Regional Workshop on "Developing a Counter-Radicalization Policy for Bangladesh"


The Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), Dhaka, organized a Regional Workshop on “Developing a Counter-Radicalization Policy for Bangladesh” on March 23, 2014. Participants from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh gave presentations on their respective country’s experience in counter-radicalization. Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haq delivered the keynote address. Imtiaz Gul, the CRSS executive director, also gave a presentation on Pakistan’s experiences and new policy measures envisaged in the National Internal Security Policy (NISP) approved by the federal cabinet on March 18. He explained to the experts’ workshop that the NISP represented first formal legal-administrative framework to deal with counter-terrorism (CT) and counter-radicalization (CR) issues, though the policy is likely to undergo changes following a national consultative process.

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“Fiscal empowerment, robust trade, and economic connectivity can act as buffer against radicalisation and extremism.”

Fazal Moqeem Khan

Beyond Boundaries Participant & Former President Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry