No militant activity in Bangladesh: Home Adviser

Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said there is no militant activity in the country now.

The adviser said this at a press briefing after visiting the Export Cargo Village and a cold storage of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday.

Replying to a question about giving a militant tag to Bangladeshi nationals in Malaysia, Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said that those who were deported from Malaysia are not militant and they were sent bank to Bangladesh as the validity of their visas was expired. The Malaysian Inspector General of Police (IGP) recently talked about five more Bangladeshi nationals and the issue is now under verification, he added.

“We’ve not received any official communication about their involvement in militancy. Our foreign ministry has already issued a press release clarifying the situation,” he said.

Replying to another question about the inspection, the adviser said that Bangladesh's agro-export capacity has been increasing gradually and that steps are being taken to improve the logistic support for it.