“The international community should continue mounting pressure on Myanmar to take its displaced nationals back from Bangladesh,” Karim quoted Hasina as saying. The prime minister told the UN official that Bangladesh sheltered the Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds. Noting that Bangladesh suffered flash floods earlier this year, she said the Rohingya crisis became an ‘extra burden’ for Bangladesh. The UN under-secretary hailed Bangladesh’s development and said the country becoming a lower middle-income country from a low-income country was a result of the UN efforts. Fekitamoeloa also said the UN should not stop assistance to Bangladesh when it becomes a middle-income country.

Source: bd News24 November 29, 2017 18:00 UTC