Local stakeholders say NGOs outside Cox’s Bazar must partner with local NGOs Excluding Local NGOs from UNHCR’s 2026–2029 partnership undermines their capacity Cox’s Bazar, 25 November 2025: Today, the Cox’s Bazar CSO NGO Forum (CCNF) organized a press conference at the Cox’s Bazar Press Club under the banner titled “UNHCR Undermines Local Organizations’ Capacity in Rohingya Response“. The press conference was moderated by CCNF Co-Chair Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, and attended by Abul Kashem, Executive Director, Help Cox’s Bazar; Advocate Abu Musa, Executive Director, ADHIKAR Cox’s Bazar; Nurul Azim, ORNAB Cox’s Bazar; Md. Elias Miah, Executive Director, CEHRDF; Nurul Amin, Executive Director, SBSKS; Hosne Ara Rekha, YPSA; along with other CCNF members and journalists from print and electronic media. Md. Shahinur