One year into the country’s largest prison breaks in history when 17 district jails saw violent attacks to free over 2,000 inmates, including dangerous militants linked to the Islamic State, Ansar al-Islam, an al-Qaeda franchise, and Hizb ut-Tahrir, they are now not only posing threat to Bangladesh’s security, but also traveling abroad.

Intelligence sources say over the law few months, some jihadists have travelled to Pakistan via Nepal for training, some have intruded into India’s Northeastern states to stage sabotage, some to Saudi Arabia while latest reports say at least one has landed in the United Kingdom due to inaction of the Yunus regime to arrest them and stem the rise of extremism.

Media reports say one of the jihadists who escaped the Narsingdi District Jail on July 19 was arrested in Malaysia along with 34 others recently.

Compounding these issues, jihadist leaders from Hamas and the Taliban have made high-profile visits to Bangladesh, receiving open support from Islamist groups. On September 7, 2024, the group Al Markazul Islami hosted a major event attended by senior Hamas figures including Sheikh Khaled Quddumi and Khaled Mashaal, along with Pakistani Islamist leaders like Mufti Taqi Usmani and Maulana Fazlur Rahman. The presence of such figures on Bangladeshi soil is deeply concerning to regional........

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