The nation yesterday mourned the death of 74 people, including 57 army officers, during the BDR carnage on February 25-26 in 2009. Placing wreaths at the capital’s Banani army graveyard, family members of the victims yesterday expressed disappointment that the verdict of the BDR carnage case was yet
bdr mutiny
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
1,065 soldiers jailed so far
In two years since the bloody mutiny of BDR border guards took place on Feb 25-26, 2009, some 1,065 rebel soldiers have been sentenced to imprisonment for different terms ranging from four months to seven years till Thursday. All these convicts were also fined Tk 100 each by different special courts set up across the ... Read more
95 soldiers jailed for BDR mutiny in Rangamati
Ninety-five soldiers of the 9 Battalion and the 18 Battalion of the then Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as the Border Guard Bangladesh, were on Saturday sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for varying terms on charges of the February 2009 mutiny in Rangamati. Special court 15 of the Border Guard Bangladesh, presided over by the Chittagong
25 BDR men jailed
Mutiny at Naogaon 25 BDR men jailed Twenty-five jawans of 43 Rifles Battalion were yesterday sentenced to various jail terms–up to seven years–for their involvement in the BDR mutiny in Naogaon in 2009. The special court-12, headed by Rajshahi Sector Commander Col Ehia Azam Khan, also fined Tk 100 to each of the convicts. The ... Read more