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Posts published in “Day: March 10, 2017

82pc of B’desh militants radicalised thru’ social media

By Mohammad Jamil Khan and Shariful Islam in The Daily Star, Mar 10, 2017 Around 82 percent of the arrested militant suspects in Bangladesh were radicalised through social media platforms, a police study has found. “Conducting a research among the 780 militants arrested since 2010, we found that around 82 percent of them became radicalised from propaganda materials on social media platforms,” Mohammad Moniruzzaman, assistant inspector general (confidential) of police headquarters, told The Daily Star…

Comilla police attacker had links with Gulshan mastermind Tamim

by Arifur Rahman Rabbi in Dhaka Tribune, Mar 10, 2017 Ahmed Azwad Imtiaz Talukder alias Omi, one of the two people detained for attacking police in Comilla, had stayed at a militant hideout in Narayanganj, where Gulshan attack mastermind Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury was living as well, said police. Omi had left the hideout just seven days before the August 27 operation that left Tamim and two other militants dead. Even, he also knew the five militants…

Cross-border tension after Ansar man’s death

By Shilajit Kar Bhowmik & Rafiqul Islam in Dhaka Tribune, Mar 10, 2017 Feni: Lance Nayek Nowsher Ali of Bangladesh Ansar was killed when a clash broke out during an anti-narcotics drive by a law enforcement team in a border area of Fulgazi upazila around 11pm on Wednesday. Indian authorities on the other hand are saying the incident was an attack on Indian villagers by intruders from Bangladesh. Executive Magistrate Sohel Rana, who led the…

Rabbani warns against inclusion of AJK, GB in CCI

by Maqbool Malik in The Nation, March 10th, 2017 ISLAMABAD – Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani Thursday warned that addition of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) in the Council of Common Interest (CCI) could undermine Pakistan’s international position on Kashmir dispute. Rabbani made these observations in response to a request to the Senate and Chairman for guidance by Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Riaz Hussain Pirzada how to go about bringing AJK and…