Aid agencies and the government had started rebuilding shelters after another massive fire last month left 15 people dead, 560 others hurt and about 45,000 homeless.
Authorities have sent about 13,000 refugees to an island in recent months, promising better life for more than 1 million Rohingya, most of whom fled Myanmar in 2017 in a major crackdown by the country’s military. Bangladesh has hosted the refugees in crowded camps and is eager to begin sending them back to the Buddhist-majority Myanmar, but several attempts failed because the Rohingya refused to go, fearing more violence in a country that denies them basic rights including citizenship.
The repatriation effort was made even more uncertain in February, when Myanmar's military staged a coup and replaced the elected, civilian government that had been in office since 2016.A Turkish military cargo plane departed for Bangladesh carrying materials for the reconstruction of a Turkish field hospital in Cox's Bazar district.READ MORE:
The Turkish field hospital was one of the largest health care centers in the refugee camp, which is said to be the world's largest. Another plane carrying 22 personnel from AFAD, Turkey's government-backed housing agency TOKI and the Ministry of Health along with aid materials had left for Bangladesh on March 27.
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