Source: BD News 24 Washington DC: The United States has reiterated its support to the Bangladesh government’s initiative to put to trial the crimes against humanities committed during the 1971 Liberation War. US State Department Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell extended the assurance to Bangladesh in wake of the ‘debate’ and political […]
Source: BD news 24 Miscreants have set a train on fire at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station, the nerve-centre of Bangladesh’s rail network, in the last leg of the two-day strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami. Railways Minister Mazibul Hoque has blamed the Jamaat for the act of arson. The attack on the […]
Source: NY Times. By JULFIKAR ALI MANIK and JIM YARDLEY DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh had yet another day of bloodshed on Sunday, as at least 19 people died in angry skirmishes between the police and supporters of the country’s biggest Islamist political party. The supporters were protesting the recent convictions […]
Source: Time Magazine. By Jason Motlagh / Dhaka A young girl’s call pierces through the din of the packed square. Like the macabre billboards that loom above featuring bearded old men in nooses, and the blood red headbands worn by scores of participants, her demands are direct and full-throated: “Hang […]
Source: The Daily Star Protesters from the Shahbagh grand rally on Friday afternoon demanded death penalty for all war criminals including Abdul Quader Mollah and a ban on the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami and Shibir. Lakhs of protesters demand death penalty to all war criminals including Jamaat leader Quader Mollah at […]
Source: The Daily Star By Sushmita S Preetha Forty-two years after the Liberation War, sentiments of liberation were rekindled as thousands yesterday refused to leave the street and go home until their demand for capital punishment for war criminals were met. The spontaneous agitation began on Tuesday afternoon shortly after a […]
Source: The Hindu Op-Ed by Haroon Habib December is a landmark month for Bangladesh. It is the month of the liberation of the country from Pakistan in 1971. And it is also a reminder of a great national tragedy — it was during the same month that year that the […]