Amid rising pressure over Rohingya issue, Myanmar is sending a "special envoy" next week for emergency talks with high government officials in Dhaka.

Diplomatic sources in Dhaka yesterday told The Daily Star that Myanmar State Counsellor and leader of the National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi was sending the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, U Kyaw Tin, as the special envoy likely on January 11.

The envoy will call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on January 11 or 12 and also hold meetings with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque.

More than 50,000 Rohingya Muslims from northwestern Myanmar have fled to Bangladesh since October last year to escape a military counter-insurgency operation.

Myanmar's army says it is hunting militants behind deadly raids on police posts on October 9, but Rohingya survivors have described rape, murder and arson at the hands of soldiers — accounts that have raised global alarm and galvanised protests.

The envoy's visit is taking place at a time when foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states are going to meet in Malaysia's Kuala Lampur on January 19 to take a tough resolution against Myanmar over Rohingya issue.

The foreign ministers are expected to mount pressure on Myanmar to address basic human rights and humanitarian issues and ensure that the minority community members safely return with dignity.

Besides, a team of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the United Nations is also expected to arrive in Dhaka next week to evaluate the Rohingya situation in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has been requesting the Myanmar government to urgently address the root cause of the problem in the Rakhine State so that Rakhine Muslims are not required to desperately seek shelter across the border.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 29, 2016 summoned Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka Myo Myint Than and demanded early repatriation of all Myanmar nationals staying in the country.

Though expressed deep concern at the continued influx of Muslims from the Rakhine, Bangladesh offered its readiness to engage with Myanmar to discuss process and modalities of repatriation with Myanmar.