San Diego Union-Tribune

Rohingya who moved to island in Bangladesh are learning job skills, says Japanese charity chief

DHAKA, BangladeshDHAKA, Bangladesh — Japan’s Nippon Foundation will spend $2 million to help move tens of thousands more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in Bangladesh and provide them with skills ...
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St. Martin Island in Bangladesh Bans Tourism for 270 Days

For the longest time, St. Martin Island has been facing various tourism-related hurdles, including overcrowding, rampant litter accumulation, and the deterioration of coral reefs, leading to ongoing ...
Reuters

Pirates, cyclones and mud - Bangladesh's island solution to Rohingya crisis

THENGAR CHAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - The island is two hours by boat from the nearest settlement. There are no buildings, mobile phone reception or people. During the monsoon it often floods and, when ...
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Rohingya who moved to island in Bangladesh are learning job skills, says Japanese charity chief

Japanese philanthropic group Nippon Foundation's Chairman Sasakawa Yohei, carries a lamb during a visit to Bhasan Char island in the Bay of Bengal, where thousands of Rohingya refugees are living in ...
Reuters

Pirates, cyclones and mud: Bangladesh's island solution to Rohingya crisis

THENGAR CHAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - The island is two hours by boat from the nearest settlement. There are no buildings, mobile phone reception or people. During the monsoon it often floods and, when ...