Social media under watch to check militancy
Says home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said the intelligence agencies are closely monitoring Facebook, twitter, cyber games, Whatsapp and other social media to control all sorts of cyber based militant activities.
He was talking to reporters after a meeting of the National Committee on Militancy Resistance and Prevention at his ministry.
Khan said the members of law enforcement agencies have been asked to remain alert to check militancy.
Their network and the intelligence agencies with close coordination would take necessary measures to combat terrorism, he added.
“Intelligence unit of Bangladesh Bank (BB) and regular intelligence units have been working to find out sources of the militant's finance. Bangladesh Bank would submit a complete report within the next two months,” the minister said.
Regarding the cases filed against militants, the minister said the meeting also discussed this matter how to dispose of these cases as early as possible.
Besides, he said, the government would also monitor all textbooks of madrasa education aimed at avoiding any kind of unexpected printing mistakes as well as topic in the text.
Chaired by the home minister, the 7th meeting of the committee was also attended, among others, by Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque, the ministry's Security Division Secretary Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed, social welfare ministry Secretary M Zillar Hossain, Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Maj Gen Abul Hossain, Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard Rear Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury, Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Maj Gen Sheikh Pasha Habib Uddin, Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benzir Ahmed, Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Asaduzzaman Miah, and representatives from Bangladesh Bank, Islamic Foundation and other intelligence units.