Poor living arrangements: A Rohingya refugee hanging a blanket out to dry at the Balukhali camp near Cox’s Bazar. The camps in this area have been reported to be overcrowded and unhygienic. — AP
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi island regularly submerged by monsoon rains is ready to house 100,000 Rohingya refugees, but no date has been announced to relocate them from the crowded and squalid camps where they have lived for years, officials said.
Flood protection embankments, houses, hospitals and mosques have been built on Bhasan Char, or floating island, in the Bay of Bengal, officials said on Thursday.
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