Given that tensions have been flaring up over the Rohingya crisis, the government has increased the presence of law enforcement around Buddhist temples. Bangladesh Police Headquarters Assistant Inspector General (Media and Public Relation) Shahely Ferdous said the Buddhist community does not need to be worried: “We have already deployed additional security personnel to every Buddhist in the country after the Rohingya crisis began. “All the police stations have been instructed to tell locals that the Rohingya crisis is a Myanmarese problem, so that no one can use this crisis to incite communal violence. Dr Jinobodhi said this was because of how many people express strong feeling of retaliation against the Bangladeshi Buddhist community as revenge for what is happening to the Rohingya in Myanmar. The Buddhist people living in Bangladesh are peace-loving and believe in communal harmony and peaceful co-existence,” he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 19, 2017 16:18 UTC