Topic:
Rohingya Camps
Sub-title:
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said 41 non-government organisations (NGOs) have been withdrawn from all kinds of activities in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps for their wrongdoings.
Description:
"The Foreign Minister came up with the information while inaugurating waste management activities at Dakshin Surma under Sylhet City Corporation.
Dr Momen also said actions will be taken against NGOs if they do something going beyond their terms and references.
The NGO Affairs Bureau on Thursday suspended six different projects being run out of the Cox's Bazar branch of an NGO called Mukti - on allegations of making sharp weeding tools for distribution among Rohingyas.
Some 600 of these tools were allegedly made. An official suspension order signed by the Assignment Officer of NGO Affairs Bureau Sirajul Islam Khan was issued on Wednesday.
On August 29, the Foreign Minister said action will be taken against the NGOs operating in Rohingya camps if evidence is found about their activities that go beyond the terms and references..."
Source/publisher:
"The Daily Star"
Date of Publication:
2019-09-01
Date of entry:
2019-09-01
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Countries:
Myanmar, Bangladesh
Language:
English
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good
