Sunday's showdown by nearly 0.2 million Rohingya at the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar has caught government high-ups off guard.
The Foreign Ministry has already communicated with the Home Ministry to find out the next course of action to stop such agitation in the Rohingya camps, officials said.
"I saw the agitation programme on the television. It is disturbing," foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told the FE on Monday.
"I was not informed that they would hold such an agitation programme. They were given permission to hold prayers marking the second anniversary of their forced migration from their homes in Myanmar," he added.
Asked whether the government would take any measure to stop such programmes in future, the minister said, "We will sit with the Home Ministry to find out ways and means to stop such agitation programme."
According to the minister, the programme was backed by some non-government organisations. "Festoons and placards were written in English. There are some quarters who are provoking the Rohingya refugees. Steps will be taken against them," he said.
Foreign Ministry officials have contacted their counterparts at the Home Ministry and the Refugee Rehabilitation and Repatriation Commission (RRRC) soon after the meeting to get updates on the Rohingya gathering.
Rohingya leader Md Mohibullah, who has recently visited the USA to meet President Donald Trump, was seen leading the Rohingya gathering on Sunday.
Asked how Mohibulah went to the USA, the foreign minister said that any refugee can visit any foreign country through the exit permit.
The USA is an influential country and it can facilitate his travel by various means, the minister added.
Foreign affairs analysts see the unfolding situation from a positive angle, however.
Professor of international relations at Dhaka University Imtiaz Ahmed argued that the gathering might strengthen Bangladesh's position.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her speech at the United Nations, placed some demands that include ensuring basic rights of the Rohingya and the trial of the perpetrators who committed crimes against humanity.
"The Rohingya on Sunday placed the same demands. So, I do not see anything wrong in their assembly," he said.
"But definitely, there should be some sorts of monitoring so that such a large number of people cannot turn violent," said Dr Ahmed, who directs the Centre for Genocide Studies.
According to reports, tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees rallied to mark the second anniversary of their exodus out of Myanmar.
Refugees say Myanmar's security forces and Buddhist civilians carried out mass killings and gang rapes during weeks of "clearance operations."
Myanmar has denied the charges, saying that the military was only conducting legitimate operations against Rohingya insurgents who attacked police posts.
The rally was held days after Bangladesh, with the help of the U.N. refugee agency, attempted to begin the repatriation of some 3,000 Rohingya.
But none of the refugees agreed to return to Myanmar without granting of citizenship and guaranteed basic rights.
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