Bangladesh forms national committee to coordinate ‘Rohingya’ affairs

The government has formed a national committee to coordinate and manage overall activities including law and order of the forcibly displaced Myanmar-nationals in the camp areas of Bangladesh, BSS reports.

The Cabinet Division has formed a 17-member committee for coordinating, managing and maintaining law and order of Rohingyas by publishing a gazette where the home minister has been made its convener.

Foreign minister, state minister for disaster management and relief and state minister for women and children affairs have been included in the committee.

The committee members also included Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces, Secretary of the Public Security Division, Foreign Affairs Secretary and Secretaries of Security Service Division and Disaster Management and Relief.

Inspector General of Police, director general of NGO Affairs Bureau, Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), Director General of National Security Intelligence (NSI), Divisional Commissioner of Chattogram and Refugee, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) are also the members of the committee.