Urgent National Security Alert: The Imperative to Purge Compromised Elements from Bangladesh’s Advisory and Military Leadership

Reading Time: 3 minutes In today’s complex security environment, Bangladesh faces a multifaceted threat that transcends conventional military confrontation. Our nation’s sovereignty is increasingly jeopardised not by overt force but through insidious internal subversion — a reality demanding immediate, unwavering attention from all national security stakeholders. Over recent months, intelligence operations have uncovered a disturbing pattern of influence and sabotage within our national advisory council and key military leadership ranks. Individuals whose loyalties are compromised—whether by ideological alignment with foreign powers, political patronage, or covert affiliations—have systematically undermined Bangladesh’s strategic interests. Specifically, figures such as Mahfuz Alam, Asif Mahmud, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Md. Touhid Hossain, and Asif Nazrul occupy advisory positions from which they have hindered decisive policy formulation and facilitated the infiltration of hostile foreign narratives into our national discourse. Their continued presence represents a direct threat to our country’s stability and capacity to respond to