UN rights chief in Bangladesh

DHAKA: United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet arrived in Bangladesh yesterday for a four-day visit that will include a trip to squalid camps housing nearly a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

The exodus of Rohingya was sparked by a 2017 Myanmar army offensive against the mostly Muslim minority, with the UN’s highest court last month giving the green light to a landmark case accusing the Buddhist-majority country of genocide.

Bangladesh, meanwhile, has come under fire for its own rights record under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, whom Ms Bachelet will meet during her visit, as well as local activists.