by Mahadi Al Hasnat &Arifur Rahman Rabbi in Dhaka Tribune, May 25, 2018 A total 51 people have already been killed in the recent anti-drug operations as of on Thursday, and more than a thousand have been arrested across the country Law enforcement agencies of Bangladesh have all but declared war on drug traffickers across the country from the beginning of this month. A total 51 people have already been killed in the recent anti-drug…
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report in Prothom Alo, May 24, 2018 at 22:16 hrs Obaidul Quader file photoRuling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Thursday that their party does not believe in extrajudicial killings. Dwelling on alleged gunfights with drug traders that claimed more than 50 lives in 10 days or so, he claimed that such gunfights with law enforcers cannot be called extrajudicial killings. “When law enforcement agencies go to arrest drug dealers, they…
by Rozina Islam in Prothom Alo, May 24, 2018 atv17:09v hrs Ruling Awami League’s member of parliament from Cox’s Bazar Abdur Rahman Badi has been mentioned as patron of drug trade, in a list made, on the basis of reports by five state agencies. However, the government is unwilling to take action against him as, the home minister himself argued, ‘no proof’ for his involvement in drug trade is found. Rather, Badi’s position in the…
by Inam Ahmed and Shakhawat Liton in The Daily Star, May 23, 2018 As the special drive against yaba peddlers goes on in full swing, questions arise why some alleged yaba godfathers in Ukhia-Teknaf, the gateway of smuggling the crazy drug into Bangladesh, whose names have prominently figured in multiple intelligence reports, remain out of the net. Abdur Rahman Bodi, the Awami League MP from Teknaf, has long been known as the godfather of yaba…
Expressing her government’s firm stance against drugs, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said it would completely eradicate the menace from the country as it did in the case of militancy. “We have contained militancy. Now, we have taken an initiative to save the country from the menace of drugs. You have noticed that drives against drugs have already started,” she said. The premier made the statement when newly elected Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukder…
By Shariful Islam and Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, May 21, 2018 Barely a month after they tied the knot, Aleya (not her real name) and her husband got the shock of their lives. Photos and videos of some private moments of the 21-year-old woman and her former boyfriend, Monirul Islam Moni, were sent to her husband, his family members and friends through social media, putting the marriage in jeopardy. Moni had copied…
by Liton Haider, Chief Crimes Correspondent, bdnews24.com, May 21, 2018 Bangladesh has at least 7 million drug addicts and 5 million of them are hooked on yaba pills, according to people familiar with the situation. The government has no statistics on the drug addicts, but the Department of Narcotics Control Director General Md Jamal Uddin Ahmed supports the statistics of the non-government organisations working on eliminating drugs. Reached by bdnews24.com for the exact figure of…
report in Dhaka Tribune, May 21st, 2018 At least six people were killed in separate ‘gunfight ‘incidents with law enforcement on Sunday during an aggressive campaign against the surging narcotics trade. The incidents took place in Barishal, Feni, Mymensingh, Jashore, Dinajpur, and Tangail districts. Law enforcement agencies have also arrested 2,300 suspected drug traffickers and users in raids since early May, according to a statement by Rapid Action battalion, reports AFP. RAB officials said its…
report in The Daily Star, May 17, 2018 Chhatra League men have allegedly threatened to shoot and kill quota reform activists if they do not stop their movement. “None of you [protestors] will be spared. Just let the gazette [on quota reform] be published. You will be shot dead,” quota reform leader Nurul Huq Nur quoted Chhatra League Vice-president Imtiaz Bulbul Bappi as telling him. Bappi dismissed the claim. A group of BCL men led…
report in The Daily Star, May 17, 2018 BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia cannot walk out of prison right now even after winning a hard-fought legal battle for bail at the Supreme Court yesterday, as she didn’t get bail in seven other cases in which she was shown arrested. Two weeks after landing in jail upon being sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage graft case, Khaleda filed a bail petition with the High…
Report in The daily star, May 16, 2018 It’s now a national crisis. The influx of deadly yaba appears to have gone beyond control despite efforts by law enforcement agencies to contain it. The crazy medicine is available everywhere — from the capital city to remote villages, from slums to posh areas. It has penetrated the society’s all strata — students and professionals, the poor and the rich. That’s how some top officials of police,…