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Turkey has continued to provide vital assistance to its fellow Muslim brethren after a second deadly fire broke out at the Kutupalong refugee camp in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh on Friday morning.

The 26th of March marked the 50th anniversary of the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan, but the jubilant mood felt by Bangladeshis was short-lived as protests erupted concerning the two-day state visit of neighbouring India’s leader, Narendra Modi.

The government of Bangladesh has defended its use of barbed wire to close off large camps holding up to a million Rohingya refugees, despite being accused of hampering rescue efforts following a devastating fire that killed many and left thousands homeless.

The government of Bangladesh appears unwavering in its continued approach to transferring hundreds of Rohingya refugees from Cox’s Bazar to the island of Bhasan Char, located in the Bay of Bengal.

“My family didn’t want to go, they are taking them by force... If my family go there, to the island, they will die because of floods...”

“They beat us mercilessly – hitting our heads, tearing at our ears, breaking hands.”

Activists raise concerns that the authorities are using COVID-19 as an excuse to “operationalise” the island as a home to refugees, despite it being called a “dangerously flood-prone island without adequate healthcare”

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Prominent scholar from Bangladesh passes away. May Allāh have mercy on him.

“We prayed to Allāh for our salvation. And our prayers were granted”