The ISA Arrests: The Domestic Context in Bangladesh

• Main Author: Kumar Ramakrishna
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Terrorism Studies; Country and Region Studies; South Asia; Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80574; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40713
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The recent arrests of Bangladeshi foreign workers in Singapore demonstrate that the extremist Islamist challenge within Bangladesh is beginning to affect regional neighbours. Dhaka needs to exercise zero tolerance toward the threat.