PM urges world to keep up pressure on Myanmar to take back Rohingyas

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated on Tuesday her call to the international community to keep up pressure on the Myanmar government, reports BSS.
"The global community will have to continue their pressure on Myanmar to take back the Rohingyas," she said.
The Prime Minister (PM) was talking to International Rescue Committee (IRC) president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Miliband.
The IRC chief paid a courtesy call on the PM at her Jatiya Sangsad office on Tuesday noon.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said the Prime Minister and the IRC chief discussed the Rohingya issue.
The premier said Bangladesh is holding discussions with Myanmar on the issue.
Sheikh Hasina informed Miliband that the local people of Cox's Bazar are suffering most.
The environment is being affected due to the influx of a huge number of Rohingyas there, she said.
The premier also said arrangements are being made to shift the Rohingyas to a safer place.
"We are providing healthcare services to Rohingyas and also developing an island named Bhashan Char to shift them there," she added.
The IRC president informed the premier that he came to Bangladesh with a team to see the condition of the refugees.
Miliband, a British Labour Party politician and former secretary of state, highly praised the Bangladesh government for giving shelter to the Rohingyas.
Miliband said an IRC team is working in Bangladesh to assist the Rohingyas. He assured her that they would continue their help.
Both the PM and the IRC chief feared that the biggest problem for the Rohingyas would be landslide in the monsoon.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, PM's International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi and Principal Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman were present on the occasion.