Bangla EAM: Suppress criminal activities in Rohingya camps

Dhaka: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Bangladesh Md Shahriar Alam has said that it is important to check criminal activities in Rohingya camps and assured of taking appropriate steps in this regard.
He said this while speaking as the chief guest at a senior level dialogue on ‘Bangladesh and the Indo-Pacific Collaboration: Priority Issues and Concerns’ at a city hotel on Saturday (January 21).
Alam said it is a challenging task for the law enforcement agencies to deal with the safety and security issues of the Rohingyas and host community in Cox’s Bazar and their role should not be undermined.
He further said the government has taken a combination of bilateral, regional and multilateral efforts to find a solution to the Rohingya crisis.
The state minister said the sustained diplomatic efforts by the government helped the Rohingya issue to be kept alive.
Bangladesh Center for Indo Pacific Affairs and Department of International Relations, Jahangirnagar University hosted the dialogue moderated by Bangladesh Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs Executive Director Professor Shahab Enam Khan.
Secretary, Maritime Affairs Unit (MAU) Rear Admiral (Retd) Md Khurshed Alam, Brig Gen (Retd) M Sakhawat Hussain and UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis, among others, spoke. (UNI)                                                       (Feature image credit- Dar Yasin AP)