UNB, Bandarban :
Some 60 Rohingya families who took shelter in Bandarban fleeing persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State were shifted to Rohingya refugee camp at Kutupalong of Ukhia upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Tuesday.
Taslim Iqbal Chowdhury, chairman of Naikhongchhari Sadar Union Parishad, said around 300 members of the 60 Rohingya families, who have completed their registration, were sent to Kutupalong by buses at noon.
Bandarban deputy commissioner Dilip Kumar Banik was present on the occasion.
“The other Rohingyas will be shifted to Kutupalong and Balukhali Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar in phases on completion of their registration process,” said the DC.
Some 50,000 Rohingyas have taken shelter in four points of Bandarban district since August 25.
Some 60 Rohingya families who took shelter in Bandarban fleeing persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State were shifted to Rohingya refugee camp at Kutupalong of Ukhia upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Tuesday.
Taslim Iqbal Chowdhury, chairman of Naikhongchhari Sadar Union Parishad, said around 300 members of the 60 Rohingya families, who have completed their registration, were sent to Kutupalong by buses at noon.
Bandarban deputy commissioner Dilip Kumar Banik was present on the occasion.
“The other Rohingyas will be shifted to Kutupalong and Balukhali Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar in phases on completion of their registration process,” said the DC.
Some 50,000 Rohingyas have taken shelter in four points of Bandarban district since August 25.
