10 june 2016: bangladesh has hit the headlines in recent months after a spate of attacks on journalists, academics and others in the public eye. in the first of a two-part series on extremism in bangladesh, our local peacebuilding expert discusses developments with researchers studying violence in the country.in discussion with saimum parvez, a senior lecturer in political science and sociology at north south university, and neila husain, a conflict and security analyst and former senior research fellow at the bangladesh institute of international and strategic studies, our bangladesh local peacebuilding expert explores radicalisation and violence in bangladesh.the current government came to power through a questionable national election in 2014sp: key security threats include political violence originating in the contentious relationship between bangladesh's two major political parties, the killing of bloggers, foreigners and faith leaders by local militant outfits, and human security concerns such as climate change.
