‘Crossfire’ Killings HRC chief doubts ‘self-defence’ claim Only the judiciary can determine whether self-defence is a reason for law enforcers to commit extra-judicial killings, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman said yesterday. “There have been claims that law enforcers shoot in self-defence. Only the judiciary can determine if such shootings were done in ... Read more
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Indian envoy summoned, protests lodged
Bangladesh lodged a strong protest with India on Sunday afternoon against the ‘brutal and senseless killing’ of a minor Bangladeshi girl by Indian Border Security Force on the Kurigram border on January 7, a foreign office release said Monday. The acting foreign secretary Mostafa Kamal summoned high commissioner Rajit Mitter and gave