File photo of construction work to build houses for 100,000 Rohingya refugees at Bhashan Char, in the Bay of Bengal Dhaka TribuneHe said: 'We have to maintain minimum standards for the Rohingyas. He made the remarks after inaugurating the Annual Thematic Meeting of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) at a Dhaka hotel on Sunday. Their human rights will be violated if we fail to do so.”At the same event, Nojibur Rahman, principal secretary to the prime minister, said the government is negotiating with various United Nations bodies regarding the relocation of over one million Rohingyas to Bhashan Char in Noakhali. The principal secretary said: “We have constructed some infrastructure in Bhashan Char. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Working Together For Addressing Displacement Due To Slow And Sudden-Onset Disasters.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 24, 2019 15:56 UTC