Reset Rohingya Response : Engage Local NGOs for Low-Cost Management
In the 8-year of Rohingya crisis, funding has become a significant challenge for the Rohingya. As of September 2015, only 38% funding requirements have been met. The USA government has reduced 72% and similarly, the UK government has reduced 48% of its funds than 2024. To minimise this gap, Bangladesh government has increased funding to […]
Looming Water Crisis in Cox’s Bazar : Risking lives
Ukhiya and Teknaf sub-districts of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh are facing an escalating water crisis driven by rapid population growth, excessive groundwater extraction, saline intrusion and inadequate water infrastructure. Host communities are increasingly struggling to access safe and sufficient water, while deteriorating groundwater levels pose severe risks to health and livelihoods. COAST commissioned a study […]
From Waste to Energy : Turning a Crisis into Opportunity
The Rohingya influx in Cox’s Bazar has placed immense pressure on already fragile waste management systems. Host communities, which had no structured waste management facilities, now face mounting environmental, health, and social challenges. The combined waste has reached unsustainable levels, creating urgent risks to public health and water security. COAST study outlines a possible solution […]
Reducing operational costs for Rohingya response is possible : Bangladeshi CSOs takeaways in the UN Rohingya Conference, 30 September 2025 in New York
Dhaka, 25 September 2025: Bangladesh is currently hosting 1,156,001 Rohingya refugees who fled genocide by the Myanmar military. Now in its 8th year, the Rohingya crisis faces a severe funding shortfall, with only 38% of requirements met as of September 2025. Recent cuts in U.S. funding have deepened the crisis, threatening lifesaving support. At a […]
Demand for UN investment in the restoration of safe water and arable land in Cox’s Bazar : COAST Foundation’s dialogue ahead of UN Rohingya conference in USA on 30 September
Demand for UN investment in the restoration of safe water and arable land in Cox’s Bazar COAST Foundation’s dialogue ahead of UN Rohingya conference in USA on 30 September Cox’s Bazar, 20 September 2025: Ahead of the upcoming UN conference on the Rohingya issue on 30 September, a press conference was organized by COAST Foundation […]
কক্সবাজারে সুপেয় পানি ও আবাদী জমি পুনরুদ্ধারে জাতিসংঘের বিনিয়োগের দাবি : ৩০ সেপ্টেম্বর জাতিসংঘ রোহিঙ্গা সম্মেলনের আগে কোস্ট ফাউন্ডেশনের মতবিনিময় সভা।
কক্সবাজারে সুপেয় পানি ও আবাদী জমি পুনরুদ্ধারে জাতিসংঘের বিনিয়োগের দাবি ৩০ সেপ্টেম্বর জাতিসংঘ রোহিঙ্গা সম্মেলনের আগে কোস্ট ফাউন্ডেশনের মতবিনিময় সভা। কক্সবাজার, ২০ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৫: আসন্ন ৩০ সেপ্টেম্বর জাতিসংঘে রোহিঙ্গা বিষয়ক সম্মেলনের আগে কক্সবাজার শহরের অরুণোদয় স্কুলের অডিটরিয়ামে কোস্ট ফাউন্ডেশনের উদ্যোগে আয়োজিত মতবিনিময় সভা ও সংবাদ সম্মেলনে বক্তারা সুপেয় পানি সংকট নিরসন, আবাদী জমি পুনরুদ্ধার ও […]
Cox’s Bazar cannot take more: call for repatriation Road Map on 8th Rohingya anniversary
Dhaka, 24 August 2025: Local-National organizations and humanitarian actors emphasized on repatriation as sustainable solution of Rohingya crisis. A webinar was organized title “Forcibly displaced Rohingya in Bangladesh: Steps towards dignity, safety and sustainable solutions” by COAST Foundation and CCNF. The seminar was jointly conducted by Mustafa Kamal Akand, Director and Jahangir Alam, Member Secretary […]
Humanitarian actors demand localization of aid in humanitarian response
International seminar marking the World Humanitarian Day Humanitarian actors demand localization of aid in humanitarian response Dhaka, 19 August 2025: Humanitarian actors have called for an effective implementation of the Grand Bargain commitments in Bangladesh that includes localization of aid, quality funding to local national actors and accountability to the affected population. The Grand Bargain […]
Reduction of Food Ration for Rohingyas Could Deepen the Existing Humanitarian Crisis– KHANI Bangladesh
KHANI Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Food Security Network, has submitted a petition to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, emphasizing the urgent need for immediate action to address the funding crisis, full restoration of food rations and essential services for the Rohingyas, alongside both short- and long-term funding to meet their food and nutrition needs. The petition […]
Former Whip Shahjahan Chowdhury Holds Key Meeting with CCNF on Strategies to Tackle the Rohingya Crisis.
On January 24, 2025, at 7.00 PM, a meeting was held at the COAST Cox’s Bazar Center with 42 representatives from various NGOs under CCNF, chaired by former Whip and District BNP President Shahjahan Chowdhury. In his speech, Shahjahan Chowdhury stated that local NGOs are capable of quickly identifying the issues faced by the local […]