Dhaka, March 28 -- The United States will provide $73 million in new financial assistance to ensure food security and proper nutrition for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, amid concerns that aid cuts could deepen the crisis for the world's largest stateless population.

This food and nutrition support through WFP [UN World Food Programme] will provide critically needed food and nutrition assistance for more than one million people, read an X post by Tammy Bruce, spokesperson for the US Department of State, on Thursday.

"It is important that our international partners engage with sharing the burden with life-saving assistance such as this," she added.

On Thursday, the WFP announced a revised system, under which each refugee in the Co...