The aid will address the needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as well as those internally displaced in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state, the state department said in a statement on Wednesday. The new funding brings US humanitarian aid for refugees and displaced persons to nearly $95 million in the current fiscal year. "I am very pleased to announce that the United States will be providing an additional $28 million to help support the Rohingyas here in Bangladesh. Earlier, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud set up $15 million fund for Rohingya Muslims. Over 400,000 refugees from the stateless Muslim minority have arrived in Bangladesh to escape a violent army operation in northern Rakhine.

Source: bd News24 September 20, 2017 12:57 UTC