Two military officer-turned-BNP leaders have accused each other of being involved in the coup of November 3, 1975 that saw the then deputy army chief Ziaur Rahman detained and another coup on May 31, 1981 in which Zia, then military dictator of the country, was assassinated.
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Imprisoned BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, has rejected the appointment of acting chairperson and acting secretary general and the proceedings of an October 29 meeting of the standing committee members which was held without her consent.
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Jahangir Alam Akash detained and tortured. Persecuted for exposing extra-judicial executions by RAB. IFEX alert. Drishtipat commentary. Asian Human Rights Commission appeal. E-Bangladesh has received a statement from journalist Jahangir Alam Akash, now imprisoned in Rajshahi central jail. The statement along with a note by another political prisoner were smuggled out of...
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– BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain, from a hospital bed, has described to newsmen how he and his family are now under threat, The Daily Star reported. – Akhter Hamid Paban, son of Khandaker Delwar Hossain, arrested Tuesday night, bdnews24.com reported. In an email to...
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A special tribunal in Dhaka Tuesday sentenced former state minister for home affairs, Lutfozzaman Babar, to 17 years of rigorous imprisonment for possessing unlicensed arms and ammunition. Judge of Special Tribunal 9, Syed Zahed Mansur, handed down the verdict in Babar’s presence.
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Awami League acting president, Zillur Rahman, Tuesday termed the sudden announcement of Saifur Rahman assuming the post of acting chairman and Hafizuddin Ahmed acting secretary general of BNP Monday night as a “midnight coup,” and straightway dismissed any possibility of the same thing happening to his party.
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M Saifur Rahman “acting chairperson.” Hafiz Uddin Ahmed “acting secretary general.” 6 standing committee members held hostage at gun point. Khandaker Delwar Hossain, ASM Hannan Shah missing. DGFI — ATM Amin and Chowdhury Fazlul Bari — behind the coup. “An absolute violation of the BNP constitution.” Bangladesh’s military intelligence agency has engineered a...
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Former Islami Bank chairman and Jamaat-e-Islam think-tank Shah Abdul Hannan has described the Liberation War of 1971 as a “civil war.” He denied that genocide took place in the country at that time and that war criminals exist here. Speaking on a talk show, Ekushey Shomoy, on private satellite...
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An independent judiciary free from influence of legislative and executive organs of the state is the prime requirement of a democratic state. article 22 of Bangladesh constitution states: The State shall ensure the separation of the judiciary from the executive organs of the State. However this was not made...
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Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh Thursday claimed there was “no anti-liberation force or war criminal” in the country and doubted the polls would be held in time. “There is no war criminal in Bangladesh. Only 191 war criminals of the Pakistan army were identified and the Awami League government granted...
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ACC (Anti-Corruption Commission) will not file any case against former prime minister Khaleda Zia in connection with alleged irregularities in Magurchhara gas field blow-out compensation and Phulbari coal project as the commission has found Khaleda not involved in the issues.
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A large number of former lawmakers of BNP who frequented expelled secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan’s residence in recent times, Thursday met the party secretary general, Khandaker Delwar Hossain, and extended their support to his leadership. Prominent leaders meeting Delwar included Manirul Huq Chowdhury, Abdul Momin Talukder,...
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This morning I received an email from Dr. David King. Dr. King is a lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. As ShadaKalo reported in his excellent post last night, General Moeen U Ahmed attended Dr. King’s class on Election Reform on Monday....
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E-Bangladesh has confirmed that General Moeen U Ahmed’s Taka 99,69,215 loan amount at the end of 2005 that is stated in the Trust Bank prospectus is consistent with the loan amount stated in the bank’s 2005 financial statement. The audited financial statement for 2005 available on the...
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Mufti Mohammad Hannan, a leader of banned Islamist outfit HuJI, B (Harkat-ul Jihad al Islami Bangladesh) and his three associates were placed on a 10-day police remand Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka on...
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