Terrorist activity decline in Bangladesh: US
17 December 2021, 06:23 pm | Updated: 26 November 2024, 09:34 pm
Bangladesh experienced a decrease in terrorist activity last year, accompanied by an increase in terrorism-related investigations and arrests, says a new US report.
“The Bangladesh government continued to articulate a zero-tolerance policy toward terrorism and the use of its territory as a terrorist safe haven,” said the report issued by US State Department on Thursday.
It said, in January, the Bangladesh government’s new national Antiterrorism Unit began standing up operations, to eventually assume a role as a lead counterterrorism agency.
In 2020, the report said, there were three specific terrorist incidents in Bangladesh, resulting in no deaths.
The State Department said Bangladesh cooperated with the US to strengthen control of its borders and ports of entry.
Bangladesh actively shared law enforcement information with INTERPOL but does not have a dedicated terrorist Alert List, it says.
