DHAKA, Nov 14, 2024 (BSS) - Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul today urged all to remain alert against militancy so that no domestic or foreign enemy can disrupt the prospects and progress of Bangladesh taking advantage of the menace.

"If we want to ensure betterment of the country, society, people, our students and children, ourselves; if we want to protect the country from international conspiracy and make Bangladesh free from fascism, we have to protect the country from militancy and fundamentalism at any cost," he said.

The law adviser said this while addressing a memorial meeting on judges Shaheed Shohel Ahmed and Jagannath Pare, who were killed in a bomb attack carried out by JMB in 2005 in Jhalakathi district, as the chief guest at the Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) here this evening, said a press release.

"Militancy and extremism are very frightening things. This incident (killing of two judges in a bomb attack carried out by JMB) is a great example that how it makes people irrational, inhuman and cruel," Asif Nazrul said.

Militancy in the name of any religion can make people cruel, desperate and reckless, he said, adding, there are many examples of this.

"Our neighboring country has also experienced horrific militancy at different times. We cannot support militancy or extremism under any pretext or at any turn," the adviser added.

Noting that there is no friendly country around Bangladesh, he said they always try to humiliate Bangladesh.

They try to show any incident in an exaggerated way and hatch conspiracy over it, Asif Nazrul said, adding, attempts were made to give a label to Bangladesh showing the fundamental activities, which took place in the country in the past, in an exaggerated way.

With such attempts, he said, the neighboring country had been able to "convince" the international community to establish a controlled government system here and "interfere in our internal issues, and become aggressor.

"As a result we witnessed the fascist rule in the country in the last 15 years," the adviser said.

Bangladesh Judicial Service Association President Md Amirul Islam presided over the discussion while Law and Justice Division Secretary Sheikh Abu Taher, Registrar General of Supreme Court Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan, Dhaka District and Sessions Judge Md Helal Uddin, Law and Justice Division Joint Secretary MA Awal, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jakir Hossain and Acting Director General of JATI Sabbir Fayez spoke at the programme, among others.