We are pleased to announce that our Final Examination for the academic year 2025–2026 is currently in progress. An examination is an important and fair means of assessing every student who sits for it. It serves as a comparative scale to evaluate students’ understanding, knowledge, skills and overall academic performance.
Our prayers and wishes are the main factor for the success of every student and heartfelt congratulations to all students who are tirelessly trying to show their talents and skills to the world.
For many children in the Rohingya community, aiming at birds is both a game and a quiet passion. Arakan was once full of blessings and its skies alive with countless birds whose sweet songs filled the air and brought joy to the land.
Abu Kalam, a twelve-year-old boy, is the son of Abu Siddek and a student of Life Destination High School, living in Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh. Even in a place where animals and birds are now rare, Kalam finds happiness holding a simple slingshot in his hand, pretending to shoot at birds as children once did back home.
Seeing the slingshot in Kalam’s hands pulls me into a deep flashback of Arakan. I remember our student days clearly. We used to gather together, imitating hunters, and travel toward the mountains. Each of us carried a slingshot, our hearts filled with excitement as we aimed at birds under the open sky.
Those were magnificent days. Rohingya youths would go on picnics, sharing food, laughter, and stories after hunting birds. The simple slingshot brought us joy, peace, and unity, strengthening our bonds with one another and with nature.
Though Abu Kalam is still young, he carries within him the memories of a life he barely lived. Through his innocent play, he revives the lost traditions and simple joys of Rohingya life in Arakan, memories that refuse to fade, even in exile.
A devastating fire accident occurred last night in Block D, causing severe loss to families and community facilities. The incident has left the community in deep shock and sorrow.
A total of 448 families were affected across different areas:
Block D-04: 140 families Total affected families: 448
The fire also damaged important community institutions, including 02 mosques, 01 maktab, and 10 schools, seriously affecting religious activities and children’s education.
Many families lost their shelters and basic belongings. Immediate humanitarian support is urgently needed to address this critical situation.
We respectfully request timely assistance and cooperation to support the affected families.
United Nations fact-finding mission reported that about 10,000 people had been killed, and 730,000 people displaced to refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh. The military offensive showed “genocidal intent” and the government aimed to “erase” Rohingya identity and remove them from Myanmar, the United Nations mission found.
Today marks the 78th Independence Day of Myanmar, observed on 4 January. On this historic day, it is important to remember that Rohingya Muslims stood alongside the Myanmar government during the struggle for independence. Despite this contribution, the Rohingya people have been unjustly denied their full rights and expelled from their ancestral land.
To demand the restoration of full citizenship and fundamental rights, this event has been organized by the United Council of Rohingya (UCR).
Every winter, the fear of fire devastations haunts the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. On 28 December 2025, at around 10:00 p.m., a massive fire broke out in Camp-24, Leda, burning down more than 100 shelters.
Rohingya Refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh is a place that lacks access formal educational system for the students since 2017.
From the early of this year, 2025, some of scholars who were once teachers in Myanmar, taking a new innovation of creating a civil Organization so called Examination Board of Rohingya Refugee ( EBRR) which first introduced a Mid-Term exam in all over the 70 camp based community schools.
After the results of this exam, Syedul Amin, one of Life Destination High School‘s grade-9 students is being appeared like a star in the sky with brightness color of total 517 marks in 600. This milestone empowered him and thousands of Rohingya students to carry out thier dedication and hard work in study.
Our teachers and his parents are very much appreciated over this achievement of top number 1 among the thousands of students.
Mohammed Salim, a Grade-11 student of our Life Destination High School , Camp 6, secured third place in the essay writing competition organized by the Rohingya Human Rights Network as part of the 16 Days of Activism. We are proud of his achievement and appreciate the continued dedication of our teachers who guide and support our learners.
Salim is one of the most talented students through the whole Rohingya Refugee Camp, Bangladesh. If Refugee students like Salim would have the opportunity of higher studies, they would definitely secure the global standard achievements like engineers, MBBS, Pilot, Lawyer, Astronomy, scientist and so on. We are greatly in hope of getting opportunity in their future.
Every year, we have been carrying the football tournament of our students. It brings unity, peace, remembrance of Arakan and joyous to them. Or every single moment of thier movements needs opportunity to show thier talents to the world.
Photography
Anuwar Sadek ( Social media influencer at Life Destination High School)
Photo captured during Rusana shared her journey crossed the endless struggle in Myanmar
The conflict between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar military junta has created a deadly trap, one in which Rohingya families are forced to suffer, flee and fight for survival. Among them is 19-year-old Rusana, a newly married young woman whose life was torn apart when her husband, Shohid Alam was abducted and killed by the AA.
Rusana, daughter of Mohammed Islam is from MaungNi village (မောင်နီရွာ) in Maungdaw, Arakan State. At just 16, she married Shohid Alam of Paddang village (ပဒင်ကျေးရွာ) in Southern Maungdaw. Shohid was educated, optimistic and determined to build a better future for their family. Their happiness grew with the birth of a baby boy with joy in the middle of rising unrest.
As fighting intensified between the AA and the military junta, nights became sleepless and homes unsafe. “Hoping to escape brutal attacks, we moved to my parents’ house in MaungNi village,” Rusana said.
Weeks later, on 21 July 2024, during Eid-ul-Adha, Shohid traveled to his native village to meet his brother, recently released from Buthidang Jail after unjust imprisonment during the 2017 crackdown. Many Rohingya, including Shohid had been jailed or sentenced without reason and clear evidence of deliberate persecution.
Shortly after leaving, Rusana received a devastating phone call.
“I was told that my husband along with six others was arrested by the Arakan Army while returning to me. Later, we learned they were killed.” Rusana cried through broken tears
By August 2024, AA artillery assaults targeted Rohingya villages. Rusana’s family fled to Ali Para, seeking temporary safety. But ten days later, the AA captured more than 1,000 people including her family and forcibly gathered them in Pan Taw Phyin village.
They eventually returned to Paddang but arrests of young men became constant. Fearing for their lives, Rusana’s father arranged for the family to cross the Naf River into Bangladesh.
On 15 August 2024, after a dangerous journey, they reached the Bangladesh border. But instead of safety, they were met by gangs of boatmen. “They searched us and took our valuables and even forced me and one of my sisters to be naked. They took 1.5 million MMK and 8.5 ticals of gold hidden in our clothes.” Rusana recounted, “During this abuse, the men in our group were locked away in a dark room.”
With help from a compassionate guide, Rusana and her family eventually reached a relative’s shelter in a refugee camp. Although they escaped immediate danger, new struggles began regarding food shortages, lack of healthcare, insecurity, trauma and the pain of losing Shohid.
Like Rusana, there are many unresearched victims who lost their belongings and family members under the attack of Arakan Army AA. The silence of the world is the dely of justice and peace on Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State in Myanmar.
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