DU Correspondent :
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Monday in a conference said that Jamaat-e-Islami was involved in terrorist activities in the country.
‘Terrorism has a legacy in Bangladesh relating to Jamaat-e-Islami’s role in opposing the Liberation War in 1971 and playing the role of collaborator with Pakistani troops’, said Inu.
He passed the remarks while speaking at a valedictory session of a two day international conference on ‘Secularism, Democracy and Gender Parity in South
Asia’ organized jointly by Dhaka University, Research and Development Collective, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies of India and the India Bangladesh Foundation.
The two day conference ended yesterday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University.
‘In Bangladesh, terrorism is like a bubble which may last for 10 days or 10 months depending on how long the bubble lasts’, he further added.
Inu also said Bangladesh and India had blood tied relationship as 8,000 Indian soldiers laid down their lives for the independence of Bangladesh.
‘Terrorism is an issue which is of direct concern to us as neighbours and we are in touch and we work closely bilaterally and closely together on those matters’, he added.
Urging the people of the country to resist these terrorists and militants with united efforts, Hasanul Huq Inu also said that ‘we shall definitely dig them out from this land’.
Presided over by DU Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Nasreen Ahmad (Academic) the final session of the conference was also addressed, among others, by Barrister Amir ul Islam, Professor Irfan Habib, Abul Kalam Azad, National University Education Planning and Administration, New Delhi, DU Economics Dept. Professor Abul Barakat, Professor Rizwan Kaiser, Dept. of History and Culture of Jamia Milia Islamia of New Delhi.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Monday in a conference said that Jamaat-e-Islami was involved in terrorist activities in the country.
‘Terrorism has a legacy in Bangladesh relating to Jamaat-e-Islami’s role in opposing the Liberation War in 1971 and playing the role of collaborator with Pakistani troops’, said Inu.
He passed the remarks while speaking at a valedictory session of a two day international conference on ‘Secularism, Democracy and Gender Parity in South
Asia’ organized jointly by Dhaka University, Research and Development Collective, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies of India and the India Bangladesh Foundation.
The two day conference ended yesterday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University.
‘In Bangladesh, terrorism is like a bubble which may last for 10 days or 10 months depending on how long the bubble lasts’, he further added.
Inu also said Bangladesh and India had blood tied relationship as 8,000 Indian soldiers laid down their lives for the independence of Bangladesh.
‘Terrorism is an issue which is of direct concern to us as neighbours and we are in touch and we work closely bilaterally and closely together on those matters’, he added.
Urging the people of the country to resist these terrorists and militants with united efforts, Hasanul Huq Inu also said that ‘we shall definitely dig them out from this land’.
Presided over by DU Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Nasreen Ahmad (Academic) the final session of the conference was also addressed, among others, by Barrister Amir ul Islam, Professor Irfan Habib, Abul Kalam Azad, National University Education Planning and Administration, New Delhi, DU Economics Dept. Professor Abul Barakat, Professor Rizwan Kaiser, Dept. of History and Culture of Jamia Milia Islamia of New Delhi.
