State Minister for Home Assaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said terrorism has become a global threat and it should be tackled internationally.
“The world has to unite in order to face this growing threat of terrorism,” he said addressing the concluding session of a four-day workshop on “Responding to Terrorism: Alternative Approaches” at Police Staff College in Mirpur.
The objective of the workshop was to share experiences from theoretical and practical application of knowledge gleaned from local, regional as well as international perspectives on combating terrorism.The workshop, jointly organized by Police Staff College and International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) of Singapore, began on Monday.
The State Minister said terrorism is not limited to the geographical boundaries or any specific society. It is a world wide problem, he added.
“If we want to face a global problem, we have to act globally,” Assaduzzaman said.
He observed that we need to know the international standard in terms of counter terrorism strategies and management of counter terrorism operation.
“Our conventional approaches sometimes do not match organized criminal networks as local, regional and international levels,” he said.
Assaduzzaan said processional competence is essential in developing an effective multi-agency strategy that manages the risk from terrorism by reducing both the threat as well as vulnerability.
Presided over by Rector of Police Staff College Md Nazmul Haque, the opening conclusion session was also addressed, among others, by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandker and head of ICPVTR Dr Rohan Gunuratna were also addressed the function where senior police officers were present.
Twenty two officers in the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) or its equivalent from different police units, Border Guards Bangladesh, Special Security Force (SSF), National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Directorate General Force of Intelligence (DGFI) participated in the training workshop. – UNB
