political unrest may put the upcoming cricketing events in Bangladesh in danger

The issue that is steadily becoming the talking point of the cricketing fraternity following the withdrawal of the West Indies under-19 team from their seven-match youth ODI series after an explosion near the team hotel in Chittagong is security in Bangladesh.
There have been talks about how the growing political unrest may put the upcoming cricketing events in Bangladesh in danger, despite Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon’s statement that he was not worried about the upcoming events.
Bangladesh’s busy international schedule in 2014 will begin with the series of Sri Lanka, who will arrive in Dhaka on January 24, and the series will be followed by two multinational events — the Asia Cup in February and the ICC World Twenty20 in March-April.

Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga has said that they would commission an independent security appraisal of the political situation in Bangladesh ahead of their team’s tour, but Pakistan Cricket Board’s acting chairman Najam Sethi made it clear yesterday that the PCB would take no unilateral decision about pulling out of the Asia Cup or the ICC World Twenty20 despite the growing security concerns.
“We have to monitor the situation over the next few weeks and take a decision on the tour. However, we don’t want to make hasty announcements right now as Bangladesh is a fellow Asian country which maintains a very good relationship with us. We have to keep in mind that we had a similar situation not so long ago and all our Asian neighbours were very supportive of us,” said Ranatunga.