By Probir Kumar Sarker in Dhaka Tribune, Mar 9, 2017 The CIA recently made available online several thousand documents on Bangladesh’s pre- and post-independence events. Today Dhaka Tribune publishes the CIA’s observations on the security forces of an independent Bangladesh, the third of a series of exclusive stories. The strength of the army posted in East Pakistan in early 1971 was dismal – largely disorganised and badly equipped, but the mindset of most of the…
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By Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique in Dhaka Tribune, Mar 8, 207 Awamil League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said communal forces and the next general polls are the two major challenges for the ruling party. He said the communal forces still existed and the Awami League wanted to win the next parliamentary election. “They [communal forces] are working undercover very actively in the country and can launch sabotage at any moment. It would be…
By Mitoon Chowdhury in bdnews24.com, Mar 8, 2017 Chittagong:Bangladesh Customs Intelligence suspects that an inter-continental crime ring is active in Chittagong port and out to use the port for their criminal activities. Their suspicion came after they seized liquid cocaine laced in sunflower oil, the huge amount of counterfeit Indian rupees and, of late 12 containers full of smuggled liquors and cigarettes at the main port of the country. The 12 containers of smuggled items…
Report in The daily Star, Mar 8, 2017 Comilla: A police check post comes under attack in Comilla on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, a day after an attempted a bomb attack to snatch away a death row militant. Two persons were detained. In the photo, law enforcers inspect the spot on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Kutumbopur in Chandina. Photo: Star Star Report Police again came under attack by suspected militants during a routine check of…
By Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique in Dhaka Tribune, Mar 7, 2017 Worker’s Party President Rashed Khan Menon claimed on Monday that the BNP-Jamaat alliance had created terrorist outfit New JMB, a new faction of banned group JMB affiliated with Islamic State, for carrying out secret assassinations across Bangladesh. “Neo JMB [also known as New JMB] proved its existence through the Holey Artisan Bakery attack at Gulshan in Dhaka,” he said while taking part in the…
Dhaka: The government has lodged a strong protest on the incident of firing at a fishing boat in Naf River on February 6 by Myanmar Border Guard Police. In a Diplomatic note sent to the Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka, the Foreign Ministry protested the attack that caused the life of an innocent Bangladeshi fisherman, according to a press release. The ministry called the shooting at an unarmed Bangladeshi fishing boat an act of unprovoked aggression.…
by Ashif Islam Shaon in Dhaka Tribune, Feb 9, 2017 The investigation agency of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed over its report to the prosecution on four alleged war criminals of Satkhira including the district Jamaat-e-Islami ameer on Wednesday. The agency claimed to have found involvement of the four accused in killing six persons, torturing 14 people and raping 2 women at Satkhira sadar and Ashashuni upazila during the 1971 Liberation War. They are—Jamaat ameer…
The High Court has thrown out former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s petition to review its earlier decision that scrapped her plea to halt case proceedings in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice JBM Hassan issued the order on Thursday. Badruddoza Badal, a lawyer for BNP Chairperson Khaleda, said they had filed the petition as the rule to administer oath of witnesses by ‘God’ was not followed while…
The Awami League has announced names for several posts in its Central Working Committee, a day after its National Council, when it re-elected Sheikh Hasina the President and made Obaidul Quader the new General Secretary. Organising Secretaries Ahmed Hossain, Md Misbah Uddin Siraj, BM Mozammel Haque, AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapan, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury got two new comrades, Enamul Haque Shamim and Barrister Mahbiul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel. During the last term, Shamim…
The author is a freelance writer, blogger and an IT consultant The impoverished but proud parents would have been happy the day their sons got selected for the police force. With lots of prayers their moms would have sent them to their training academy to earn them the title of a Policeman. But one thing they didn’t know was that a few other sons of equally impoverished parents have already been blessed and assured by…
From a Chinese perspective, the main threat to their country isn’t global economic instability, climate change or the Islamic State terror group. Instead, more people worry about the U.S., according to a survey by the Pew Research Center released Wednesday. Some 45% of Chinese said they see U.S. power and influence as posing a major threat to their country, up from 39% in 2013, according to Pew’s 2016 China survey. That puts the Chinese between…