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US to give Tk 224cr for Rohingya refugees

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Published: 14:37, 20 September 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
US to give Tk 224cr for Rohingya refugees

Staff Correspondent: The United States (US) will contribute nearly $2.8 crore (Tk 224 crore) in humanitarian aid to help Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar to escape violence carried out by its army.

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat made the assurance for aid after a meeting with Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya in Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday.

The US Ambassador briefed reporters after the meeting.

She appreciated Bangladesh for giving shelter to several lakh Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

The US Ambassador also assured that the US will help the efforts made by Bangladesh government to repatriate the persecuted Rohingyas to Myanmar which belongs to their own land.



While talking to reporters, Maya said the US will help give Myanmar everything necessary to take back the Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh and will extend its assistance more.

More than 400,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh after the Myanmar military launched a counter-offensive following attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) insurgents on 30 police posts and an army base on August 25.

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