Another 70,000 pending further scrutiny

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has moved away from its recent decision to halve the monthly food aid for the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhashan Char.

'This food and nutrition support through @WFP will provide critically needed food and nutrition assistance for more than one million people,' US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce says in a post on X

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution on the scope, modalities, format, and organisation of the high-level conference on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar under the sponsorship of Malaysia and Finland

The UN said yesterday it and partners were seeking nearly $1 billion to provide life-saving aid this year for some 1.5 million Rohingya refugees and their hosts in Bangladesh.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday recovered four bodies after a boat reportedly carrying around 40 to 50 Rohingya refugees capsized in the Bay of Bengal early in the morning.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday called for global action against racial injustice and highlighted the plight of the Rohingyas, who remain victims of racial discrimination and prolonged statelessness.

'Failure to take such steps may lead to tragic incidents'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to Rohingya children at a learning centre in the Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar today

They made the call during his visit to the Rohingya camp along with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at an iftar event in Cox’s Bazar today

Says he will be reaching out to all countries for sufficient funds

He hoped the reforms would lead to a free and fair election and a "real transformation" of the country

The UN Secretary General's Spokesperson said this at a media briefing early today.

Gambian Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka yesterday.

Severe acute malnutrition in the Rohingya refugee camps has surged by 27 percent in February this year compared to the same period last year, pushing more children into life-threatening hunger, Unicef said in a statement yesterday.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus along with UN Secretary-General António Guterres is scheduled to visit the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar on March 14.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday called for urgent funding for its Bangladesh operations, warning that a funding deficit would curb rations for the Rohingya in the world’s largest refugee settlement.

The WFP decision comes amid the Trump administration's termination of USAID funding worldwide.

Rohingya refugees and locals of Cox’s Bazar have expressed a deep concern over the reduction in funds for food aid.

The government of Japan has signed an agreement with the World Food Programme to provide $1.8 million in life-saving food assistance to Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, according to a press release from the Embassy of Japan yesterday.