Myanmar denies them citizenship despite having lived in the country for centuries and forces them to live in apartheid-like condition. When Dhaka is trying to build up global pressure on Myanmar to take back its citizens, a Bangladeshi textbook for eighth graders has stirred controversy by apparently supporting Naypyitaw’s claim. “We have proposed the concerned ministries to add article on Rohingya nationalities because Myanmar has been arguing over the issue. Myanmar has always made claims against Bangladesh, even using their textbook,” said standing committee member Lt Col Muhammad Faruk Khan. “Some [Rohingya] teachers, who are refugees in Cox’s Bazar, showed us their textbook which mentioned the Rohingya as being of Bangladeshi origin and claiming that Chittagong was their native land,” he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 16, 2017 05:33 UTC