They will be shipped to Bhashan Char from Chittagong on December 29. Also read: 1,642 Rohingyas arrive at Bhashan Char, settle inThe source indicated that apparently, the success of the first batch of relocations, comprising 1,642 Rohingyas, enthused the government to go ahead with the second batch of relocations. The Bhashan Char project is ready to receive as many as 100,000 Rohingyas, according to Commodore Chowdhury. Over 750,000 Rohingyas fled a military crackdown in Myanmar starting in August 2017, finding refuge across the border in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar. The navy prepared the Tk3,100 crore housing project in Bhashan Char to ease the congestion in the Cox’s Bazar camps.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 24, 2020 07:30 UTC