Dhaka, Aug 8 (UNB) - The United States has expressed its deep concern over the Bangladesh government’s ban on the activities of NGOs that have been providing critical humanitarian aid to Rohingyas residing in Bangladesh.

“The United States is deeply concerned by the Government of Bangladesh’s stated intent to shut down nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) that have been providing critical humanitarian aid to Rohingyas residing in Bangladesh,” said a statement of the US Department of State on Tuesday.

The government has recently banned operations of three international NGOs -- Doctors without Borders (MSF), Actions against Hunger (ACF), and Muslim Aid-- in Cox's Bazar district for illegally providing assistance to Rohingyas who intruded into Bangladesh.

The statement issued by Patrick Ventrell, Acting Deputy Spokesperson of the Office of the Spokesperson, also urged the Bangladesh government to permit these NGOs to continue providing humanitarian assistance to Rohingya, other vulnerable individuals fleeing the violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, and the local Bangladeshi population in the Bangladesh-Myanmar border region.

“We are continuing to monitor ethnic and sectarian tensions in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and continue to call for restraint, an end to violence, and the upholding of principles of nondiscrimination, tolerance, and religious freedom,” Ventrell said.

He further said; “We have consistently urged the Myanmar government to reach a peaceful resolution as soon as possible and to bring those responsible for the violence to justice in a timely manner and in accordance with due process.”