Holding signs with slogans including "The Earth Is for Everyone, Not Only for Muslims" and "Stop Insulting Buddhism", the robed monks staged a short protest outside the Bangladesh embassy in the former capital.[break]
The rally ended when police asked the monks to disperse.
Sectarian tensions have been running high along the country´s joint border since June when deadly clashes erupted between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar´s western Rakhine state.
Myanmar´s government and many Burmese view Myanmar´s stateless Rohingya population as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh police said Tuesday they had arrested nearly 300 people in connection with a wave of violence in the southeast of the country where Buddhist temples and homes were damaged and set on fire.
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