Dhaka, April 2 -- The Chief Advisor's Office (CAO) has strongly criticised an article published by The New York Times (NYT), calling it "misleading" and an "oversimplification" of Bangladesh's political and social landscape.

The NYT report highlights a surge of Islamic extremism in the country.

In a statement released on Tuesday via the Facebook page "CA Press Wing Facts," the office of Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus took issue with the report, titled "As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening".

The media statement asserted that the article presents a "troubling" and "one-sided" portrait of Bangladesh's trajectory.

"The NYT article provides a handful of incidents to paint a picture of a country spiralling into ...