Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday said the perpetrators are carrying out recent killings in a bid to terrify the public mind.

The minister came up with the remark while addressing at the concluding ceremony of a foundation training course at Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) at Savar in Dhaka.

"The aim of the killers will not be fulfilled as Bangalee is a brave nation. They will not feel fear in some killing incidents," he said. 

Ashraf said, "Our law enforcement agencies have remained alert to stop such killings. They (law enforcers) are intensifying their efforts to arrest those who are responsible for the heinous incidents." 

He said the government is sincerely working to complete unfinished works for translating the Vision-2021 into reality.