Dhaka, 19 August 2024: Speakers highlighted the need to ensure the safety and security of aid workers and vulnerable communities in Bangladesh, especially in the Rohingya response. They also called for reducing management costs as aid decreases and criticized the World Bank’s recent $700 million loan pledge for the Rohingya and host community response. They argued that loans in humanitarian efforts are unethical and set a bad global precedent. They spoke during a virtual dialogue organized by COAST Foundation, Cox’s Bazar CSO-NGO Forum (CCNF), and BDCSO Coordination Process, in collaboration with the Alliance for Empowering Partnership (A4EP), to mark World Humanitarian Day. The event, titled “Act for Humanity—Leave No One Behind,” was presided over by Shireen Huq of Naripokkho and