by Mymensingh Correspondent in bdnews24.com, Nov 29, 2017 RAB has detained two men in a raid after finding weapon-making materials at a home in Mymensingh. The raid occurred early on Wednesday at a building owned by Moinuddin Ahmed in the Milonbag area of the district town, said RAB-14 Commanding Officer Lt Col Shariful Islam. The detainees are Sohel Miah, 22, and Habib. Additional details on the detainees were not available. The two had rented a…
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By Shariful Islam in The Daily Star, Nov 28, 2017 The High Court yesterday asked Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to form a probe body to investigate why the intelligence unit of then BDR failed to detect the impending 2009 mutiny. A three-member bench of the High Court while delivering the verdict on death references and appeals in the sensational BDR carnage case advised the authorities to make the probe report public as soon as possible.…
report in bdnews24.com, Nov 27, 2017 at 21.07:32.0BdST Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation or PKSF Chairman Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad has said like land grabbing and river encroachment, ‘bank grabbing’ is now on in Bangladesh’s financial sector. He was speaking on the second day of a two-day annual banking conference organised by Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management or BIBM in Dhaka on Monday. Kholiquzzaman, who teaches economics at Dhaka University, said, “Grabbing is under way in the banking…
by Rajshahi Correspondent in bdnews24.com, Nov 28, 2017 Explosions and gunfire rang out after RAB began a raid on a suspected militant hideout on a sandbar on the Padma River in Chapainawabganj, a commanding officer has said. The tin building caught fire early on Tuesday amid the gunfire and explosion, said Rajshahi RAB Commanding Officer Mahabub Alam. Though the fire was put out, RAB personnel have been unable to get inside. They are waiting for…
by Ashutosh Sarkar & Wasim Bin Habib in The Daily Star, Nov 27, 2017 The 2009 BDR mutiny had posed a serious challenge to the 48-day-old government and a grave threat to democracy and the rule of law, a High Court judge observed yesterday while delivering the verdict in the sensational BDR carnage case. Showing disregard for the rule of law, the mutineers had engaged themselves in a conspiracy to destabilise the country by killing…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Nov 24, 2017 Two Bangladeshi militants recently apprehended in Kolkata had plans to murder bloggers in Bangladesh, the Indian Special Task force (STF) has said. On Tuesday, Kolkata police arrested three people including two Bangladeshi nationals – Samsad Mian alias Tanvir (26), along with Rizaul Islam alias Riyaz – from near Kolkata railway station. A 32mm pistol, a flash drive, al-Qaeda documents on how to make explosives, and religious documents in…
“The return shall commence within two months,” Bangladesh foreign ministry said in a statement issued hours after the signing of an “arrangement” yesterday on the repatriation of the refugees sheltered in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Myanmar Union Minister U Kyaw Tint Swe signed the instrument at the State Counsellor’s Office in Naypyitaw. Later, Mahmood told reporters that this is the “first step”. He, however, didn’t mention any timeframe for concluding the…
report in Prothom Alo, Nov 23, 2017 at 16:57 Bangladesh, Myanmar sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to repatriate Rohingya people, at Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday. Photo: Foreign ministry/Prothom AloWithout any specific timeframe, Bangladesh, Myanmar on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to repatriate Rohingya people from Bangladesh. The two neighbouring nations struck the MoU following a meeting between foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali and Myanmar’s state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in…
Abu Saleh Md Abdul Aziz, a former Jamaat-e-Islami parliament member from Gaibandha and convicted war criminal, is known as ‘Ghoramara’ Aziz (horse killer) in his locality. He was one of the key razakars or collaborators of Pakistan army in Gaibandha during the Liberation War. Aziz assisted the occupation force to carry out torture, rape, murder and looting in the district. When asked about the origin of this rather peculiar moniker, war crimes prosecutor Sayedul Haque…
report on, bdnews24.com, Nov 22, 2-017 at 15:21:25.0 BdST A court has sentenced six people, including former Gaibandha Jamaat MP Abu Saleh Mohammad Abdul Aziz Mia, popularly known as Ghoramara Aziz, to death for war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War. A three-member bench of the International Crimes Tribunal announced the verdict on Wednesday. According to the decision, the court found the suspects guilty on all three charges presented by the prosecutors. It sentenced them…
Although some contentious issues remain unresolved, Bangladesh and Myanmar are likely to sign an agreement today on the return of Rohingyas to Rakhine. “We had a good discussion today [Wednesday]. We hope to sign the deal tomorrow. It’s now at the final stage,” Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said yesterday. He made the comment after a meeting with Myanmar Minister for State Counsellor’s Office Kyaw Tint Swe at a hotel in Naypyitaw. Issues like setting…