Main content

Bangladesh: Extremism on the Rise

Is Bangladesh losing control to violent fundamentalists? Who is to blame? And what should be done to bring stability back to Bangladesh?

Is Bangladesh losing control to violent fundamentalists? That’s the question Razia Iqbal and her guests are discussing on this week’s Newshour Extra. In early July Islamist gunmen took hostages in a Dhaka cafe, leaving 20 dead. That’s part of an upsurge of deadly violence across the country that has included the brutal murders of many bloggers, atheists and secular intellectuals. Who is to blame? How much of the violence can be pinned on international groups like so-called Islamic State and al-Qaeda? And what should be done to bring stability back to Bangladesh?

(Picture shows secular activists holding a torch-lit protest against the killing of blogger Niloy Chakrabarti. Credit: Getty Images)

Available now

50 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Jul 2016 10:06GMT

Contributors

Tahmima Anam - British-Bangladeshi writer, novelist, columnist and anthropologist. She has just published her third novel, The Bones of Grace.

Brigadier General (Rtd)Β Sakhawat Hossain, - a security analyst and a former Election Commissioner

Aly Zaker - an analyst and cultural commentator - and former war correspondent during Bangladesh's independence struggle.

Ethirajan Anbarasan -Β Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ South Asia analyst and former Dhaka correspondent

Broadcasts

  • Fri 15 Jul 2016 08:06GMT
  • Fri 15 Jul 2016 23:06GMT
  • Sat 16 Jul 2016 03:06GMT
  • Sat 16 Jul 2016 10:06GMT

The Real Story Podcast

Subscribe via your favourite podcast app...

Podcast