Dhaka: A special tribunal in Dhaka yesterday found five Kishoreganj Razakars guilty of abduction, torture and killings during the Liberation War in 1971 and handed down death sentences to four of them and jail until death to another. “All the five convicted accused persons by virtue of their membership in local Razakar Bahini were knowingly and culpably engaged in committing the horrendous activities constituting the offences of killing, abduction and other crimes against humanity,” the…
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Dhaka: Months after deporting 26 “radicalised” Bangladeshi workers, Singapore arrested eight other Bangladeshis who the authorities say were members of a group called Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB). Besides, another five Bangladeshis were deported for suspected militancy link. They were arrested from Banasree area in Dhaka yesterday. The five were investigated as part of crackdown on the so-called ISB, and it was found that “they possessed and/or proliferated jihadi-related materials, or supported the use of…
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Washington/Nangarhar: The United States and the West have long targeted Afghan opium and heroin production. Now the industry has a new enemy: Islamic State (IS). Afghan opium farmers in areas under IS control told VOA’s Afghan service that IS has started eradicating poppy crops in eastern parts of the country. IS has reportedly destroyed opium plants used for heroin production in Nangarhar’s Achin and Dehbala districts and has warned farmers to find another cash crop.…