Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Tuesday that Bangladesh is planning to hold a high-level discussion on the Rohingya crisis in the second half of next year to resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis.
"All countries, including the US, EU members, China and India, will be invited to join the conference. UN and its agencies will also be invited to the conference," he said.
Press Secretary also said that a total of 88 cases have been filed in incidents related to the minorities from August 5 to October 22 this year while 70 people were arrested in connection with those incidents.
"We are strongly monitoring the recent attacks on minorities in Sunamganj, Narsingdi, Chattogram and Dhaka, however, the tally of arrestees and cases will increase as some new incidents happened in those places," Shafiq said.
Alam said the detail information in these cases will be disclosed later.
Replying to a question over the Rohingya issue the press secretary has said, "We are planning to organise the conference in the second half of next year. It may take place in September."
Venue and modalities of the international conference will be fixed soon, he said.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus while speaking at a high-level discussion on the Rohingya crisis held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York in September, sought the international community's continuous focus on the Rohingya crisis and warned that the whole region, not just Bangladesh, could be in trouble otherwise.
The chief adviser proposed that the international community revisit its approach to the Rohingya crisis.
He said the UN secretary general may convene an all-stakeholders' conference on the Rohingya crisis as soon as possible.
In August 2017, armed attacks, massive scale violence, and serious human rights violations forced thousands of Rohingya to flee their homes in Myanmar's Rakhine State to Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
About one million people have found safety in Bangladesh with a majority living in the Cox Bazar's region -- home to the world's largest refugee camp.
