No room for extremism in Bangladesh, says Mahfuj
Information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam has said that there is no room for extremism in Bangladesh, and nobody would have the opportunity to rise up with political or religious extremism...
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Bangladesh debunks The New York Times article
The New York Times article titled 鈥楢s Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening鈥� is a misleading one, the Bangladesh government said on Tuesday....
Islamic extremism won鈥檛 return to Bangladesh, Yunus tells The Economist
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus in an interview with British magazine The Economist dismissed any possibilities of Islamic extremism returning to Bangladesh following the student-led uprising.
Time of hope and a promise to keep
THE recent political transition in Sri Lanka, following the presidential and parliamentary elections of September and November, offers a pivotal opportunity to address entrenched issues of exclusion. In his inaugural speech at the 10th Parliament, president Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised his commitment to preventing racism and religious extremism in Sri Lanka. He asserted that his government...
Pope makes appeal on extremism as he launches Asia tour
Pope Francis appealed on Wednesday for religious unity to counter extremism and intolerance, as the longest tour of the 87-year-old鈥檚 papacy got into full swing in Muslim-majority Indonesia...
Drivers of extremism
WHAT compels a mob to burn someone to death? What explains such amplified levels of anger that an accusation against some person from a marginalised group leads to a lynching?...
Extremism squared
ACCORDING to a prominent local human rights organisation, Bangladesh has seen more than 4,000 attacks against its Hindu community since January 2013. Unfortunately, Bangladesh has witnessed such targeted persecution against minorities...