Tuesday, 15 July, 2025
The government has cancelled the long-standing list of 4,409 families selected for relocation under the Khurushkul Climate Refugee Rehabilitation Project in Cox’s Bazar—dealing a heavy blow to thousands who had once clung to this promise of shelter and stability.
The decision, issued through a bulletin signed by Chief Adviser’s Office Director Mohibul Hasan on Monday, was made under the newly enacted Government Flat Allocation and Maintenance Policy 2025.
The statement described the original list—prepared in 2011 during the Awami League government—as “flawed, controversial, and biased”, effectively nullifying over a decade of anticipation and hope for many of the country’s most vulnerable.
Following Hasina’s instructions, the Khurushkul project started in FY 2014-15. Construction began after land development was completed. Of the 129 residential buildings planned, 122 have been finished so far.
On Jul 23, 2020, 600 families were given keys to flats in the first 20 buildings constructed by the Armed Forces Division, at a token price of Tk 1,001.
At the time, the district administration said the list of 4,409 families was prepared during the Cox’s Bazar airport expansion and those families were to be settled in the project.
Each flat was promised access to water, electricity, and gas cylinders. The plan also included solar panels on rooftops, a fire station, police outpost, playgrounds, green spaces, religious facilities, schools, ponds, river jetties, and electrical substations.
After the Hasina government fell in the July Uprising, Muhammad Yunus visited Cox’s Bazar on Mar 14 with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, where they jointly inspected the Khurushkul project.
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The government has cancelled the long-standing list of 4,409 families selected for relocation under the Khurushkul Climate Refugee Rehabilitation Project in Cox’s Bazar—dealing a heavy blow to thousands who had once clung to this promise of shelter and stability.
The decision, issued through a bulletin signed by Chief Adviser’s Office Director Mohibul Hasan on Monday, was made under the newly enacted Government Flat Allocation and Maintenance Policy 2025.
The statement described the original list—prepared in 2011 during the Awami League government—as “flawed, controversial, and biased”, effectively nullifying over a decade of anticipation and hope for many of the country’s most vulnerable.
Following Hasina’s instructions, the Khurushkul project started in FY 2014-15. Construction began after land development was completed. Of the 129 residential buildings planned, 122 have been finished so far.
On Jul 23, 2020, 600 families were given keys to flats in the first 20 buildings constructed by the Armed Forces Division, at a token price of Tk 1,001.
At the time, the district administration said the list of 4,409 families was prepared during the Cox’s Bazar airport expansion and those families were to be settled in the project.
Each flat was promised access to water, electricity, and gas cylinders. The plan also included solar panels on rooftops, a fire station, police outpost, playgrounds, green spaces, religious facilities, schools, ponds, river jetties, and electrical substations.
After the Hasina government fell in the July Uprising, Muhammad Yunus visited Cox’s Bazar on Mar 14 with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, where they jointly inspected the Khurushkul project.
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