The Myanmar army has reportedly flouted international rules by planting land mines within 100 yards along its border with Bangladesh, especially opposite to Rezuamtali and Tombru border posts. The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) had notified
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665 BDR men jailed
Mutiny 2009 665 BDR men jailed A special court sentenced 665 jawans of the 44 Rifle Battalion of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to rigorous imprisonment ranging from four months to seven years in the 2009 BDR mutiny case yesterday. A total 113 jawans were sentenced to maximum punishment under the BDR Act, 1972. This is ... Read more
329 BDR rebels get jail terms, 7 acquitted
BDR mutiny case 329 BDR rebels get jail terms, 7 acquitted A special court of the Border Guard Bangladesh on Sunday jailed 329 members of the Bangladesh Rifles Sports Board and members of various directorates of the BDR for varying terms ranging from four months to seven years on charge of mutiny in its headquarters ... Read more
310 more people indicted
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
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
657 jailed for Peelkhana mutiny, 9 freed
A total of 657 of the 666 accused of 24 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Battalion have been jailed for varying terms for the 2009 BDR mutiny in the Peelkhana headquarters. BGB director general Maj Gen Rafiqul Islam, who headed the Special Court-7 formed to try the mutineers, set free the remaining nine accused, while handing ... 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