BNP demands active diplomatic efforts to end Rohingya crisis

BNP on Friday demanded the government make active diplomatic efforts to force Myanmar to resolve the Rohingya crisis. "Our demand is very clear that the government gives food and shelter to Rohingyas and ensures their security and treatment. At the same time the government puts active diplomatic efforts to force the Myanmar government to take back the Rohingyas who fled the country", UNB quoted BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as saying during a human chain programme in Dhaka. BNP organised the one-hour long programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club as part of their countrywide programme, protesting the repression on Rohingyas in Myanmar.Fakhrul said they don't want to know whether the Rohingyas are Hindu or Muslim as they are human being. "The Myanmar government has initiated a war against humanity. We have to put a resistance against them. Let us get united and raise our voice against the mass killing of Rohingyas and force Myanmar to take back those fled the country," he said.Voicing concern over trespassing of Myanmar Air Force helicopter into Bangladesh airspace, he said the Bangladesh government could not strongly protest the incident due to its knee-jerk foreign policy.