A Dhaka court on Wednesday charged 310 more people with murder and other criminal offences committed during the rebellion at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh, in February 25–26, 2009. With the 310, the court has so far charged 740 people, including civilians and border guard soldiers
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HRW calls for ensuring fair trial for BDR mutiny defendants
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged the government to immediately stop mass trials of the alleged mutineers of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed Border Guard Bangladesh, on February 25-26, 2009 to ensure fair trial. The US-based rights watchdog in a statement said that those responsible for killing 75 people during
Plotters not identified
Soldiers’ grievances not met Even two years inside the February 25-26, 2009 rebellion in the then Bangladesh Rifles, later renamed Border Guard Bangladesh, the plotters of the bloody mutiny are still unidentified, the conspiracy is yet to be cracked, and the grievances, identified by two probe bodies as the primary reasons for the rebellion, have ... Read more
All 111 soldiers jailed in first Dhaka verdict
One hundred and eleven soldiers of the records wing of the Border Guard Bangladesh, formerly Bangladesh Rifles, were on Tuesday sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for varying terms on charges of the February 25–26, 2009 mutiny in the border guards’ headquarters in Dhaka. The special court 9 of the Border Guard Bangladesh, chaired by the force’s ... Read more