- Over 1.2 million Rohingya refugees remain in highly congested settlements in Cox’s Bazar, where children face overcrowding and rising insecurity. Since January 2025, 133,651 new arrivals have further strained services. Nationally, children are impacted by recurrent health emergencies, including the ongoing dengue outbreak.
- Children need urgent nutrition support to prevent acute malnutrition, timely health care to curb disease outbreaks, protection from violence and exploitation, and safe water and sanitation. Rohingya children experience severe education disruption due to funding cuts and deteriorating learning facilities.
- UNICEF reached 563,033 people (44% of the revised HAC 2025 target) with lifesaving, multisec...
UN expert hails forensic analysis of 2024 protest victims in Bangladesh
A UN expert on Friday hailed the forensic analysis of 114 unidentified bodies of people killed during the July 2024 protests in Bangladesh as a “fundamental step” toward achieving “justice and accountability.”
UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Morris Tidball-Binz, who visited Dhaka in July to provide technical advice on forensic investigations to Bangladesh authorities, said:
In addition to helping...
Forensic identification of July victims a fundamental step towards accountability
The beginning of scientific exhumations and forensic analysis of 114 unidentified bodies of people killed during the July 2024 protests in Bangladesh is a fundamental step towards helping families of the missing fulfil their rights to truth, justice and accountability, a UN expert said.
“This is the first large-scale forensic recovery, analysis and identification operation carried out in Bangladesh based on international human rights and forensic standards,” said Morris Tidball-Binz, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.New policy measures redefine Rohingya response
Bangladesh continues to host more than 1.1 million Rohingya refugees across 33 camps in Cox’s Bazar and on Bhasan Char, making it one of the world’s largest and most protracted displacement crises.
Although the population grows due to high birth rates and occasional new arrivals, the number of refugees on Bhasan Char has recently fallen to around 30,000—down from over 36,000 in January 2025—amid operational challenges and political uncertainty ahead of the 2026 general elections.
Bangladesh, Sweden, Ukraine to support Rohingyas thru’ grain from Ukraine
The Government of Bangladesh, the Embassy of Ukraine, the Embassy of Sweden, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on 3 December held a handover ceremony for 3,000 metric tonnes of sunflower oil contributed through the Grain from Ukraine initiative.
This contribution will support the Rohingya response led by the Government with the support of WFP and other humanitarian partners.
The Grain from Ukraine (GfU) initiative is a humanitarian food programme launched by t...
Death penalty for enforced disappearance approved
The government today gave final approval to the draft of 'Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress Ordinance 2025', introducing capital punishment and other tough penalties for the offence.
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Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam spoke at a briefing at the Foreign Service Academy this afternoon. Photo: PID[/caption]
The Council of Advisers approved at its 47th meeting at the Chief Adviser's Office here, with Chief Adviser Pr...
