Bangladesh: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2013

A court in Bogra District on January 1, rejected the bail plea of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) ameer (chief) of Shajahanpur sub-district Abdur Rahim and sent him to jail. He was accused of vandalising and torching three motorbikes during countrywide daylong hartal (general strike) enforced by18-party alliance on December 11, 2012. Read less...

A Dhaka court for the fifth time deferred till January 29, 2013 the hearing on charge framing against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 28 others in a blast case. Shahbagh Police filed the case against them for aiding and abetting the bombings inside the Secretariat during the opposition's hartal (general strike) of April 29, 2012. Read less...

At least 30 persons were injured as participants in a procession of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) on January 2, clashed with Police, blasted cocktails, threw brick chips and vandalised vehicles on Dhaka city’s DIT road, according to Daily Star. The injured included passengers of the vehicles and pedestrians. The JeI-ICS cadres brought out the procession demanding release of JeI leaders being tried on War Crimes charges. Read less...

JeI Majlish-e-Shura (the highest decision making body) member and its former lawmaker Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher was arrested at Malibagh Chowdhurypara in capital city of Dhaka. Chief of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Intelligence Wing Lieutenant Colonel Ziaul Ahsan said, "Taher was detained around 7:00pm in connection with plotting a conspiracy against the government, exploding bombs at the Secretariat, torching of buses and attacks on policemen at places in the capital…” Read less...

Police arrested six cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) and dispersed a procession at Oloka intersection in Rajshashi city on January 2, reports Daily Star. Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station, said police resorted to baton charge on the procession as some of the participants in it threw stones at them. Read less...

A Chittagong Court January 3 denied bail to 26 leaders and activists belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) in a case filed for vandalism and arson on December 9, 2012, reports Daily Star. On December 9, the BNP-led 18-party alliance enforced a countrywide blockade programme to realise their demand for restoration of the caretaker Government system. Read less...

A newly formed Islamist party Tehrik-e-Khatme Nabuwwat (TEKN) held a rally against Ahmadiyyas, a Muslim minority community, at Baitul Mukarram Mosque compound in Dhaka. The party demanded that the Government declare Ahmadiyyas non-Muslims. Read less...

Another Chittagong Court denied bail prayers of 58 Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Islami-Chhatra-Shibir (ICS) activists, now in jail, in three different cases filed with Panchlaish Police Station for assaults on Policeman on November 18. Read less...

Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) attacked Policemen at Monirampur in Jessore town of Jessore District, leaving five Policemen injured on January 4, reports Daily Star. The incident happened at Gangra intersection when a Police team went there to disperse a procession of JeI-ICS cadres who were equipped with sticks and brickbats. In the meantime, Police arrested two JeI-ICS cadres, Faruq Hossain and Ismail Hossain from the spot. Read less...

Police arrested four JeI-ICS cadres from Palbari intersection of Jessore town for allegedly holding a secret meeting to conduct subversive activities. Read less...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on January 4 said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia would not be able to save the war criminals, reports Daily Star. Hasina said, “She (Khaleda) would not be able to save the snakes no matter how loudly she shouts taking the basket full of snakes on her head…I want to tell her that a shaman (ojha) dies from snakebites. Her situation will turn serious because of them (Jamaat) as she is roaming with the basket of snakes.” Despite desperate efforts to save the war criminals, the trial of the war criminals is going on in the country, she said. Read less...

RAB recovered 11 bombs and a gun from Bhaberber village under Benapole Port Police Station. No one was arrested in this connection. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) in Bangladesh have reportedly arrested two top militants, All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) ‘chief’ Ranjit Debbarma and National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) ‘chief’ Biswamohan Debbarma from Dhaka (Dhaka District) in December 2012, according to The Times of India. Police intelligence officials in Agartala (Tripura) on January 4 said Ranjit was arrested from a posh location in Dhaka on December 30 and Biswamohan on December 23 last from nearby areas. Both the militant leaders were arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The RAB members, after receiving specific information, surrounded the flats in Dhaka and arrested the militant leaders, a source said. According to reports, they have been living in Dhaka for the past two decades. Their arrest comes mere months after Indian Border Security Force (BSF) submitted a list of militant hideouts to Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB). Read less...

Police arrested 12 suspected members of the Islami Chhatri Sangstha, the female student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), in front of National Press Club in the Dhaka City on January 5. The Police officials said that those arrested were the aides of the 20 women activists nabbed earlier. On December 17, 2012 the Police raided the Chhatri Sangstha office at Moghbazar in the Dhaka City and arrested 20 leaders and cadres, including the wife of the war crime suspect, Quader Mollah. Read less...

The nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal (general strike) enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 18-party alliance, protesting the latest fuel price hike, was marked by incidents of arson, vandalism, explosions, and chases and counter-chases on January 6, reports The Daily Star. At least 15 vehicles were vandalised, two were set ablaze, 35 homemade bombs exploded and three people were injured in Dhaka City alone. At least 30 people including two Policemen were injured during clashes between Police and pickets across the country outside of the Dhaka City. Read less...

Police arrested a businessman, Akram Hossain (48), the owner of ‘Image Carton Factory’ in Adamjee Export Processing Zone in Narayanganj District on January 9 on charges of funding Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its associate student front Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), reports The New Age. Read less...

Police arrested a regional leader of the outlawed outfit Purba Bangla Communist Party (PBCP) Red Flag faction from Nandanpur village of Pabna District on January 9. The arrestee was identified as Asadul Islam allias Asad (35). Read less...

Police arrested two members of Hizb-ut Tawhid (HT), an Islamist outfit in Shaheed Satu Hall area of Chapainawabganj District on January 9, reports The Daily Star. The arrested militants were identified as Mohammad Bipul (20) and Abdul Jabbar (26). Police arrested Bipul and Jabbar while they were distributing leaflets on jihad (Islamic uprising). Police also seized the leaflets and some calendars from them. Read less...

Bangladesh Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir said at his secretariat office on January 10 that an extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India is likely to be signed during Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's Dhaka visit later this month. The Indian home minister is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on January 28 on a three-day visit. He said "We are finalising the draft of the treaty and keeping regular contact with India for tabling it when the Indian minister comes". Read less...

Police arrested an alleged ‘regional leader’ of the Red Flag faction of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Red Flag) from Mojahid club area in the Pabna town of Pabna District on January 10, reports The Daily Star. The arrestee is identified as Munnaf Hossain (38) of Lokkhipur village in Ataikula sub-District of the District. Police also recovered a light gun and one bullet from him. Read less...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) unearthed an illegal arms factory and arrested seven militants with some firearms at Bhagaban Tila in Sitakunda sub-District of Chittagong District where two terrorist groups, "Yakub Bahini" and "Sadek Bahini", were holding clandestine meetings on January 10, reports The Daily Star. The arrested militants are identified as Sadek, Kashem, Nur Islam, Badsha, Osman, Jashim, and Al-Amin Sagar. The recovered arms include seven light guns, one single barrel gun, one revolver, six cartridges, and five machetes. Read less...

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on January 13 said an extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India was "under consideration" as the Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde would come to Dhaka in the last week of January, reports bdnews24.com. She said “Extradition treaty is a long pending issue important for both the neighbouring countries as many top-listed Bangladeshi criminals were said to have crossed the border while some Indian separatists like the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) leader Anup Chetia intruded into Bangladesh”. Once an extradition treaty is signed, both the countries will be able to get back their "disturbing elements" in the shortest possible time. Read less...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Mujibur Rahman, assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), on January 13 from Zero Point area of Khulna city in Khulna District in a case accusing him of attacking Police in Rajshahi District during the hartal called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led opposition on January 6, reports The Daily Star. Read less...

The rehearing of the arguments against Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee started at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) with the prosecution placing its summing-up on January 13, reports The Independent. Prosecutor Advocate Syed Haider Ali presented submission on the opening day of the fresh arguments. He mainly repeated the same argument in a concise form. The three-member tribunal, led by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir, stipulated January 13 and 14 to hear the prosecution's arguments. The tribunal also disallowed a defence's plea for an adjournment in the rehearing of arguments till the disposal of a review petition of Sayedee against the tribunal's order that rejected his appeal for a fresh trial on January 3. Read less...

Cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) on January 14 carried out explosion in the Bogra town of Bogra District during hartal (shut down) called in protest against arrests of their leaders on January 13 from Zero Point area of Khulna city in Khulna District by Police and demanding their release immediately, reports UNBconnect. Police said the JeI-ICS cadres vandalised six vehicles, including a Police van and exploded bombs to create panic among the people. Read less...

The ICT-2 directed the defence of war crimes accused JeI leader Abdul Quader Mollah to complete placing their arguments in his favour. The three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hassan with members Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Judge M Shahinur Islam recorded the defence's arguments before adjourning the case proceedings until January 14 (today) when the arguments will resume. Read less...

An eight-hour hartal (shut down) enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) ended with some stray incidents, including arson and vandalism in Rajshahi District on January 15, reports The Daily Star. JeI-ICS cadres observed the hartal demanding release of all detained leaders of the party, including its assistant secretary general Mujibur Rahman. Police said the JeI-ICS cadres hurled brick chips on the law enforcers triggering a clash that left five cadres injured. The JeI-ICS cadres also burned tyres in Rajshahi College area in the Rajshahi city. 34 cadres were arrested from the Rajshahi College area. Read less...

One ULFA-ATF militant was killed, in an encounter with Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB), about a fortnight back at Salsati under Jinaikhati Police Station in Sherpur District of Bangladesh bordering West Garo hills District. Though the identity of the killed militant is yet to be established, a bag found on him has been confirmed to be that of Drishti Rajkhowa. Another ULFA-ATF militant, Gauranga Koch and an unidentified GNLA militant were arrested in that incident. Read less...

Police arrested an alleged cadre of Islamist outfit Hizb-ut Tawhid (HT) at a bus terminal in the Chapainawabganj District town on January 17, reports The Daily Star. The arrestee is identified as Imran Ali (20) of Biztoil area in Rajshahi District. Police said a team arrested Imran from the terminal area when he was distributing leaflets and posters on jihad (Islamic uprising). Police also seized leaflets and posters from his possession. Read less...

RAB arrested two leaders of different outfits with arms and ammunitions from Tentulbariya and Baradi villages of Jhenidah District on January 17, reports The Independent. RAB arrested Shorbohara Party ‘area commander’ Sirazul Islam (40), with two bombs from Tentulbariya village. In another operation, RAB arrested Gomukti Fauj (GF) ‘area commander’ Rezaul Islam (27), from Baradi village along with a country made shutter-gun. Read less...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in two separate drives, arrested six alleged Hizb-ut Tawhid (HT) cadres in Chittagong city of Chittagong District on January 18, reports The Daily Star. Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB arrested five of them in front of Belal Masjid in Muradpur area of the city. The arrestees were identified as Mofijul Islam (23), Osman (27), Shariful Islam (19), Saiful Alam (25), and Abdur Rahim (53). RAB also seized many leaflets, posters, magazines and books on Jihad from them. Later, RAB arrested Emdadul (19), from a house in Nasirabad Housing Society of the port city. Read less...

Police arrested 15 cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) for their alleged involvement in vandalism during a dawn-to-dusk hartal (general strike) called in Cox’s Bazar town of Cox’s Bazar District on January 20, reports The Daily Star. During the hartal, JeI cadres vandalised at least 11 vehicles including rickshaws at different points of the Cox’s Bazar town. Read less...

ICT-2 said JeI contributed significantly to the creation of auxiliary forces during the Liberation War for combating unarmed Bengali civilians in the name of protecting Pakistan. The then Pakistani Government and the military setup a number of auxiliary forces such as Razakars, Al-Badr, Al-Shams and Peace Committee. These forces were formed to collaborate with the Pakistani military in identifying and eliminating all those who sympathized with the liberation of Bangladesh, individuals belonging to minority religious groups, especially the Hindus, political groups belonging to the Awami League (AL) and other pro-liberation political parties, Bengali intellectuals and innocent civilians. People of the then East Pakistan wholeheartedly supported the war and participated in the call to free Bangladesh. But a small number of Bengalis, Biharis, other pro-Pakistanis, as well as members of a number of different religion-based political parties, particularly JeI and its student wing Islami Chhatra Sangha (ICS) joined and collaborated with the Pakistan military to actively oppose the creation of independent Bangladesh. And most of them committed and facilitated the commission of atrocities in violation of customary international law in the territory of Bangladesh. Read less...

International Crimes Tribunal–2 (ICT-2) registrar AKM Nasiruddin Mahmud said on January 20 that ICT-2 is to deliver its verdict in the case against expelled Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a war crime accused, also known as Bachchu Razakar, on January 21 (today). This is the first instance in the country's history that a war crime accused is going to receive punishment, for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War in 1971. Azad, former leader of Islami Chhatra Sangha (ICS), student wing of JeI, is facing eight charges of crimes against humanity, based on eight incidents that left at least 12 people dead and two women raped in Faridpur District, in 1971. Read less...

Monirul Islam, Deputy Commissioner of Detective Branch said that Abul Kalam Azad has fled to Karachi in Pakistan. Monirul said Abul Kalam Azad left his house just hours before the tribunal ordered to arrest him on April 3 last year. He crossed over to India and then set off to Pakistan via a third country. Read less...

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) made history on January 21 by sentencing Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad to death, in its maiden judgment, for genocide and crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, reports The Daily Star. The 65-year-old fugitive, also known as Bachchu Razakar, was found guilty of killing 14 Hindus, raping two women, torturing two other persons and setting homes ablaze in Faridpur District, his birthplace. The judges said in the verdict “In dealing with the charges we have found that the accused Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Razakar himself had physically participated being accompanied by his armed accomplices to the commission of crimes and as such he held criminally responsible for the direct commission of crimes proved.” Azad was sentenced to death for four of the charges, although found "guilty beyond doubt" in seven. Read less...

Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on January 22 said the Government has information on the whereabouts of former Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leader Abul Kalam Azad, also known as Bachchu Razakar, the first war crimes accused convicted by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2), reports The Independent. Alamgir said, “Fugitive Bachchu Razakar is staying in a certain country. He will be brought back through diplomatic communications with that country.” The Home Minister, however, did not specifically name any country where according to him Azad is hiding. On January 21, the ICT-2 in its maiden verdict handed down death penalty to Azad who was tried in absentia for his involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971. Read less...

Voicing deep satisfaction over the verdict against Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Razakar for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on January 22 called for immediate all-out actions to execute it, reports UNBConnect. TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman said, “This is a milestone … a befitting tribute to the millions of freedom fighters, particularly those who sacrificed their lives and experienced inhuman sufferings in the hands of barbaric perpetrators of war crime.” Read less...

10 persons were injured as cadres of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) - Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) clashed with Police at Oxygen Intersection in the Chittagong city of Chittagong District during the 18-party alliance`s mass-contact programme on January 23, reports UNBconnect. The BNP-JeI cadres also vandalised several passing vehicles and Police arrested two cadres. The BNP-led 18-party observed a mass-contact programme to press for its various demands, including restoration of Caretaker Government (CG) system and release of the arrested leaders of BNP and the other components of the alliance. Read less...

30 people, including four Policemen, were injured after leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its students wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) clashed with Police Dhaka city’s Motijheel and Shyamoli and in Gaibandha Districts on January 24, reports Daily Star. Read less...

Some 30 persons, including four Policemen, were injured after leaders and cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) clashed with Police in Dhaka city and Gaibandha District on January 24, reports The Daily Star. In Dhaka city, 12 cadres of JeI-ICS were injured and six of them arrested when Police intercepted procession brought out by JeI-ICS cadres. In Gaibandha District, clashes erupted when Police intercepted another procession brought out by JeI-ICS cadres at Station Bazar Road demanding immediate release of their detained leaders. At least 14 JeI-ICS cadres and four Policemen sustained injuries. Gaibandha Additional Superintendent of Police Mosharaf Hossain said the cadres in the procession were armed with various weapons. Read less...

The Sentinel reports that the Union cabinet, on January 24, gave its nod to a proposed extradition treaty with Bangladesh paving the way for deportation of key United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants jailed there, Government sources said. The cabinet approved the draft treaty at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The much–awaited treaty is likely to be signed during Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s visit to Dhaka on January 28. The Bangladesh Government has agreed to some modifications in the agreement, the sources said. Home ministry sources said the treaty will allow India to secure deportation of ULFA militant Anup Chetia, jailed in Bangladesh, besides other insurgents from the northeast who have been hiding in the neighbouring country. Dhaka would benefit from the pact in the same way, said the sources Read less...

A cadre of the Janajuddha faction of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Janajuddha), was killed in a shootout between his cohorts and Police at Mirpur sub-District of Kushtia District on January 27, reports The Daily Star. Police said the deceased Enamul Haq alias Ena Mondol (35) was a member of the outfit's killing squad and was accused in nine cases. Two teams of Police raided the area while the militants were holding a secret meeting there. Sensing Police presence, the militants opened fire and the gunfight lasted for one hour with the Police. Police found the body of Enamul on the spot after the militants fled the incident site. The Police teams also recovered a rifle, a light gun, four bombs and eight bullets from the spot. Read less...

A court in Shariatpur District on January 28 sentenced two cadres of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for their involvement in the simultaneous bomb blasts in the District in 2005. The convicts were identified as Kamruzzaman alias Swapan (27) and Malek Bepari alias Malek Zehadi (28). Read less...

At the joint press conference in Dhaka on January 28, the Bangladesh Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir said Bangladesh would not be able to send back United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) general secretary Anup Chetia under the treaty as he had prayed for political asylum in the Supreme Court, reports The Assam Tribune. He further said Chetia, who was booked under criminal charges, has completed his prison term and has since applied for political asylum in the country. “This extradition treaty specifically provides for handing over of criminals, but political asylum seekers are a different category,” he said. The Supreme Court will first have to dispose of his prayer for political asylum, he said. “After that, we will decide whether to treat this person or any other persons under this extradition treaty or in some other way,” he said. Read less...

Bangladesh and India on January 28 singed the Extradition Treaty in Dhaka to facilitate transfer of persons wanted on criminal charges in either country on request, reports The New Age. The agreement was signed at the 4th meeting of the Home Ministers of Bangladesh and India. In the joint statement the two Home Ministers expressed the ‘belief that the Extradition Treaty would help increase cooperation among law enforcing agencies of the two countries and curb criminal activities’. The new treaty would allow transfer of convicted or under-trial criminals but it would not be applicable for those accused in ‘political crimes’ or other criminal offences punishable with imprisonment for less than one year. Read less...

Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres on January 28 clashed with Police in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Joypurhat and Satkhira Districts to mount pressure on the Government to stop the war crimes trials, reports The Daily Star. The clash left at least 70 people, including 50 Policemen, injured. Read less...

Cases have been filed against more than 5,000 persons, including 200 leaders and cadres of the JeI-ICS across the country on January 29 for their alleged involvement in attacking law enforcers and vandalising vehicles on January 28, reports The Independent. The Police also arrested nearly 200 ICS cadres throughout the country, including three central leaders of the organisation, from Dhaka. Read less...

Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres set ablaze two buses and smashed five others in old Dhaka City (Dhaka District) on January 29, reports The Daily Star. A group of 20 to 25 cadres, equipped with sharp weapons, sticks and brickbats, damaged vehicles parked in front of Bahadur Shah Park near Jagannath University, Dhaka. They set ablaze two passenger buses, vandalised at least five others and fled as Police rushed to the spot. Read less...

At least 13 people were injured in a clash between the local cadres of Awami League (AL) and JeI in Burimari land port area of Patgram sub-District in Lalmonirhat District on January 30. Police arrested Mominur Rahman (40), son of late Mokbul Hossain of Burimari village and JeI cadre after the clash. Police said the clash took place when AL cadres resisted the JeI cadres who were protesting over there for the release of their leaders on war crime trial. Read less...

Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres carried out 20 explosions and set ablaze 15 vehicles in the Dhaka City (Dhaka District) on January 30, as they brought out a procession in the city, demanding immediate release of their leaders on war crime trial, reports The Daily Star. Police arrested 38 JeI-ICS cadres in this connection. Read less...

The Dhaka City unit of the ruling AL on January 30 vowed to resist the anti-liberation forces of JeI-ICS whenever and wherever they are found engaging in destructive activities in the name of their programmes, reports The Independent. The AL city unit also declared that it would make the soil of the country free again after eliminating JeI-ICS. Most of their top leaders have been detained and are facing trial for their heinous crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971, it pointed out. Read less...

At least 20 people, including some Policemen were injured in the clashes. Four JeI-ICS cadres were arrested in connection with the attack on the Police. Read less...

At least six persons, including four Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres, one Policeman and one civilian were killed as law enforcers dispersed pickets during the general strike the JeI-ICS cadres enforced across the country on January 31, reports The Times of India. Violence marked in Dhaka, Jhenaidah, Sylhet, Chittagong, Lakshmipur, Barisal, Moulvibazar and Sirajganj Districts disrupting normal life and commercial activities. Read less...

In Bogra town of Bogra District four JeI-ICS cadres were killed in a clash between JeI-ICS cadres and Police. Read less...

In Feni District, an autorickshaw driver succumbed to his wounds after his vehicle was attacked by JeI-ICS cadres. Read less...

In Manirampur sub-District of Jessore District one Police constable identified as Jahurul Haq (40) was killed in a clash between JeI-ICS cadres and the Police. Read less...

Reiterating that the ongoing war crimes trial cannot be stopped by unleashing arson attacks and enforcing hartals (shut downs) by the anti-liberation forces, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on January 31 categorically said the war criminals would not be spared, reports The Independent. Sheikh Hasina said the present Government is pledge-bound to people to hold the trial of the war criminals who were responsible for killing three million people and disgracing many women during the Liberation War. “We’ve got a verdict against one war criminal…the verdicts against the other war criminals will come one after another and no war criminal would be spared,” she said. Read less...