Dhaka, March 2 -- Japan has signed a new agreement with Unicef, providing $1.4 million to deliver life-saving support to Rohingya refugee children and their families in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char.

The funding will benefit more than 56,500 refugees, including over 36,000 children, through critical services in education, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), nutrition and health, Unicef said in a press release on Monday.

The agreement was signed by Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Saida Shinichi and Unicef Representative in Bangladesh Rana Flowers in Dhaka.

Ambassador Saida said the new assistance comes at a time of declining global humanitarian funding, reports UNB.

"I am pleased to announce Japan's new agreement with Unicef, especia...