ISLAMABAD: Accusations and counter accusations between Pakistan and Bangladesh continue in the wake of the latest hanging of a senior member of the Jamaat-e-Islami in Dhaka for alleged war crimes. Pakistan has reminded Bangladesh that according to the tripartite April 9, 1974 agreement, this was a clear violation as Pakistan, Bangladesh and India had a written agreement stating that bygones should be bygones and no one should be tried in court. The exact wording of…
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The writer is Associate Editor, The Daily Star. Reportedly the US and India have agreed to work together with Bangladesh to counter extremism in this country. The US has made no secret of its worry about the current situation in Bangladesh to the extent that its foreign minister Kerry called our prime minister to express its anxiety. As of now Bangladesh is not on any war on terror arrangement either formally or informally although there…
Pakistan national parliament has once again sided with war criminals by passing a resolution to express serious concerns over the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami. This has caused a huge outcry in Bangladesh and risks further straining of the relations between the two countries. Ministers and war crimes trial campaigners have termed the resolution a brazen attempt to meddle in internal affairs of the country. In the resolution passed unanimously, Pakistan parliament also…
Dhaka: Forensic investigators examining the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account with the New York Fed have uncovered evidence of at least three hacking groups, including two from North Korea and Pakistan, inside the central bank’s network. However FireEye Inc., the company hired by the central bank to conduct the forensic investigation, said it was the other unidentified group that pulled off the heist, according to two people briefed on the progress of…
ISLAMABAD: As the state policy under Hasina Wajid government in Bangladesh of silencing pro-Pakistan voices of 1971 is about to take one more precious life- 75 years old Jamat-e-Islami Chief Motiur Rehman Nizami-, question is being raised here if Pakistan is doing enough to stop these executions of once the loyalists of united Pakistan. Continuing with its bogus trial of people accused of having committed atrocities during the period of the 1971 war, the Bangladesh…
By Amir Hossain The anti-liberation political party in Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami is passing through the worst time of its history as its top leaders are being punished one after another for committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation in 1971 and the rank and file are extremely enervated. The party is seriously confounded and unable to carry on its usual destructive activities. But yet it is making motivated propaganda and is raising baseless…
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…
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…
Cyber threats are increasingly becoming a problem for Bangladesh as the country is moving fast with new digital initiatives. “We are here to help Bangladeshi companies anticipate, respond and manage these risks in the most effective manner,” Deepak Kapoor, chairman of PwC Bangladesh, told The Daily Star in an interview yesterday. Cybersecurity has become a common word in Bangladesh after the recent spate of frauds in the banking sector. In February, six fraudsters, including one…
Dhaka: Officials of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) allowed several transactions involving the $81 million in stolen Bangladeshi funds to be credited and withdrawn despite queries from its controversial former bank manager for clarification and guidance from her superiors. More importantly, the bank — through the treasury department in its head office — handled the so-called “dirty money” a second time two days after it was told by the Bangladesh Bank that the funds…
Sylhet: Five miscreants desecrated an idol of Bhairabtala Temple at Chalibandar in Sylhet on Wednesday evening, three days after Finance Minister AMA Muhith inaugurated the construction work of the temple’s five-storey building. The miscreants entered the temple around 8:00pm and hearing the temple priest’s shout, people rushed to the spot and captured one of them, said locals. He was identified as Khalil Ahmed of Chararpar, said Sohel Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Sylhet Kotwali Police Station. “Locals…