Bhasan Char (Bengali: ভাসান চর), also known as Char Piya, is an island in Hatiya Upazila, Bangladesh. It is located in the Bay of Bengal, 37 miles from the coast. The island was formed with Himalayan silt in 2006. It spans 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi; 4,000 ha).

In December 2017, the Bangladeshi government inaugurated the project that cost of Tk 2,312 crore (more than 275 million US dollar) to relocate one hundred Rohingyas from Cox’s Bazar to Bhashan Char.

There are many possible ways of earning such as fishing, poultry farming, sheep and cattle rearing, cultivation of rice and vegetables, carpentry, handicrafts, tailoring and providing different community services.

The government has also promised to provide higher education facilities.

Fact Sheet

Plots	120
Cyclone centre	120
Building	1440
Lights	52000
Solar-powered street lights	1000
Water Source: Many ponds and rainwater harvesting facilities	each 5,461 square feet
Internal Roads	42 Km
Transportation	Human haulers & battery-run rickshaws
The mobile phone network	Grameenphone and Robi
Fire station	1
Each building will house	64 persons or 16 family
Each block	768 persons
Each Room has	four steel-made beds, a ceiling fan and a light
Every 16 families have to share	2 kitchens with 8 cooking stoves
Each building has	6 toilets and 4 bathrooms
No of large lakes	2
Cyclone centres capacity	1,000 people and 200 cattle
Hospital	2 Shelter centre
Community clinics	4 Shelter centre
law enforcement authorities	2 Shelter centre
UN representatives, RRRC	2 Shelter centre
Mosques	3 Shelter centre
Super shop	1 Shelter centre