Arakan News Agency
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her citizens would go to help the Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar.
Her Government would continue to support nearly one million Rohingya Muslims who had fled neighboring Myanmar to escape violence.
“If necessary, we will eat a meal once a day and share the rest with them.”
It is pursuing a plan to build temporary shelters for the Rohingya on an island with the help of international aid agencies it has praised for its support.
Her remarks came at Dhaka airport upon her return from New York after attending the UN General Assembly session, while the United Nations called the violence in Myanmar “ethnic cleansing.”
