Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The island, which forms part of the Char Ishwar Union under Noakhali's Hatia thana, covers an area of around 13,000 acres and is now ready for habitation.

A portion of the over 1 million Rohingya refugees, who have fled death and persecution in Myanmar's volatile Rakhine State and took refuge in Cox's Bazar, will find a temporary abode in Bhasan Char.

The government has spent over Tk 30 billion on providing shelter on the island to more than 100,000 refugees along with access to amenities such as cooking facilities, electricity, water and sewerage systems, playgrounds and cyclone shelters.

But the process of relocation has been delayed in the face of objections to the move raised by international organisations, includ...