The UN said yesterday it and partners were seeking nearly $1 billion to provide life-saving aid this year for some 1.5 million Rohingya refugees and their hosts in Bangladesh.

The WFP decision comes amid the Trump administration's termination of USAID funding worldwide.

Rohingya refugees and locals of Cox’s Bazar have expressed a deep concern over the reduction in funds for food aid.

The international community must come up with adequate funding for Rohingya refugees