A total of 50 multi-purpose cyclone shelters and schools are being built under the Multi-Sector Emergency Response Project to the Rohingya Crisis in the Upazilas of Teknaf and Ukhia in Cox's Bazaar district

Bangladesh has restored "except Israel" on passports, thus barring citizens from travelling there; the phrase "valid for all countries except Israel" was printed on Bangladeshi passports for decades and removed in the later years of ex PM Sheikh Hasina

33 fishers, including six women, were rescued from a den of pirates from a deep jungle in the Sundarbans: they were allegedly abducted for ransom days ago; the Coast Guard also recovered 16 fishing boats from the den but no pirate could be detained

India canceled the long-standing transshipment facility that allowed Bangladesh to send export goods to third countries on the same day the US imposed new tariffs, raising great concern among Bangladeshi businessmen and economists

The UN World Food Programme has reversed its decision to reduce food aid for the Rohingya living in refugee camps in Bangladesh, following concerns about the impact of the cut