Dhaka, Sept. 25 -- With the Rohingya crisis entering its eighth year amid a severe funding shortfall, advocacy groups on Thursday urged the international community and aid agencies to prioritise low-cost, locally-led operations in the Rohingya response.

The event, titled "Reset Rohingya Response: Engage Local NGOs for Low-Cost Management", was organised by COAST Foundation and the Cox's Bazar CSO-NGO Forum ahead of the UN Rohingya Conference scheduled for September 30 in New York.

Moderated by Mustafa Kamal Akanda and chaired by Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of COAST Foundation, the groups unveiled a study on the localisation of aid in the Rohingya response.

The study, presented by Shahinur Islam, highlighted a sharp disparity in funding flow...