NSI chief in Delhi for security conference

Bangladesh National Security Intelligence (NSI) Director General Major General Abu Mohammad Sarwar Farid arrived in New Delhi on Sunday to attend the 8th South Asian Counter Terrorism Conference, a multilateral forum bringing together representatives from several countries.

The two-day conference, scheduled for October 26-27, brings together representatives from South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

The NSI chief is scheduled to return to Bangladesh on October 28, according to Indian news portal nenews.in.

He is accompanied by an NSI delegation comprising Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, an additional director; Mohammad Mahin Chowdhury Bipu, a joint director; Zahid Hasan Joy, an assistant programmer; and Mohammed Zahirul Islam, an official of the Prime Minister’s Office.

The annual conference brings together representatives from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Brunei, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

It aims to strengthen regional cooperation in counter-terrorism, drug trafficking and human trafficking, while promoting broader diplomatic engagement among participating countries.