Manabzamin, 22nd December 2013 3 Female students of DU victim of Chhatra League’s eve teasing Link: http://mzamin.com/details.php?mzamin=Mzk5Nw%3D%3D&s=MQ%3D%3D 3 female students from the faculty of Fine Arts in DU (Dhaka University) were reported to be victims of eve teasing by the Chhatra League (the student wing of the ruling party Awami League). Another student along with …
Monthly Archive: December 2013
Dec 26
Sylhet Shibir Publicity Secretary Sohel crippled by inhuman Police torture
So what is a good way of transforming a healthy lively meritorious student leader into a cripple in the minimum time possible through inhuman torture? The OC of Kotwali Police station at Sylhet, Ataur Rahman Babul, apparently is an expert in doing so and has proved that by a recent example, resulting in a nationwide …
Dec 18
Azan and Prayers halted in Bangladesh district for fear of security forces crackdown
Nilphamari: After 5 people were killed and around 50 injured in a clash between Awami Leage coupled with Police against supporters of the 18 Party Alliance in Ramganj Bazar of the district, the unions of Tupamari and Lokkhichap have become deserted. The police have filed a case in this connection against 14 named and 1500 …
Dec 18
Shaheed Abdul Quader Mullah’s Final letter from jail to his wife
Translation Credit: S. Helal [Page 1] Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Dearest life-partner Peyari, Assalamu alikum wa rahmatullah. After the full verdict has been published today, it is very likely that, tomorrow night or tomorrow after the order reaches the jail gate, I might be taken to the condemn cell. This is the rule. Probably this is …
Dec 17
Dr. Foyez Ahmed, another innocent man murdered by the state
In an unprecedented instance of extrajudicial killing of eminent civilians by the state forces in Bangladesh, Laxmipur branch Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Amir, well known physician and distinguished social personality Dr. Foyez Ahmed was brutally killed by members of the paramilitary force RAB at his own home late night last Friday the 13th of December. Witnesses stated that on …
Dec 17
Awami League prime force behind recent violence in Bangladesh: The media speaks
Recent turmoil in Bangladesh has been a work of the Awami League, the ruling party of Bangladesh. At one end it is killing civilians and executing opposition leaders, both judicially and extrajudicially, at the other end it is setting fire to buses, temples and institutions of minorities, homes of opposition and even their own people …
Dec 11
Daily Star makes another mountain out of a bacterium called Shahbag
The Daily Star has a history of making mountains out of molehills. This time was no exception. This was the link: http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/thousands-gather-at-shahbagh/ in which the Daily Star initially said “thousands had gathered in shahbagh” (the article link is proof enough) while a modified article later said that ” Hundreds gather at Shahbag.” One would have expected that …
Dec 11
The curious case of Abdul Quader Molla
Mr. Abdul Qader Mollah is probably the most talked about Bangladeshi these days. The highest court in our country had ordered him to be executed through a questionable legal[1] process and in violation of international [2]and human rights [3]laws. Worrying yet is the huge pressure on the government, both from within and outside, to carry …
Dec 09
8 year old child shot to death by Bangladesh Police
An eight-year old boy was killed in police firing during a clash between police and opposition activists at Buhuli Bazar in Sadar upazila on Monday, the third day of the opposition’s nationwide 72-hour road-rail-waterway blockade. The deceased was identified as Alamgir Hossain Sumon, son of Anwar Hossain of Buhuli village of the upazila. Habibul Islam, …
Dec 09
Shahbag bus incident was carried out by the Awami League: A case study
The nation was rendered shocked at the incident by which a bus at Shahbag was firebombed, leaving 3 bus passengers dead till date and rendering more than 18 passengers with severe burn injuries on the evening of Thursday the 28thof November, 2013, the last day of the blockade program two weeks ago. The incident was …
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