UNB: Some local NGOs at a press conference demanded equality in partnership from UN agencies and international NGOs (INGOs) rather than practice of treating as sub-contractors. They also demanded for a system of accidental compensation for local NGO workers while they work in partnership projects of UN agency and INGOs, like as the system UN and INGOs have already in place. Local NGO alliance named Bangladeshi NGOs for WHS (World Humanitarian Summit), Cox’s Bazar CSO NGO Forum (CCNF) and COAST with the support of Oxfam organized the press conference held at the National Press Club in observance of the World Humanitarian Day.
Rezina Akhter, a staff of a local NGO called Mukti, died on 15 July 2018 in a road accident in Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf road while she was going for work in Rohingya camp.

Since 2008 with the call from UN, NGOs have been observing 19th August as the World Humanitarian Day worldwide especially to pay tribute to the workers who have sacrifice life during humanitarian work in any part of the world.
Shawkat Ali Tutul of COAST presented four-point demand in the press conference. The demands include: UN agencies and INGOs declare a road map that they will roll back from field operation and will give leadership to the local NGOs, they take long term institution development planning to support local NGOs to develop themselves as sovereign and accountable organization and UN agencies and INGOs keep system provision to compensate local NGO staff while they face accident or die during humanitarian work.
Moderated by Rezaul Karim Chowhdury of COAST and CCNF, the press conference was addressed, among others, by Emranul Hague Chowdhury, Chairman of Credit and Development Forum (CDF); Rafiqul Islam, Director of Federation of NGOs in Bangladesh (FNB); Kawsar Ahmed Konok, Coordinator of ADAB, Masuda Faruque Ratna, Executive Director of Gram Bikash Kendra (GBK); Mizanur Rahman, Humanitarian Program Manager of Oxfam, Md Shahidul Islam Voice of South Bangladesh; and Faruque Ahmed of Trinomul Unnayan Sangsta of Mymensingh.