Rohingya Broadcast Rohingya “Lifeline” radio - Monday, May 31, 2021 MC & News: Sami Ahmed & Mohammed Hussain \\arsenic\netexchange$\Bangla\MP3 ROH Lifeline 05312021 1130 UTC Intro Today: Monday, May 31, 2021 7:30 a.m. (Washington, D.C., USA) News Headlines Duration: 6 minutes · 2 senior UN officials in Dhaka; Bhasan Char visit to be finalised · Fourteen Rohingyas were arrested while fleeing Bhasanchar · ASEAN oppose arms embargo on Myanmar -report · 7 killed in plane crash in US · Americans begin travel on Memorial Day to ease restrictions Shortwave: 31-meter band, 9350 kHz; 25-meter band, 11700 kHz and 12030 kHz Medium wave (AM): 1575 kHz Report: VOA News Report: Mohammed Rukon Uddin (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 7:20 minutes Topic: Planting more trees will benefit us in the camp lowering heat level in future- Rohingya says. Translation Summary: Extreme heat causes people of Bangladesh miserable specifically the Rohingyas who are living in the hilly area under the shelters made with tarpaulin and bamboo. Mohammad Shafik,from kutupalong camp said,” Our life here is going crazy in this extreme hot season”. He also mentioned the importance of planting trees around the camp as deforestation happened when more than 7 hundred thousand Rohingyas arrived. He said,” Government gave us seedlings to plant. But there are more trees needed to make this place greener. The more trees we have in this camp can bring more shade and benefits we will get out of it. The environment will be full of oxygen and fresh air”. “About 30%to 40% people are able to manage solar panel and electric fan those who have job or get dowry or have brought from home country. Maximum are suffering from extreme heat. We want to go back to our home and eagerly waiting for the solution to our problem”-He added. Report: VOA News Translator: Sabera Begum (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 6:05 minutes Topic: Despite hardships in densely populated environment strict lockdown is followed to survive in Corona. Translation Summary: Corona patients are on the rise in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar and the death toll are also raising, so the camps are under lockdown. Master Saidul Amin (33) from Camp 5 said that the increase in the number of coronavirus patients in the camps has created panic among people and now the Rohingyas are complying with the lockdown as much as possible and people are not going out unless it is needed. He added that the Rohingya are supporting the lockdown to protect themselves from the virus, but that the lockdown has led to a rise in domestic violence as incomes have stopped. Rohingya song Duration: 2:00 minutes Program Closing Announcement: Sami Ahmed Production: Selim Hossain /Sanjana Feroz Engineer: N/A