Khaleda Zia to visit Rohingya camps today

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today will visit the Rohingya camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of Cox's Bazar district today (Monday). The former prime minister will visit the camps around 11am. She is also scheduled to officially start the work of a medical team formed for the Rohingyas by the pro-BNP doctors' alliance DAB. BNP Chairperson's Media Wing Officer Shairul Kabir Khan told the journalists that Khaleda will visit Balukhali 1, Balukhali 2, Hakimpara and Moynarpara Rohingya camps. He said: "Central BNP leaders will accompany the BNP chairperson during her stay at the camp from 11am to 2pm. "She will also hand over 45 trucks containing relief to the Bangladesh Army." Talking about the instructions given to BNP, Party Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman said only the central leaders can accompany the chief during the camp visit. After distributing relief, Khaleda Zia will leave Cox's Bazar for Chittagong where she will stay for the night. She will start for Dhaka on Tuesday morning and take a break in Feni in the afternoon. On Saturday, the motorcade heading towards Cox’s Bazar for the BNP chief’s planned relief distribution for the Rohingya was attacked at Mohammed Ali Bazar near Feni. According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), at least 605,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh fleeing the violence which erupted in Myanmar on August 25.