The refugees, mostly women and children, were attempting to land on Bangladesh’s coast in the Teknaf area in Cox’s Bazar late Wednesday night, said Lt. Comm. Masud Hossain, superintendent of police in Cox’s Bazar, said those rescued were lured by traffickers and the owner of the boat was a Myanmar Buddhist. Others said the rescued refugees were from Bangladesh camps. An intelligence official who talked to at least 10 refugees at the scene said that the refugees were from various camps in Cox’s Bazar district. These were the details of the news Russia reports nearly 28,000 coronavirus cases after new record daily rise for this day.

Source: bd News24 April 16, 2020 08:37 UTC