Bangladesh government has signed a $100 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank to scale up access to energy, water, sanitation services and disaster-resilient infrastructures for the Rohingya and host communities.

The additional financing to the ongoing Emergency Multi-Sector Rohingya Crisis Response Project will benefit about 780,800 people, including 140,800 local people, with better public infrastructure and will help about 365,800 people access improved water sources and 171,800 people access better sanitation, World Bank said in a release.

The agreement was signed by Md Shahabuddin Patwary, additional secretary, Economic Relations Division and Mercy Tembon on behalf of the Government of Bangladesh and the World Bank, respectively yesterday.

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