Although the government has allocated 2,000 acres of land at Balukhali to bring all Rohingya refugees who have crossed over to Bangladesh at one place, 1.5 lakh Rohingyas still remain scattered in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts. They have taken shelter in the homes of the local people at Cox’s Bazar Sadar, Ukhiya upazila, Teknaf upazila, Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar district and Naikhonchhari upazila of Bandarban district. The Cox’s Bazar district administration said that these Rohingyas have succeeded in finding shelter in the homes of the local people with the help of middlemen. However, the administration has taken no initiatives to bring the scattered Rohingyas to the government refugee camps in Ukhiya. Moreover,…

Two courts in Bangladesh issued warrants yesterday for the arrest of the opposition leader and former…