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Govt forms high-powered committee on Rohingya relocation to Bhashan Char
The executive committee, headed by the principal secretary to the prime minister, will oversee the overall process of the relocation
The government has formed a high-powered executive committee with respect to the planned relocation of nearly 100,000 Rohingyas to Bhashan Char from the congested camps in Cox’s Bazar, multiple sources told Dhaka Tribune on Monday.
Bhashan Char is a remote island under Noakhali district in an estuary of the Meghna River.
Headed by Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Kaikaus, the committee is responsible to oversee the overall aspects of the relocation process, they said.
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The committee has been formed recently in a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), they added.
“Yes, such a committee was constituted,” confirmed Md Mohsin, secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, the line ministry as regards to the Rohingya crisis.
“The committee comprises a number of secretaries and representatives from different ministries, departments and agencies,” he told this correspondent without specifying the number of the members of the newly formed body.
“I cannot tell you the number without looking at the papers. But, it’s a large committee,” Mohsin said.
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