rohingya

Bangladesh seeks to repatriate 3,000 Rohingya to Myanmar

Joint exercise led by the UNHCR to determine if Rohingya refugees will accept Myanmar's offer to return home.

Bangladesh seeks to repatriate 3,000 Rohingya to Myanmar