Dhaka mutiny probe panel given a week’s extensionDHAKA - The panel formed to investigate the Bangladesh Rifles troopers’ mutiny has been given a week’s extension by the Sheikh Hasina government. Islamists blame India for Bangladesh mutiny, as FBI agents arriveDHAKA - As agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation arrived here to help probe last week’s mutiny, rightwing Jamaat-e-Islami party Sunday accused India of being behind the killings inside the Bangladesh border guards’ headquarters. Two new judges appointed to restart Mujib’s murder trialDHAKA - Two high court judges will resume trial in the assassination of Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and several of his family members and political associates in August 1975, the Sheikh Hasina government has announced. Hasina is Rahman’s daughter. SAARC summit likely to be deferred: ReportDHAKA - The 16th SAARC summit is likely to be deferred to at least the first quarter of 2010 as the Maldives has expressed its inability to host the gathering this year after October, when its tourist season would be in full swing. Foreign spies killed border guard officers: Khaleda ZiaDHAKA - Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia has alleged that ‘foreign spies hired from outside’ killed the officers and their family members during the mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers. Pakistan tour of Bangladesh postponedDHAKA - The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Thursday announced that it has postponed Pakistan’s cricket tour to the country scheduled to start later this week. Dhaka, Delhi to renew transit, trade deal in MarchDHAKA - Bangladeshi and Indian officials will meet here later this month to renew their inland water transit and trade deal. The current deal expires March 31. Bangladesh to build nuclear plant to meet energy demandDHAKA - Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday told parliament that her government would set up a nuclear power plant to meet the country’s growing energy demand. Bangladesh to go ahead with home series against PakistanDHAKA - Bangladesh is ‘ready to go ahead’ with the home series against Pakistan next week even as a terrorist attack in Lahore left six Sri Lankan players injured Tuesday, a media report said. Dhaka nabs two mutineers, begins probeDHAKA - Two people accused of inciting the Feb 25-26 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny, including Touhidul Alam, a deputy assistant director (DAD) of the paramilitary frontier force, have been arrested even as the government began probes at different levels Tuesday. Bangladesh PM seeks FBI help to probe mutinyDHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday sought help from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to find out the ringleaders of the mutiny and bloodshed by the country’s border guards. Bangladesh charging over 1,000 BDR mutineersDHAKA - Authorities in Bangladesh were levelling charges against more than a thousand troopers Sunday, three days after a mutiny in the headquarters of paramilitary border guards left scores of army officers dead, officials said. Hasina meets army officers, death toll may cross 100DHAKA - A sombre Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday held ‘an emotion-charged meeting’ with Bangladeshi army officers, whose colleagues accounted for most of the over 100 reported killed by border guards who rebelled last week over poor pay and working conditions. Bangladesh to try mutineers in special courtDHAKA - The government of Bangladesh announced Saturday that it intends to prosecute members of a paramilitary border force that mutinied this week by special tribunal, as more graves of the mutineers’ victims were discovered. Chilling tales emerge as Bangladesh mutiny toll crosses 80DHAKA - More mass graves, more stories of savagery, and more chilling tales of survival. The full horror of the mutiny at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters here continued to unravel Saturday, with the death toll climbing to over 80, even as the country was steeped in mourning. UN chief condemns mutiny of Bangladesh Rifles troopersDHAKA - UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon expressed his distress at the mounting death toll in the violent two-day mutiny by troopers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR). ‘I smeared myself with colleague’s blood to survive mutiny’DHAKA - The mutiny at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters here has spawned horror stories of how soldiers were forced to fire at their colleagues while some were ordered to dig mass graves - but one of the most chilling accounts is of an officer who smeared his colleague’s blood over his body to escape death. Bangladesh toll is 61 dead, Hasina vows actionDHAKA - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday vowed to book the instigators of the bloody 33-hour mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel, saying ‘a certain quarter must be involved’ in the massacre of over 60 army officers who headed the paramilitary unit. 34 bodies found, Bangladesh mutiny toll 56DHAKA - The death toll in the bloody revolt by Bangladesh’s body guards rose to 56 Friday as troops recovered 34 more bodies of army officers, including that of the Bangladesh Rifle (BDR) chief, and others massacred by the mutineers, the authorities said. Bangladesh Rifles chief killed in mutiny: Army officialDHAKA - Major General Shakil Ahmed, director general of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), died in a hail of bullets within 10 minutes of the mutiny by the troopers that ended after two days of killing and chaos. Bangladesh border guards’ mutiny over: GovernmentDHAKA - The 33-hour mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers ended Thursday evening as the rebels laid down their arms in the face of an imminent attack by the army, which had moved tanks into position for an assault on the BDR headquarters here. Bangladesh mutiny over: GovernmentDHAKA - The mutinous troopers of the Bangladesh Rifles have laid down their arms, a government spokesman said here Thursday. Bangladesh standoff heads for a climaxDHAKA - Tanks moved into position to prepare for an assault on the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters where mutinous troopers, who had battled the army Wednesday, were holed up. An agreement with the government to resolve the impasse seemed to flounder as the mutiny spread to other parts of the country with at least 50 deaths reported. Tanks close in on BDR headquarters, army ready to strikeDHAKA - Tanks rumbled on the roads leading to the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters in the capital city Thursday as the army prepared to suppress the mutiny by the border guards. Do not force me to take action: Hasina warns mutineersDHAKA - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in an address to the nation Thursday afternoon, asked the mutinous Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers to lay down their arms and warned that she would take ’strong action if compelled to do so’. Mutiny spreads outside Dhaka, government-troopers begin talksDHAKA - Amid reports that the uprising by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers had spread beyond Dhaka, a government team here Thursday began talks with the mutineers who had a day earlier fought fierce battles with the army, killing at least 50 people. Death toll reaches 50 in Bangladesh troop mutinyDHAKA - Bangladeshi paramilitary border troops began surrendering their weapons early Thursday, ending a 19-hour standoff that left at least 50 people dead at the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters, a government minister said. Bangladesh mutiny toll may be 50, says ministerDHAKA - At least 50 people may have died in the mutiny by Bangladesh border guards, the country’s Law Minister Quamrul Islam said Thursday. Bangladesh’s troopers end violent revolt, four deadDHAKA/KOLKATA - Thousands of Bangladesh border guards ended a revolt over poor working conditions and agreed to return to the barracks Wednesday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced an amnesty, ending several hours of fierce fighting with the army in the heart of Dhaka that reportedly left at least four people dead and the country shaken. Mutinous Bangladesh troopers agree to lay down armsDHAKA - The mutinous Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers, who fought a fierce battle with the army Wednesday in the heart of the capital city, agreed to surrender their arms after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced amnesty for them. |
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