The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Coast Guard are on the alert to prevent Rohingyas from crossing into Bangladesh amid escalating tensions at the border with Myanmar, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said.
The minister was speaking to reporters after an event in Dhaka on Saturday.
Rohingyas trying to enter Bangladesh through the border were being sent back to Myanmar, he said.
“There was a Rohingya family on the zero line yesterday (Friday)... We also saw that mortar firing [from Myanmar] had killed one and injured several,” Asaduzzaman Khan told the media.
The minister also called for de-escalation of violence near the border.
He said Bangladesh did not want to go to war with Myanmar over the issue and wanted a peaceful resolution, before adding that the country would take the matter to the United Nations if necessary.