Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus was apprised of overall security aspects including the border situation and Rohingya crisis in a meeting at his residence-cum office Jamuna.
The meeting, attended by advisers concerned, heads of the military forces and national security adviser and chief adviser鈥檚 high representative on Rohingya crisis and priority matters Khalilur Rahman, also discussed the situation along the border with Myanmar and regional issues having links with the country鈥檚 security, officials confirmed.
They said that overall security aspects of the country were discussed in the meeting held a couple of days after foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain disclosed Bangladesh鈥檚 position about the United Nations鈥� proposal for providing a humanitarian channel to the conflict-ridden Rakhine State of Myanmar facing civil war since 2021.
On April 27, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said that Bangladesh agreed in principle to provide a humanitarian passage to Rakhine in line with a UN proposal that drew repercussions from various quarters including political parties.
More than 1.3 million Myanmar nationals of the Rohingya community have fled to Bangladesh amid brutal atrocities by the Myanmar military since 2017, according to government data.