Bangladesh exhausts resources for Rohingya refugees, chief adviser Yunus warns

REUTERS
By Ruma Paul
August 25, 2025

Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of the Bangladesh's interim government, gives his speech during stakeholders dialogue on the Rohingya situation, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Sam Jahan 

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Bangladesh has no scope to allocate more resources for its 1.3 million Rohingya refugees, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said on Monday, urging the international community to find a sustainable solution to the crisis.
Children make up half the 1.3 million Rohingya refugees now living in Bangladesh, most of whom fled a brutal 2017 military crackdown in Buddhist-majority Myanmar that U.N. investigators called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing".