Denmark's Tk 40cr aid for Rohingyas

Denmark will provide an additional 32 million DKK (approx Tk 40 crore) to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to support Rohingyas who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh.

Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Ulla Tornaes made the announcement at a donor conference hosted by European Union in Geneva yesterday.

Danish Ambassador in Dhaka Mikael Hemniti Winther said Denmark is scaling up its present activities in Cox's Bazar in partnership with central and local government agencies, and providing training to an additional 10,000 vulnerable farmers, said a Danish Embassy press release yesterday.