Examining Bangladesh's challenges in supporting survivors of gender-based violence.

Tamanna Khatun, an 11-year-old, was found alone waiting for her parents in their flood-hit home in Sirajganj Sadar upazila’s Kawakhola union.

The government has taken a set of decisions, including one to set up 14,000 additional shelters on some 2,000 acres of land near

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh was giving shelter to Myanmar refugees on humanitarian grounds, but not forever.

The government has decided to shelter the Rohingyas, who have entered Bangladesh since August 25, in a particular place and bring all of them under biometric registration.

The United States has reaffirmed shelter for Bangladeshi bloggers and secular activists in view of the attacks and killings on the group in the South-Asian country. A spokesperson says US' Homeland Security will consider visa requests for bloggers and secular activists on "humanitarian parole".