Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the countrymen to suppress the agitators by calling them terrorists. The Prime Minister said this after leaving the meeting of the National Committee on Security at Ganobhaban on Sunday (August 4).
Prime Minister’s Assistant Press Secretary ABM Sarwar-e-Alam Sarkar informed this information.
He said that the Prime Minister said that those who are doing sabotage now are not students. They are terrorists. I appeal to the countrymen to suppress these terrorists with strong hands.
The National Committee on Security held a meeting at Ganobhaban at 11:00 am. The meeting ended at 2 o’clock.
The Prime Minister himself is the convener of the National Committee on Security. The total members of this committee are 29, including the Minister-State Minister, Security Advisor, Secretary, Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, BGB, Coast Guard, Forces Intelligence and NSI chiefs.
The work of the National Committee on Security, formed in 2019, is to review all issues and activities related to the security and defense of the country, evaluate and review the internal security situation of the country, give instructions to take necessary measures on the security issues of the country and formulate recommendations for the Cabinet if necessary and related issues. The Cabinet Department provides secretarial support to this committee.
Before this, the last meeting of the committee was held on November 15, 2023, about a month and a half before the national elections of January 7. In that regard, this is the first meeting of the highest policy-making authority related to national security in the current tenure of the government.
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