Islamist Terrorism: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2012

Investigator of the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2), Additional Superintendent of Police Matiur Rahman, on November 1, 2012 said he had evidence that the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) worked as an auxiliary force of the Pakistani army during the Liberation War, reports The Daily Star. Matiur said this when a defence counsel asked him whether he knew about any gazette issued by the Pakistani army saying Al-Badr, Al-Shams, Peoples' Democratic Party, Nezam-e-Islami, Muslim League and JeI were its eastern command. Read less...

A Dhaka court on November 4, summoned Major General (retd) Sadik Hasan Rumi, former Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), to appear before the court to narrate what he knows about the August 21 grenade attack cases, reports The Daily Star. Rumi, a key prosecution witness in the cases, was Director General of DGFI when the August 21 grenade attack was carried out on an Awami League (AL) rally in 2004 on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka. Of the 52 accused in two cases of the August 21 grenade attack, former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and 24 others were produced before the court on November 4. Seven other accused, including former Dhaka City Corporation ward councilor Ariful Islam Arif, now out on bail, were also present. BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and 18 others accused are absconding. Read less...

JeI on November 4, announced nine-day countrywide fresh agitation programme from November 5 (today) protesting repression against the party leaders and workers and demanding release of its top leaders, who are now in detention facing the war crimes trial, reports The New Nation. JeI Assistant Secretary General Prof. Miah Gulam Parwar announced the programme at a press conference at the National Press Club in presence of other leaders. Claiming that the issue of war criminal trial is a settled issue and question has been raised at home and aboard against the trial process, he said, "If the government does not stop the trial against JeI leaders, we will be compelled to launch tougher programmes on the streets." Read less...

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on November 4 indicted Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leader Abul Kalam Azad with eight charges of crimes against humanity, including genocide, murders, rapes committed during the Liberation War, reports The Daily Star. The charges were based on eight incidents that left at least 12 unarmed people dead and two women raped in Faridpur during the nine-month-long war. This is the first time an international crimes tribunal in Bangladesh is holding a trial with the accused absent. Azad, 65, also a former leader of Islami Chhatra Sangha, the student wing of the JeI in 1971, went into hiding around seven hours before ICT-2 issued an arrest warrant against him on April 3. Read less...

Maj Gen (retd) Sadik Hasan Rumi, the then Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) director general, said before a Dhaka court on November 5, that Khaleda Zia as prime minister did not allow the DGFI to investigate the August 21 grenade assaults in 2004, reports The Daily Star. Although the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina, now prime minister, narrowly escaped death and suffered ear injury in the grenade blasts, 24 other Awami League (AL) activists, including Ivy Rahman, wife of President Zillur Rahman, were killed and around 300 maimed. Read less...

The defence of war crimes accused Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee boycotted International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) as the prosecution began arguments in the case on November 5, reports The Daily Star. The defence alleged before the tribunal stating "plainclothes police abducted" their witness from the road near the High Court shrine. The defence demanded direction from the tribunal in this regard. The tribunal wanted to take a little break to enquire about the allegation, but the defence did not want to give any time for that. The defence boycotted the courtroom and did not return after lunch break. Read less...

Police arrested 143 more leaders and cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) in drives overnight on November 6 in Dhaka and six other Districts for violence and attacks on Policemen, reports The Daily Star. Of them, 46 were arrested in Dhaka, 42 in Kushtia, 21 in Feni, 14 in Rajshahi, 11 in Chandpur, eight in Chittagong and one in Narayanganj District. The clashes broke out when the JeI-ICS cadres took to the streets as part of their nine-day programme demanding release of their nine top leaders, now being tried for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. Read less...

Police arrested three militants of Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tawhid (HT) in Panchagarh town of Panchagarh District on November 6 and recovered leaflets, posters, CDs and books on jihad (holy war) from their possession, reports The Daily Star. The arrestees are Hozaifa Islam (14), Zahid Islam (20), and Sajid Hasan (17). Police arrested them while they were distributing books on jihad and CDs among the locals and pasting posters on walls in front of the local press club at Panchagarh town. Read less...

A two-member investigation team of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) told on November 8 that detained war crimes suspect Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Nayeb-e-Ameer Maulana Abdus Subhan in collaboration with Pakistani occupation forces killed over 500 people in two unions of Sujanagar sub-District of Pabna District during the Liberation War in 1971, reports The Daily Star. Read less...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, on November 8, said Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres made guerrilla-style attacks on Policemen across the country on direct support from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports The Daily Star. He Said “Had Khaleda Zia not helped them, JeI-ICS wouldn't have dared to launch such attacks to press for release of their leaders facing war crimes trial.” He added “The JeI-ICS cadres are trying to make their last-ditch effort at a time when the war crimes trial is drawing to a close.” Read less...

Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, on November 9, urged citizens to catch JeI-ICS cadres, wherever they were found, and hand them over to Police, reports The Daily Star. He said this as Police were attacked by JeI-ICS cadres for “four consecutive days” and urged citizens to remain alert so that reactionary forces do not get the opportunity to create anarchy. Read less...

Police said on November 9 that they were ambushed by JeI-ICS cadres who had received prompt directions through group Short Message Service (SMS) and split in small groups earlier this week, reports The Independent. Police said, the SMS were sent out with time and directions of the attacks, which the cadres used while conducting their assault on law enforcers. Read less...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives in Rajshahi and Sylhet Districts arrested some 13 cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) and recovered huge jihadi (Islamic uprising) books, CDs and leaflets raiding their party office and mess on November 9, reports UNB Connect. In Rajshahi District, RAB in an operation arrested some 13 cadres of JeI-ICS and recovered huge religious books, CDs, subscription receipts and other important documents from them in Rajshahi city. In Sylhet District, RAB in a drive recovered huge jihadi books, CDs and leaflets from a mess of JeI-ICS in the Sylhet city. But none could be arrested as the dormitory inmates managed to flee sensing the presence of the elite force. Read less...

Police have arrested 42 cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) in the last two days across the country on charges of creating chaos and attacking law enforcers, reports The Daily Star on November 12 (today). 15 cadres were arrested in Jessore District, 10 in Chapainawabganj District, nine in Chandpur District, and eight in Naogaon District. Read less...

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested two associates of Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, leader of the banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), on November 9 from Baghmara sub-District in Rajshahi District, reports bdnews24.com. The arrestees were identified as Mostafizur Rahman Montu and Mojnur Rahman Mollah. RAB said the duo was arrested in a raid on the charge of resuming JMB operations and was accused in a number of cases. Read less...

Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) once again attacked the law enforcers on November 13, the last day of JeI's nine-day programme, leaving about 30 persons including 15 Policemen injured in Dhaka, Khulna and Cox's Bazar, reports The Daily Star. Police arrested 16 JeI-ICS cadres in Dhaka and 87 others in Khulna, Joypurhat, Bagerhat, Chapainawabganj and Cox's Bazar. Read less...

Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on November 13 said that JeI-ICS cadres attacked his Police escort to foil the ongoing trial of crimes against humanity. The minister insisted that the trial must be completed in a very fair and unbiased manner, maintaining proper standard, and nobody can prevent it. Nazrul Islam Mollah, deputy commissioner of Detective Branch (North) of police, also said the JeI-ICS cadres are attacking Policemen in a pre-planned way in a bid to create panic among the law enforcers. "They are doing so to disturb law and order as part of their scheme to delay the ongoing trial of crimes against humanity," he mentioned. Read less...

51 suspected cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) were arrested from Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on November 14, reports The New Age. In Dhaka, the Police arrested 11 JeI-ICS cadres at Tejgaon on charge of attacking convoy of Law Minister and Policemen on November 13. In Barisal District, 34 JeI-ICS cadres were arrested in Barisal metropolitan area. In Jaipurhat District, the Police arrested a Madrassah teacher on charge of attacking a Policeman. In Sylhet District, five JeI-ICS cadres were arrested in the city’s Dakkhin Surma and Dargah Mahall areas while a huge number of leaflets, bullets, machetes, iron rods and explosive were allegedly seized from their possession. Read less...

Faiz Ahmed Siddiqui, who was a guerrilla leader of the Communist Party in 1971 and a prosecution witness told International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on November 14 that student leader Mahbubul Alam of Chittagong was tortured in the presence of war crimes accused Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury that led to his death during the Liberation War. Faiz in his deposition in the case against SQ Chowdhury said Alam, vice-president of Rangunia College Student Union, died of severe torture. Read less...

International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on November 14 completed the cross-examination of Rustam Ali Molla, the fifth prosecution witness in the case against JeI Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed. The three-member tribunal headed by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir recorded the cross-examination before adjourning the case proceedings until November 20, when the sixth prosecution witness is expected to testify. Read less...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on November 14 reaffirmed her Government's firm resolve to hold the trial of war criminals, reports The Daily Star. Speaking at a function at Dhaka University she said “The trial of those who have killed our renowned teachers and intellectuals, raped our mothers and sisters, oppressed our people and carried out arson attacks during the Liberation War must be held on Bangladesh soil.” Referring to the recent attacks on Police by the cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), Hasina said, “It is wrong to suppose that we will stop the trial of war criminals by getting nervous in the face of the movement.” Read less...

Police unearthed a training camp, run by Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), in Mazampur area of Kushtia District on November 15 and arrested nine ICS cadres, reports The Daily Star. The arrestees are Abdul Kuddus (22), Sajid Hossain (23), Sohag Hasan (21), Robiul Islam (25), Abdul Alim (22), Ashiqur Rahman (27), Ishaq Ali (23), Ashraful Islam (28) and Saifullah (30). Police also recovered five bombs, bomb-making materials, eight detonators, 13 test tubes, 12 batteries, one kg gun powder, barbed wire, 70 books on jihad, 600 posters, 1300 leaflets and 15 CDs from the first floor of the building. Read less...

Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, a Bangladeshi youth who tried to blow up New York's Federal Reserve Bank, was indicted on November 15 on charges of using Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) and trying to provide material support to Al-Qaeda, reports The Daily Star. Nafis was arrested by federal authorities in a sting operation on October 17. He was accused of trying to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb by using his cell phone as a trigger. A US District Court grand jury in New York charged Nafis with trying to use a bomb as WMD and trying to provide explosives and communications equipment to Al- Qaeda terrorists, the indictment says. Read less...

Shrugging off the US Embassy’s suggestion that dialogue is the best means for resolving differences, Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on November 15 said there could be no dialogue with JeI and ICS, reports UNB Connect. He said “The question of dialogue with killers and dacoits doesn’t arrive. We’ll resist them first and then we’ll see.” Earlier in the day, the United States Embassy in a statement said the Embassy is concerned by the recent violence that has taken place in Dhaka and other cities in Bangladesh. Read less...

Syed Haidar Ali, the prosecutor on November 15 asked for the death penalty against Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in connection with crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War, reports The Daily Star. Sayedee was indicted with 20 charges of crimes against humanity on October 3, 2011. Haidar Ali said “Among the 20 charges, I believe I have been successful in proving 19 charges. Therefore, I pray for the highest punishment.” Read less...

Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir said the present Government was committed to completing the war crimes trial within its tenure, overcoming all obstacles. He told "The anti-liberation force is trying to halt the trial. But their efforts will not succeed.” Terming Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) a "militant party patronized by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)", Alamgir said JeI attacked Police, hampered the study of students and destroyed the time of working people, aiming to make the country unstable. Urging all to perform their responsibilities properly, the home minister said the country cannot move forward without the contribution of mass people. Read less...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on November 16 said those attacking law enforcers and trying to hinder the war crimes trial could be tried under sharia, reports The Daily Star. She said “The more excesses they do, the faster will be the war crimes trials. There will be no let-up in the trials.” She added “The Government knows how to deal with those who are attacking police and out to save the war criminals.” Read less...

Lawmakers of the ruling Awami League (AL) and its allies on November 18 strongly demanded banning of the politics of JeI-ICS for creating anarchy to obstruct the trials of war criminals, reports The Independent. The demand was made while the lawmakers were speaking on an unscheduled discussion in Parliament over a point of order raised by independent lawmaker Fazlul Azim condemning the recent attacks on the Police. They termed the recent armed attacks on the Police as barbaric and said they had launched war against the existing laws by opposing them. Read less...

The Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) once again swooped on law enforcers on November 18, leaving at least eight Policemen and 11 others injured in Chittagong and Dhaka cities, reports The Daily Star. In Chittagong city, at least five Policemen, an ansar (helper) and three auto-rickshaw drivers were injured as the JeI-ICS cadres rampaged through different places. In Dhaka city, at least 10 people, including three Policemen, were seriously injured in attacks by JeI-ICS cadres on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Jatrabari. Police arrested 16 JeI-ICS cadres in Dhaka and 42 in Read less...

At least 10 Policemen, including Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station Manjur Quader, were injured in sporadic clashes between Police and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI)-Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres at No 2 Railway Gate area in Narayanganj District on November 19, reports The Independent. Witnesses said around 500 ICS cadres brought out a procession from Nur Mosque at Chashara. Police intercepted the procession near No 2 Rail Gate. Being resisted, the cadres of ICS attacked the law enforcers, leaving 10 Policemen injured. Read less...

Police arrested at least 107 JeI-ICS cadres in five Districts including Dhaka on charge of attacking law enforcers and for vandalism on November 19, reports The Daily Star. In Narayanganj District, Police arrested four JeI-ICS cadres from their procession. In Dhaka city, 16 JeI-ICS cadres were arrested at Kafrul on charge of attacking Police on November 10. In Chittagong city, Police arrested 78 JeI-ICS cadres from different dormitories and messes in connection with their rampage in different places of the port city on November 18. In Rajshahi District, Police arrested three JeI-ICS cadres at Sonadighi intersection of the Rajhahi city for resorting to violence after a procession. In Narshingdi District, Police arrested six JeI-ICS cadres from their procession in the Narshingdi town. Read less...

Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on November 20 said the Government had taken all out efforts to resist JeI and ICS cadres, reports The Daily Star. He said Police had so far arrested some 2,500 JeI-ICS cadres and cases had been filed against 350 JeI-ICS cadres under the Speedy Trial Act. "We hope, after the completion of the trial, the troublemakers will stop,” Alamgir told. Read less...

Sixth prosecution witness Abdul Malek Mia on November 20 said before the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) that Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed was involved in the mass killing committed in four Hindu-dominated villages in Faridpur District during the Liberation War, reports The Daily Star. Malek said Pakistani army men along with armed Razakars (Collaborators) and Mojaheed went to the villages during the war. He said he visited the villages on the following day of the incident and heard about Mojaheed and others from survivors and victims’. Read less...

The Police on November 20 arrested 48 cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) in Narayanganj District on charge of attacking the Police, reports The New Age. At least 10 people, including three Policemen, were injured as JeI-ICS cadres attacked Police on BB Road in the Narayanganj city on November 19 while the protesters vandalised five vehicles, including a Police car, and set a bus on fire. Read less...

At least 13 cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) were arrested on November 21 on charges of attacking police and vandalising and torching public property in Narayanganj, Chittagong and Gaibandha Districts, reports The Daily Star. In Narayanganj District, Police arrested eight cadres of JeI-ICS for raiding different areas across the district. The arrestees are Delwar Hossain, Nurul Haq, Shamsul Alam, Hafez Mohammad, Hasan Ali Bablu, Ramjan, Abdur Rahim and Shoyebur Rahman. In Chittagong District, Police arrested four JeI-ICS cadres along with banned books, posters, leaflets and CDs in Fatikchhari sub-District for anti-state campaigning and attempt to create anarchy. The detainees are Rashedul Rased, Mozammel Hossai, Jahed Hossain and Shahed Hossain. Police also seized some banned Islamist books, posters, leaflets and CDs from them, he said. A case was lodged with the police station in this regard, he added. In Gaibandha District, Police arrested Rafiqul Islam, secretary of Sunderganj municipality unit JeI. Police said Rafiqul was accused in a case filed by Police during the countrywide agitation programme on September 30 when they attacked cops injuring eleven persons, including five Policemen. Read less...

Minister without portfolio Suranjit Sengupta on November 21 said the politics of JeI is constitutionally bound to be banned if it fails to follow the charter, reports The Independent. Issuing a note of warning to Jamaat, Suranjit said the terrorist activities of the party will no longer be tolerated. He told “Come back to the democratic and constitutional politics, or else, your politics is bound to be banned as per the country’s constitution.” Read less...

A diplomatic source in Dhaka said on November 22, that a New York court will hear the case on November 27 against Bangladeshi student Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, who was arrested in the United States on October 17 on charges of blowing up the Federal Reserve Bank, reports The Independent. It would be a public hearing and officials from Bangladeshs Embassy in Washington and Consulate General in New York would be present during the hearing. Read less...

Police arrested at least 28 leaders and cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from four Districts on November 22 on charges of involvement in acts of violence, planning violence and attack on police or suspected link to destructive activities, reports The Daily Star. Fifteen of them were arrested in Narayanganj District, nine in Netrakona District, three in Madaripur District and one in Manikganj District. Read less...

Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres on November 23 hurled a bomb and brickbats on Police in Jessore town of Jessore District while the Police besieged a student's mess allegedly controlled by the ICS, reports The Daily Star. In return, Police fired two blank shots and arrested 12 ICS cadres from the mess who gathered there to plot subversive activities. Read less...

JeI-ICS sources said on November 23 that around 20,000 leaders and cadres of war crimes scandal-hit JeI-ICS were allegedly arrested in the last forty-six months of the Awami League (AL)-led grand alliance rule, reports The Independent. Around two thousand cases, which the party claimed to be “false and politically motivated”, were also filed against around 2 lakh leaders and cadres of the party, whose top leaders were detained in connection with the crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971. Read less...

Police has arrested on November 23 at least 23 more leaders and cadres of JeI-ICS from three other districts on charges of the recent attacks on Police, involvement in acts of violence and suspected link to subversive activities. Of the arrestees, 11 are from Narail District, seven from Munshiganj District and five from Narayanganj District. Read less...

In Chapainawabganj District, 16 persons including six Policemen were injured during a clash between Police and JeI-ICS cadres at Nachole Bazar on November 24, reports The Independent. The injured Policemen were Officer-in-Charge (OC) Firoj Ahmed, OC (Investigation) Sayed Iqbal, Sub-Inspector Momin, Assistant Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam and two constables. Police arrested five leaders and cadres of JeI-ICS identified as Yahia Khaled, Enayetullah, Maolana Roisuddin, Yakub Ali and Mosharraf Hossain. Read less...

At least 19 persons including six Policemen were injured in separate clashes between Police and cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) in Dhaka city and Chapainawabganj District on November 25, reports The Daily Star. In Dhaka city, in a clash between Police and JeI-ICS cadres, three cadres of JeI-ICS were injured. Police arrested 31 cadres from different places of the city. Read less...

Industries Minister Dilip Barua, on November 25, urged the Election Commission (EC) to cancel the registration of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) as a political party as it has failed to fulfill the EC-set conditions, reports UNB Connect. Barua, also the general secretary of Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (BSD), requested the EC not to hold any dialogue with JeI. He said JeI which had played a negative role in the War of Liberation in 1971, is still engaged in misdeeds, even after 42 years of the country’s liberation. “If the JeI politics is banned, it’ll help flourish healthy politics with the Liberation War spirit.” Read less...

Police, on November 26, arrested seven cadres of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) with iron rods and sticks near Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) in the Chitttagong city when they gathered for “creating anarchy”, reports The Daily Star. The arrestees are Abdullah-al-Mamun, Jasim Uddin Manik, Nurul Huda, Sajjad Hossain, Shariful Islam Shahed, Mijanur Rahman and Jainal Abedin. During primary interrogation, the detainees confessed that they were ICS cadres and were waiting there for further instruction from their leaders for creating anarchy in the area. Read less...

One regional leader of the outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) was killed at Debottar village under Atghori sub-District of Pabna District on November 27, reports The Daily Star. The outlaw was identified as Md Abdur Rashid (45). Police said Rashid was stabbed to death and the body was dumped in a pond. Police said Rashid was wanted in three criminal cases. Read less...

Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Hasan Nafis, arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on October 17 in a 'sting operation' for what they said his attempt to use 1,000-pound bomb to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, has pleaded not guilty on November 27 as he refused the charge of 'plotting to blow up' the Bank in October, reports bdnews24.com. Nafis was presented before the New York Brooklyn Eastern Court as a grand jury ordered opening trial against him. The federal authorities said, “The explosives had been provided to Nafis by an undercover agent as part of a sting operation, and were never in working condition.” Read less...

Bhakta Ranjan Biswas, son of martyr Madhab Chandra Biswas, told ICT-2 that Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Razakar had killed his father in Faridpur District on May 16, 1971. Read less...

Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Assistant Secretary General, Mujibur Rahman was sued on December 3, for "threatening to kill" Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, reports Daily Star. A.B. Siddiqui, President of Bangladesh Jananetri Parishad, an associate body of AL, filed the case against Mujibur with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka. Siddiqui said in his complaint said, “Mujibur Rahman at a rally of the [Bangladesh Nationalist Party] BNP led 18-party alliance in front of its Naya Paltan [Dhaka city] central office on November 28, said Hasina had come to power through the path of a caretaker government. If she now trashes it, her life might come to an end”. Read less...

Majibar Rahman Khan Pannu, the 14th prosecution witness in the case against the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Assistant Secretary General Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, testified on November 28 at the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) that with the directives of Kamaruzzaman, four detainees were killed inside a Pakistani army camp in Sherpur District during the Liberation War, reports The Daily Star. Read less...

Police arrested two Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leaders in separate incidents in Lalmonirhat and Narail Districts on November 27 and 28, reports The Daily Star. JeI leader Mawlana Anowar Hossain (45) was arrested on November 28 from Chandropur area of Lalmonirhat District for his alleged involvement with anti-government activities. In Narail Districtt, Md Aiyub Hossain Khan, joint secretary of the District unit of JeI was arrested on November 27 on charge of attacking law enforcers on November 5 during a JeI procession. Read less...

Rajshahi District court on November 28 sentenced seven cadres of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in an August 17, 2005 synchronised bomb attacks case. JMB carried out the attacks in some 500 places across the country, including Rajshahi city. Of the convicts, Toriqul Islam, Shafiullah Tarek, Abu Isa and Johurul Islam have been arrested while Korban Ali, Enamul Hoque and Amanullah are on the run. They were found guilty of exploding bombs on Rajshahi Judges Court premises, in front of Advocate Bar and Deputy Commissioner's office, and Laxmipur intersection. Read less...

In Jessore District, Police arrested three leaders and activists of JeI and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from Basundia area in Sadar sub-district on November 30. The arrestees were identified as Motiar Rahman, ‘president’ of the union unit of JeI, Maulana Saifur Rahman, ‘general secretary’ of the union unit of ICS and Alamgir Hossain, an ICS activist. Read less...