31 August, 2017
Violence erupted in Myanmar's Rakhine State on Friday triggering a fresh influx of refugees towards Bangladesh.
It is not known yet, how many people were on the boat, the official said.
The bodies are still on the scene, said OC Khan.
In his phone conversation with Guterres on Wednesday, Erdogan clarified Turkey's diplomatic efforts about recent human rights violations against Rohingya in Myanmar, where hundreds of people have been killed and almost 20,000 displaced since fighting erupted in the country's Rakhine state six days ago, Xinhua reported citing Anadolu Agency.
Local government representative Nurul Amin said two boats sank after the midnight Wednesday.
Bangladeshi border guards on Thursday recovered the bodies of 20 Rohingya women and children whose boat capsized as they fled Myanmar. Eighty kilometers stretch of Naf river is included in the 271.
On Wednesday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the United States to put pressure on Myanmar to stem the flow.
All of the victims are members of Myanmar's Rohingya minority, he said.
Charbonneau urged the Security Council to speak with one voice to demand that both the government and insurgents stop the violence, end human rights abuses, and carry out investigations of alleged abuses.
Police recovered the four bodies and search is on for more who are likely missing.
Bangladesh is under intense global pressure to allow the fleeing Rohingya to cross into its territory, but it has pushed a number of them back, in what rights groups say is a contravention of its worldwide obligations.
Dhaka - At least 21 people have been drowned after boats carrying Rohingya Muslims capsized in south-eastern Naf river in the last couple of days, officials said.
Persecution of the Rohingya, reviled as illegal immigrants by the majority Buddhist population in Myanmar, has triggered widespread condemnation, particularly across the Muslim world.
