President to visit Rohingyas today

President M Abdul Hamid is set to visit Cox's Bazar today on a two-day visit to Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila and inaugurate a navy symposium there, reports BSS. "President Abdul Hamid will interact with and distribute relief materials among the displaced Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh evade the army crackdown" at their home in Myanmar's Rakhine State, President's Press Secretary Mohammad Joynal Abedin told BSS.

The President, he said, would speak to the Rohingyas and listen to the stories of their plights during his visit. Earlier, on several occasions, 400,000 Rohingyas had been forced to take shelter in Bangladesh. Altogether Bangladesh is currently hosting over a million Rohingyas, the sources added.  On the next day, President Hamid will inaugurate a programme of Bangladesh navy "Indian Ocean Naval Symposium' (IONS) Multilateral Maritime Search Rescue Exercise -2017 (IMMSARFEX-2017) at Hotel Royal Tulip adjacent to the Unani Beach of Cox's Bazar, said a spokesman of Bangladesh Navy this evening.

He told this national news agency that warships, navy chiefs, concerned high officials and maritime experts of some 32 countries, including nine observers, are attending the programme.

 

President to visit Rohingyas today

President M Abdul Hamid is set to visit Coxs Bazar today on a two-day visit to Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila and inaugurate a navy symposium there, reports BSS. President Abdul Hamid will interact with and distribute relief materials among the displaced Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh evade the army crackdown at their home in Myanmars Rakhine State, Presidents Press Secretary Mohammad Joynal Abedin told BSS. The President, he said, would speak to the Rohingyas and listen to the stories of their plights during his visit. Earlier, on several occasions, 400,000 Rohingyas had been forced to take shelter in Bangladesh. Altogether Bangladesh is currently hosting over a million Rohingyas, the sources added. On the next day, President Hamid will inaugurate a programme of Bangladesh navy Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Multilateral Maritime Search Rescue Exercise -2017 (IMMSARFEX-2017) at Hotel Royal Tulip adjacent to the Unani Beach of Coxs Bazar, said a spokesman of Bangladesh Navy this evening. He told this national news agency that warships, navy chiefs, concerned high officials and maritime experts of some 32 countries, including nine observers, are attending the programme.