''Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the United Nations to play a role in sending back over one million Rohingyas from Bangladesh to their homeland Myanmar. They need to go back to their homeland and the UN could help Bangladesh return them, she told three top UN officials at her Sangsad Bhaban office, reports UNB. After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters. The UN officials are in Bangladesh on a three-day joint visit to highlight the need for support for the humanitarian assistance to over one million Rohingyas living in Cox’s Bazar. The officials are UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Antonio Vitorino and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock. She mentioned that over one million Rohingyas are a big burden for Bangladesh. “How long will it continue?” she said. The PM said the local residents of Cox’s Bazar are suffering due to the influx of Rohingyas. “But still they’re listening to me, they’re extending their cooperation to the government. Their cultivable lands are being destroyed, even though Rohingyas have been given shelter destroying the forests.” The UN officials reaffirmed UN’s commitment to continue support and cooperation particularly for the education and other basic needs of the Rohingya children...''