Dhaka, May 22 -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), has donated 667 metric tonnes of dates to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support Rohingya refugee children living in Bangladesh.

At a handover ceremony held in Dhaka on Thursday, officials from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, KSrelief and WFP marked this contribution.

The dates will offer much-needed nourishment to Rohingya children attending learning centres as part of WFP's school feeding programme, which supports 250,000 children going to 3,500 learning centres in both Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char.

WFP said it urgently requires USD 106 million for its critical Rohingya operations over the next 12 m...