Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has said that the repatriation of more than 1 million displaced Rohingya people to their homeland in Myanmar's Rakhine State remains the only viable and sustainable solution to the crisis.

He urged the UN refugee agency to continue its active engagement to facilitate their safe return.

The chief advisor made the remarks on Wednesday during the visit of the newly appointed country representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ivo Freijsen, at the State Guest House Jamuna.

During the meeting, the UNHCR representative highlighted the "dramatic decline" in aid for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh's southeastern district of Cox's Bazar and stressed ...