The United Nations World Food Programme, or WFP, is set to cut more than half of the food aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, citing a "funding shortfall”. The change will take effect on Apr 1, with the monthly food ration per refugee being slashed from $12.50 to $6, according to a WFP letter to Bangladesh on Wednesday.

The UN’s food agency has warned that it will run out of supplies to help feed Palestinians in Gaza in just two weeks if Israel continues its total blockade of food and other necessities, putting the lives of millions of Palestinians at risk.

The World Food Programme has cut monthly food aid from $12.50 to $6 per month for the Rohingyas in Bangladesh beginning in April, raising risks of widespread hunger in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhashan Char.

The World Food Programme has cut the monthly food aid for the Rohingyas in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 per person, beginning in April, raising the risk of widespread hunger in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhashan Char.

The World Food Programme is hampered by the Israeli blockade that began alongside the decision to continue the ceasefire into Ramzan

Rations will be halved for around one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from next month due to a lack of funds, the United Nations food agency has said.