, Jan. 24 -- Bangladesh has strongly rejected Myanmar's recent submissions before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case brought by The Gambia over the Rohingya genocide, saying Naypyidaw's attempt to label the Rohingya as 'Bengalis' is a deliberate effort to justify atrocities committed against them in 2016-17.

In a press release on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Myanmar is trying to create a false narrative of illegal migration and internal security threats by referring to the Rohingya as 'Bengalis', portraying the so-called 'clearance operations' as counter-terrorism measures while diverting attention from crimes against humanity.

The government emphasised that the Rohingya are a distinct ethnic group th...