Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Seeking a genuine solution to the Rohingya crisis, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Wednesday warned that rising crime and insecurity affecting Cox's Bazar host communities "cannot be allowed to become the new normal."

She said the solution lies in Myanmar and that Bangladesh cannot sustain the crisis indefinitely.

The State Minister urged the international community to move from statements of support to actionable and predictable assistance.

She addressed the National Policy Dissemination Programme on "Uncertain Return: Rohingya Voices on Repatriation Barriers," organised by the Department of Criminology and the Criminology Research Forum of the University of Dhaka, as Chief Guest at the Senate ...