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Thursday | February 05, 2026 | Dhaka

2,260 more Rohingyas leave for Bhasan Char

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A total of 2,260 Rohingyas have now left Cox's Bazar for Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district as part of the government's initiative to relocate displaced Myanmar nationals to the island in the fifth phase. Six vessels of Bangladesh Na
A total of 2,260 Rohingyas have now left Cox's Bazar for Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district as part of the government's initiative to relocate displaced Myanmar nationals to the island in the fifth phase. Six vessels of Bangladesh Na

Chattogram Bureau :
Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammad Shamsud Douza said that the Rohingyas who voluntarily agreed to go to Bhasan Char are being taken to the island.In the morning, they gathered on the Ukhiya Degree College premises where government officials briefed them on various issues.A total of 21 buses carrying Rohingyas started for Chattogram around 1:15pm.
They stayed overnight at BAF Shaheen College, Chattogram under the supervision of Bangladesh Navy.
Bangladesh Navy implemented the Tk 31-billion housing project, funded with public money, after the government planned to relocate a portion of them to the island.
There are 1,440 cluster houses and 120 four-storey shelter houses to accommodate more than 1 lakh people.A total of 9,709 Rohingyas were relocated to the island in four phases since December 4 last year.