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Report in Prothom Alo, Sept 16, 2017 at 22.34hrs Civil society members at a roundtable said a fair election would be impossible if the government did not play a neutral role during the elections. Citizens for Good Governance (Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik, Sujan), the civil society platform for good governance, organised the roundtable titled on ‘Specific Steps for Fair Polls’ at the National Press Club on Saturday. The participants said the country will fall into serious…

by Pallab Bhattacharya in The Daily Star, Sept 15, 2017 Three Bangladeshi brothers, suspected to have links with militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team, have been arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, a senior police official said yesterday. The trio — identified as Mohammad Imran, Rajiuddin and Mohammad Firdaus — were arrested in Lucknow, the state’s capital city, when they were about to board Howrah-Amritsar Express train on Wednesday afternoon,…

By James Hookway in the Wall St Journal, Sept 13, 2017 at 5.41pm ET YANGON, Myanmar—Myanmar’s government calls the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army “extremist militant terrorists.” The group, known as ARSA, and its founder, Ata Ullah, say it is defending Muslim Rohingya, highlighting decades of repression they have endured in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where most live along the border with Bangladesh. The conflict is drawing the attention of foreign extremists. Al Qaeda’s central leadership urged Muslims…

Report in bdnews24.com, Sept 15, 2017 Benapole: Police have detained three people on charges of forcing a Buddhist monk to speak over the Rohingya issue, recording his statement and circulating the video on social media at Benapole border in Jessore. The three detainees are Reazul Islam Mandal, Amin Hossain and Toufique Ahmed. Benapole Police Station Sub-Inspector Sharif Habibur Rahman said the trio stopped the Buddhist monk on his way home to Chittagong from India on…

report in bdnews24.com, Sept 13, 2017 at 21:37:04.0 BdST Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government is investigating BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s offshore assets. She spoke about the issue on being asked by Jatiya Party MP Fakhrul Imam on Wednesday about the offshore assets of the BNP leaders, including Khaleda. Referring to a report of Global Intelligence Network, Imam presented a list of the BNP leaders’ assets abroad. He said the Zia family have…

by Tarek Mahmud in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 14, 2017 The militant outfits both at home and abroad are fishing in troubled waters as they are trying to inspire their followers to go to Myanmar and fight the country’s military in the name of saving the Rohingya people who face brutality at the hands of the Myanmar army. Highlighting the Rohingya crisis as an important issue, global jihadist groups and several international and native militant outfits…

They have been held hostage in Libya and tortured brutally by fellow Bangladeshis. Video clips of their sufferings have then been sent to their relatives by members of the network here asking for ransom. The victims — Ayub Ali, 25, and Rubel, 28, — from Naogaon are still in captivity in Libya. Meanwhile, the Police Bureau of Investigation arrested six members of the gang, who had been operating from here, in Kishoreganj and Narsingdi in…

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), the militant group which tipped Myanmar’s Rakhine state into a crisis, on Sunday declared a unilateral ceasefire until October 9. Deadly attacks by ARSA began on August 25, provoking weeks of operations by Myanmar’s troops and police which have sent around 300,000 Rohinyga fleeing to Bangladesh. A further 27,000 ethnic Rakhine Buddhists are internally displaced as the state is once more devoured by communal and religious violence. Who are…

Report on bdnews24.com, Sept 10, 2017 at 22:12 BdST Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should try convincing China and India to pressure the Myanmar government into taking back the Rohingya refugees who are currently flooding the southeastern border of Bangladesh, BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. “The prime minister should take a trip to India and China, if needed. They are lending support to the Myanmar government,” the party spokesperson said on Sunday. “They…

Counterterrorism officials yesterday claimed to have arrested two suspected members of militant outfit “Neo JMB” in the capital’s Khilkhet area. Although the officers claimed that they arrested Nayeem Ahmed alias Anas, 30, and Anwar Hossain, 35, on Friday night, family members of the duo said they were picked up by unidentified men over a month ago. Nayeem was picked up from near his Adabar home on July 27 and Anwar, a mechanic, from his motor…