Khadimul Islam The Election Commission is planning to defer the Dhaka City Corporation elections till the end of May or the first week of June, according to an election commissioner. The commission at a meeting on Tuesday in principle decided to defer the polls as the government is yet to respond to its proposal on ... Read more
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Terror attack on Lankan cricket team in Lahore
6 cops among 8 killed; 7 cricketers injured Afp, Lahore Gunmen attacked Sri Lanka’s cricket team in a gun and grenade assault Tuesday in the Pakistani city of Lahore that killed eight people and wounded seven members of the squad. The attack sparked condemnation from around the world and threw a massive question mark over ... Read more
Plot to foil democracy still on: PM
Staff Correspondent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said conspiracy and evil designs are still being hatched after the bloody BDR mutiny in a bid to foil the country’s democracy, independence and sovereignty. “Perhaps, many did not like the end of the crises…so conspiracy and evil designs are still being hatched,” said the prime minister in ... Read more
Khaleda wants removal of home minister
Staff Correspondent The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Tuesday demanded the removal of the home minister in the interest of a fair and neutral investigation of the killing in the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters and slated limiting the terms of reference of the committee formed to investigate the incidents. ‘The government reconstituted the probe body dropping ... Read more
Army press briefing Innocent persons won’t be arrested
Staff Reporter Director, Military Operations, Brig Gen ATM Ziaul Hasan yesterday said no innocent person would be arrested during the ongoing Operation Rebel Hunt. “Operation Rebel Hunt is a self-explanatory term. It means to find out those who have mutinied. So, we will not arrest randomly,” he said while briefing journalists at the Army Headquarters. ... Read more
6, not 72, army officers missing
Army rights its BDR massacre list; death toll stands at 85; 40 officers rescued Julfikar Ali Manik After reviewing information about how many army officers were in fact inside the BDR Pilkhana headquarters during the last week’s bloody carnage, the army authorities yesterday revised the number of missing officers down
50 laid to rest in state honours
Heart-rending scene at janaza joined by thousands Staff Correspondent Forty-eight army officers, wife of the slain BDR director general and a soldier — all killed during the February 25-26 mutiny of the border guards at their headquarters — were laid to eternal rest with state honours in a sombre
Military body to probe Peelkhana carnage: BDR to be renamed
Staff Reporter An army inquiry committee headed by Quarter Masters General Lt Gen Jahangir Alam Chowdhury will start functioning from today to investigate the BDR carnage. Chief of General Staff of Army Lt Gen Sina Ibne Jamali said this while briefing reporters at Army Officers Banquet Hall yesterday. He said the inquiry committee will visit ... Read more
Govt recasts probe body as Operation Rebel Hunt begins
Staff Correspondent The government has reconstituted the committee to investigate the February 25–26 rebellion of soldiers in the BDR headquarters as countrywide army troop deployment began on Monday to capture the rebels still in
Investigators gather evidence to try culprits in BDR rebellion
BSS, Dhaka Police yesterday said, they started gathering evidence of the massacre during the two days of mutiny in the paramilitary Bangladesh troops a day after a case was lodged against 1,000 rebel soldiers as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina promised their punishment after fast tracked trial. “We have already gathered enough evidence including the survivors ... Read more
Manchester United win League Cup final
LONDON : Ben Foster kept Manchester United’s bid for an unprecedented five trophies on track with a man-of-the-match performance in a penalty shoot-out win over Tottenham in the League Cup final here on Sunday. The England goalkeeper produced two crucial saves to deny Tottenham victory in open play, where the teams finished locked at 0-0, ... Read more
PM focused more on saving the innocent
She defends decision on BDR at JS; govt seeks UN, FBI probe help Staff Correspondent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that her government has sought assistance from the US and UN, and will request the UK as well for cooperation in probe into the massacre at BDR headquarters last
PM talks with army officers
Reaffirms punishment to culprits Julfikar Ali Manik and Sharier Khan A large number of army officers yesterday expressed their deepest emotions, frustrations, excitement and expectations at a three-hour grand conference with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina discussing the BDR carnage in which the nation
Khaleda urges govt to initiate move for nat’l unity
Staff correspondent Leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia on Sunday called for unity of all irrespective of political identities at this crucial juncture to safeguard democracy. She said the massacre carried out at the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters was a continuation of the infringement on democracy two years back. ‘None of us is beyond risk. Democracy ... Read more
Operation Rebel Hunt: Army deployed across the country
Staff Reporter As part of the ongoing drive to nab the killers of army officers the government yesterday decided to deploy the members of the armed forces across the country to arrest the fugitive rebels of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and seize missing firearms. A Home Ministry official on condition of anonymity said yesterday the troops ... Read more
Over 1,000 soldiers sued over rebellion
Staff Correspondent Over 1,000 BDR soldiers were sued on Sunday for rising up against their officers, from the army, in the Bangladesh Rifles Headquarters in Dhaka in February 25–26. Several score officers and some soldiers and civilians were killed in the rebellion, which broke out Wednesday morning and ended with the surrender of the soldiers ... Read more
JS debates BDR carnage
UNB, Dhaka Lawmakers Sunday spent much time on what could be the better option-political or military-to end the mutiny at the BDR headquarters as parliament condoled on the death of army officers in the carnage. Treasury-bench members appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for choosing the path of peaceful political solution of the February 25-26 mutiny ... Read more
Bypolls to 7 JS seats, 45 reserved seats for women rescheduled
BSS, Dhaka The Election Commission (EC) yesterday announced reschedules for by-elections to seven vacant general seats and 45 reserved seats for women of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS). Election Commissioner Muh-ammad Sohul Hussain said, as per the new schedules, the by-elections to seven JS constituencies will be held on April 2, which was originally scheduled for ... Read more
Supermarket pioneer reveals findings
COMMODITY SUPPLY MESS Supermarket pioneer reveals findings Kazi Azizul Islam If middlemen are eliminated and agro-produces from growers reach directly to retailers, prices will remain low — it is not only a public perception, also many economists subscribe to this idea. But, from his experience of running the operations of the country’s premier superstore chain ... Read more
Becoming one with Romena
Sadya Afreen Mallick “To date, I don’t know what horrified me more. The fact that this was too close to reality or that during the shoot, I could sometimes sense the presence of the faceless Romena,”–Babita “Even after 37 years, it still unnerves me when I think of the role I played in a movie ... Read more