extremists
Addressing extremism is a continuous process
We cannot defeat it using firepower alone
STRAIGHT LINE / The fuss about ISIS and what we need to do
The murders of bloggers, intellectuals, priests, academicians, rights activists, and also persons of ordinary vocations committed by allegedly extremist groups...
Editorial / Intolerance continues to kill
The motive behind the horrid murder of Shahidullah, a 'Pir' in Rajshahi, is unknown but the way unidentified assailants killed him bears the hallmark of extremists who have been behind the recent killings of several others, both Muslim and non-Muslim.
Files listing IS fighters are authentic: Germany
Thousands of files have surfaced with personal data on members of the Islamic State group — documents that might help authorities track down and prosecute foreign fighters who returned home after joining the extremists, or identify those who recruited them in the first place.
STRATEGICALLY SPEAKING / Reactivated JMB!
If all those extremists killed and arrested in the last one month belong to the JMB then all those that had written off the extremist group as a non-entity and without the capacity to create problems for the country must be eating their words, and that includes the head of our police too.
ISIS in Bangladesh: Contradictory messages deepen anxiety
Siegfried O. Wolf, a professor of political science at the South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg, said that foreign intelligence agencies did withhold sensitive information from Bangladesh, fearing that it could be misused. The country is in the grip of extreme political polarization, he said, and there is factionalism and rivalry among security agencies.
Extremists kill 28 in Nigeria village attacks
Boko Haram extremists kill 28 people during attacks on remote villages in northeast Nigeria, members of a civilian defense group says.
Protect bloggers, prosecute those targeting free speech: HRW
Human Rights Watch urges Bangladesh government to declare an unequivocal commitment to free speech instead of proposing self-censorship.
STRAIGHT LINE / Bloggers and the bigoted
THE brutal murders of two bloggers by extremists, one in full public view and the other in broad daylight, in a residential area of the city in disturbingly quick succession have understandably created a wave of fear amongst the people.
Our plan for countering violent extremism
SHOW the world the power of peaceful communities, and tackle bad governance that breeds frustration.