WB keen to disburse $700m more for Rohingyas, host community

WB keen to disburse $700m more for Rohingyas, host community

The World Bank (WB) has expressed its interest to disburse additional 700 million US dollar in the form of both grant and soft loan to Bangladesh for forcefully displaced Rohingyas and the host community in Chattogram.
"The World Bank has showed interest to provide fresh 700 million US dollars for Rohingyas and host community," Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud told reporters after holding a meeting with WB country director Abdoulaye Seck at the foreign ministry here this afternoon.
Of the 700 million US dollar, he said, 315 million would be disbursed as grant for the Rohingyas and 385 million for the host community of the Chattogram division under soft loan scheme.