Bangladesh is in the process of relocating 100,000 Rohingyas from the world's largest refugee camp at Cox's Bazar to the island of #BhasanChar. It's a herculean task. What are the challenges? Why is it considered controversial? WION's Johan Castell gets you a ground report from Bangladesh.

WION Wideangle: Rohingya Relocation: A ground report from Bangladesh

As Myanmar gears up for its National Election on November 8, there is one subject that cannot be ignored- it's treatment of the Rohingya people. Over the decades, over 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar to seek refuge in Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh plans to relocate 100,000 people from Cox's Bazar (the world's largest refugee camp) to the remote #BhashanChar island. What is their relocation plan? What are the challenges? WION correspondent Lakmina Jesmin Soma brings you this ground report from Bangladesh on WION Wideangle.

WION Wideangle: Rohingya crisis: A ground report from Bangladesh

Bangladesh police arrested a Rohingya man with $5 million of methamphetamine pills in their biggest narcotics haul this year, officials said Monday. Special police staged a raid on a beach in the Cox's Bazar district on the border with Myanmar on Sunday following a tip that a trawler carrying the drugs would land there, a spokesman said.

$5 million drug haul as Rohingya detained in Bangladesh