Bangladesh government had built houses, cyclone shelters and food warehouses at  Bhashan Char island to shift Rohingyas there.

• Authorities concerned, especially the Bangladesh Navy, have prepared the Bhashan Char for rehabilitation of at least one lakh Rohingyas.
• Bhashan Char is located in the estuary of the Meghna river.
• It falls in an ecologically fragile area prone to floods, erosion and cyclone.

Rohingya refugee crisis:

• The Rohingya Refugee crises has become a major issue for India and Bangladesh. Fleeing population blames the security forces back in Myanmar for burning their villages, rapes, and mass killings.
• In addition, the Rohingya Muslim population is now stateless as Myanmar rejected citizenship to Rohingya people.