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Two BLA militants killed in Quetta

by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, October 7th, 2023QUETTA: Counter-terrorism officials killed two militants belonging to the banned Baloch Liberation Army in an exchange of fire in the Hazar Gangi area. A CTD spokesman in a statement on Friday said that an intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Shalkot Hazar Ganji area against the banned BLA and a plot of terrorism was foiled by killing two militants and recovering arms, ammunition. The spokesman said the CTD…

Is the Chhatra League facing an ideological crisis?

by Ali Asif Shawon in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 19, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) recently made a rare overt show of support for its ally Jamaat-e-Islami by expressing deep shock and sorrow at the death of Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former MP Delawar Hossain Sayedee, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971. This is the first time that the BNP has mourned the death of a convicted…

Islami Andolon vows to unseat government

report in Prothom Alo, June 17, 2023Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) amir mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim (Charmonai pir) on Friday called on the people to prepare for another liberation war if necessary to save the country by kicking out the present government, reports UNB. Calling for resignation of the CEC, the Charmonai Pir said, “We were attending the local level elections to strengthen the party in grassroot level. But what was done by present government,…

Rab arrests death-row war criminal in Gazipur

Report in The Daily Star online, Apr 30, 2023Rapid Action Battalion arrested a fugitive war criminal, who was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Montaz Ali Bapary alias Momtaz, 76, was arrested from Gazipur’s Chandra area last night, Lt Col Arif Mohiuddin Ahmed, commanding officer of Rab-3, told a press briefing today. The Rab CO said Montaz had been hiding since 2016. He moved to his son’s house…

List of Razakars will be published by Dec: Mozammel Haque

report in Prothom Alo, Apr 16, 2023Liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Tuesday said the ministry would publish a list of Razakars (Pakistani collaborators), who committed crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, by December this year. Liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque said while talking to journalists after visiting the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) here this afternoon. Earlier, there was no law to make the list of Razakars. Recently,…

IASG adopts resolution for recognising genocide in 1971

report in The Daily Star, Apr 25, 2023The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IASG) has adopted yesterday a resolution entitled “Resolution to Declare the Crimes Committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War as Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes”. The IASG resolution is an important recognition, in the international arena, of the atrocities committed during the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971, reads a press release. The government of Bangladesh has been making continuous efforts to…

New mass grave of liberation war identified in Madaripur

report in Prothom Alo, 05 Apr 2023A mass grave thought to be related to the country’s liberation war was found while workers were digging earth for construction of an establishment in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district on Tuesday, reports UNB. The workers said they spotted human bones, skulls and teeth during the digging for the construction of the agricultural gears conservation building adjacent to the old hall room inside the upazila parishad. Locals claimed that…

Bomb blast derails train in Bolan;15 injured

by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Jan 21, 2023QUETTA: Four women among 15 people suffered injuries when a bomb blast derailed a Peshawar-bound train in Bolan district on Friday in an attack claimed by the banned Baloch Liberation Army. Officials said the explosi­­on that derailed eight coa­c­hes of Jaffar Express along with its locomotive and damaged a portion of the main railway track linking Quetta with the rest of the country was carried out by a…

TNA’s TELO, PLOTE to join Wiggy as ITAK goes solo

report in The Morning online, Jan 13, 2023In the wake of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) announcing that the party will contest separately at the upcoming Local Government (LG) poll, the other two constituent parties of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) – the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO) and the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) – had held preliminary discussions with the Thamil Makkal Thesiya Kuttani (TMTK) and two other parties operating…

2022 ends with deadliest month for security forces after decade: report

Report in Dawn, January 1st, 2023ISLAMABAD: The year 2022 ended with the deadliest month for Pakistan’s security personnel over a decade with the emergence of a new terror triad, comprising Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Daesh-Afghanistan. In 2023, Pakistan is likely to endure more violence, a report released by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) stated. Security forces lost at least 282 personnel in 2022, with 40 fatalities only in…