At least 35 of the 112 people held in the southeastern township of Bogale have been sentenced to five years in jail for travelling "without official documents".
A group of Rohingya refugees making the hazardous journey had been adrift for more than two weeks in a damaged boat without food and water, activist groups say.
Members of the Muslim minority continue to escape violence and hardship in Myanmar.
Top US diplomat for East Asia urges foreign ministers of ASEAN bloc to "apply pressure" on the military regime, warning Washington is "not going to sit idly."
Shells from Myanmar landed inside Bangladesh’s Lemuchhari and Bahirmath areas on Saturday, violating the border, locals claimed as they were asked to evacuate.
Escalating violence seen at Rohingya settlements where gangs try to assert control over drug trafficking and intimidate the refugees' civilian leadership.
Actors linked to military and radical Buddhist nationalist groups flooded Facebook with anti-Muslim content prior to large-scale massacres, Amnesty International says, demanding Facebook meet Rohingya's demands for remediation.
Plight of Palestinians, Syrians, Kashmiris, Turkish Cypriots, Uighurs and Rohingya Muslims figures high in Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu's speech at the annual OIC gathering in New York.
The event is the latest in a series of incidents where shells have exploded in Bangladesh, but the first to cause a fatality.
As Rohingya mark 5th anniversary of exodus to Bangladesh, UN chief notes "the unflagging aspirations for an inclusive future" for the minority, who face widespread discrimination in Myanmar.
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has met with Rohingya community members during a tour of their camps in Bangladesh and said they had expressed hope that they would be able to go back to their homes.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during an official visit to Bangladesh, pledged to work continuously to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
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