No compromise with terrorism, militancy
PM tells Canada's special envoy and urges return of convicted killer Noor Chowdhury
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her government's tough stance against terrorism and militancy and vowed that the government would never compromise on these issues.
She also called for united global efforts to curb the menaces as the terrorists and militants have no boundary.
She said this when Canada's Special Envoy on Commonwealth Membership Renewal Senator Hugh Segal call ed on her at her office yesterday.
Press Secretary to the PM Abul Kalam Azad briefed journalists after the meeting.
Hasina told the envoy that her government has worked hard to keep a control on terrorism and militancy in the last three years.
She mentioned about some massive terrorist attacks in the past, including the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka and the series of simultaneous bomb explosions at 500 places across the country during the rule of the previous BNP-Jamaat alliance government.
She said President Zillur Rahman's wife Ivy Rahman, former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria and Ahsan Ullah Master were killed in such attacks during the period.
She said Canada should return Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's convicted killer Maj (retd) Noor Chowdhury, who is currently residing in Canada, to Bangladesh to face justice.
In response, the envoy told the PM that he would convey her message to the concerned authorities of the Canadian government.
They also discussed issues related to the trial of war criminals, climate change, food security and poverty alleviation as well as the preparation of the next Commonwealth Summit to be held in Sri Lanka.
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