PM to visit Rohingya camps in Coxs Bazar today
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will place a roadmap to resolve the Rohingya crisis during her visit to refugee camps at Ukhiya in Coxs Bazar today, road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday. The PM will distribute relief materials and meet officials to discuss the situation, the minister told reporters after distributing food to Rohingya refugees at Ukhiya.
The PM will visit different Rohingya camps to review the living conditions of the refugees. She will place a roadmap to resolve the crisis, Quader said.
The present government has faced different difficulties, including floods and haor catastrophe, recently, but tackled them very efficiently. Now, we are stuck in the Rohingya crisis, which will also be resolved soon, he said. The minister said the PM had initiated diplomatic moves from the very first day of the Rohingya issue and these efforts would continue.
Quader, who is also the general secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL), accused the opposition BNP of indulging in dirty politics over the humanitarian crisis. The BNP is yet to send any team to visit the Rohingya refugees. But our party has stood beside them from the very beginning, he added.
AL joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, organiSing secretary Enamul Haque Shamim, relief secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, deputy publicity secretary Aminul Islam, deputy office secretary Biplob Barua and local MP Abdur Rahman Badi were also present during Quaders interaction with refugees at Ukhiya yesterday.
According to the United Nations, nearly three lakh Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh in two weeks after violence erupted in Myanmars Rakhine state on August 25.
