Terrorists must be destroyed with jt efforts: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a gas factory in France and said the brutal force of the terrorists must be destroyed completely with the united efforts of civilised humanity. In a message to French President Francois Hollande, he said said: "I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on a gas factory near the city of Lyon in France where one person was found decapitated and an explosion took place yesterday. This dastardly attack again shows the brutal force of the terrorists that must be destroyed completely with the united efforts of civilised humanity." She reiterated that the people of Bangladesh firmly stand by the friendly people of France in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism of any kind. "We express our deepest condolence and heartfelt sympathy to you and the people of France and particularly to the near and dear ones of the victims of the terrorist attack," she said. Hasina reiterated her government’s stated policy of zero tolerance to terrorism and extremism. "We the civilized, democratic and secular peoples of the world will continue our fight against the evils of terror who must be identified only as terrorists irrespective of their colour, race or religion," according to UNB.