Regent to assist in relief transport for Rohingyas
Regent Airways will provide assistance in transporting relief for the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar who have fled violence in Myanmar and sought refuge in Bangladesh.
Lt Gen (retd) M Fazle Akber NDC, PSC, PhD, its chief executive officer, made the announcement at a relief distribution function of the company.
“We are with the helpless Rohingya people… The NGOs, volunteer organisations, enterprises or individuals can take our facility for carrying the relief from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar.”
“Besides, Regent is ready to carry the government or donor organisations' relief,” he added.
Regent has been distributing relief in association with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Ukhia and Teknaf for the last four days, said a press release.
It has distributed eight metric tonnes of food and Tk 5 lakh among the Rohingyas there.
More than 4,80,000 Rohingyas have fled from Myanmar's Rakhine State to Bangladesh since last month in the face of an army campaign that includes shooting innocent civilians, burning villages and committing rape.
The violence has brought international condemnation.
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