Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- The United States and the United Kingdom have pledged an additional $96 million in assistance for Rohingya refugees, announced during the first-ever high-level conference on the Rohingya crisis at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Senior Assistant Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser Fayez Ahmed said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that the United States committed $60 million while the United Kingdom pledged $36 million.
The pledges came Tuesday on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA), where the Rohingya issue was given a dedicated high-level platform for the first time.
Aid agencies have warned that a deepening funding shortfall has worsened conditions for nearly a million Rohingya refugees in...