Sacked BDR members protest at Shaheed Minar with 6 demands
Sacked BDR members protest at Shaheed Minar with 6 demands

Sacked BDR members and their families are staging a sit-in at the Shaheed Minar, demanding the fulfillment of six key demands. The protest, which began this morning, calls for the reinstatement of Sacked BDR personnel, the release of imprisoned members, and other related issues. The demonstration...

Over 300 BDR members being freed on bail
Over 300 BDR members being freed on bail

Over 300 members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) are being freed on bail after 16 years in jails in an explosive case over the BDR carnage at Dhakas Pilkhana, reports UNB. The prisoners started coming out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj and Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on Thursday morning....

168 BDR members out on bail after 16 years
168 BDR members out on bail after 16 years

BDR members who were granted bail in explosives cases walked out of prison on Thursday after nearly 16 years. A total of 168 personnel of now-defunct BDR were released from Dhaka Central Jail and Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur on Thursday. Of these, 41 were released from Dhaka Central Jail, 26...

BDR Mutiny: Bail granted to over 200 accused in explosives case
BDR Mutiny: Bail granted to over 200 accused in explosives case

More than 200 accused who were acquitted in murder cases and against whom no appeal was filed have been granted bail in the explosives case filed in the BDR mutinity. The temporary court of Dhaka Special Tribunal-1 Judge Md. Ibrahim Miah granted them bail on Sunday inside the Keraniganj Central...

BDR carnage trial to be held at Dhaka Central Jail
BDR carnage trial to be held at Dhaka Central Jail

The trial for the BDR carnage case will take place in a temporary court at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj instead of the previously planned location at the Dhaka Alia Madrasa ground. The Ministry of Law issued a notification in this regard on Sunday. According to the notification, The BDR...

BDR massacre wasn’t a rebellion, but a planned murder assisted by India: Abu Hanif
BDR massacre wasn’t a rebellion, but a planned murder assisted by India: Abu Hanif

The dismissed BDR members and the family members of the BDRs detained in prison have formed a human chain with a three-point demand. The human chain was held in front of Raju Sculpture on Sunday at the initiative of the BDR Welfare Council, Dhaka District. Abu Hanif, a member of the higher...

Makeshift courtroom for BDR carnage case proceedings burnt, trial not possible: prosecutor
Makeshift courtroom for BDR carnage case proceedings burnt, trial not possible: prosecutor

A special prosecutor of an Explosive Substances Act case filed with Lalbagh Police Station over the 2009 BDR mutiny said a fire has burned down the makeshift courtroom raised on the premises of Government Madrasah-E-Alia in the capitals Bakshibazar area. The courtroom has been burnt. At this...

BDR mutiny trial starts today, students protest court's location
BDR mutiny trial starts today, students protest court's location

A temporary special court was set up on the grounds of Dhakas Alia Madrasa to conduct trials for the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny. In response, students of the madrasa and local residents have protested by blocking roads in the Bakshibazar area, voicing their opposition to the use of the...

Independent commission plans to interrogate Hasina in India
Independent commission plans to interrogate Hasina in India

The independent investigation commission established to reinvestigate the 2009 BDR massacre aims to question ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India on August 5 last year during the July Uprising. At a meeting with the families of the BDR (now BGB) massacre victims at Retired...

Moeen breaks silence
Moeen breaks silence

The true story behind the 2009 BDR mutiny remains shrouded in mystery even after 15 years. The brutal killings that unfolded on Feb 25 and 26 at the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, have yet to be fully understood. While the former people in power have provided a one-sided account of the...

Commission to thoroughly investigate 2009 BDR mutiny: Fazlur Rahman
Commission to thoroughly investigate 2009 BDR mutiny: Fazlur Rahman

Chairman of the newly-formed National Independent Commission Major General (retd) ALM Fazlur Rahman has announced his commissions commitment to thoroughly investigate the BDR mutiny that took place on February 25, 2009. This is a national issue, an event of unprecedented magnitude. The scale of...

Full-fledged commission formed to probe BDR carnage
Full-fledged commission formed to probe BDR carnage

The government on Tuesday announced a seven-member national independent investigation commission led by former director general of BGB, A L M Fazlur Rahman, to re-investigate into the BDR (now Border Guard Bangladesh) massacre at Pilkhana on February 25 and 26, 2009. The Cabinet Division...

Ex-BGB chief Mainul Islam detained
Ex-BGB chief Mainul Islam detained

Immigration police detained former Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Lt Gen (Retd) Mainul Islam at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while leaving the country for Canada on Tuesday evening. An official from the Immigration Police confirmed the matter. A total of 74 people...

Maj Gen Fazlur Rahman to lead commission to re-investigate BDR carnage
Maj Gen Fazlur Rahman to lead commission to re-investigate BDR carnage

Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury stated on Monday that the government has formed a seven-member commission to re-investigate the BDR carnage committed in February 2009. The home adviser informed reporters on Monday, after attending a program at Pilkhana BGB Headquarters, that...

Govt. to form committee within five days for BDR massacre justice
Govt. to form committee within five days for BDR massacre justice

According to Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam said on Tuesday, the Ministry of Home Affairs will form a committee within the next five working days to ensure justice for the BDR massacre. Speaking at an urgent press conference at his ministry in the Secretariat this morning, the...

AL started to become fascist with the BDR massacre: Hasnat Abdullah
AL started to become fascist with the BDR massacre: Hasnat Abdullah

Hasnat Abdullah, the convener of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has said he takes the delay in the trial of the BDR massacre with suspicion. He said this comment in a post on his verified Facebook profile on Sunday. Hasnat Abdullah said, The Awami Leagues (AL) journey to becoming...

‘Commission formation on BDR mutiny ‘not possible’ for now’
‘Commission formation on BDR mutiny ‘not possible’ for now’

The Home Ministry has informed the High Court that the government has withdrawn its decision to form a commission to investigate the BDR mutiny and related issues. The ministry said the government has made the decision as two of the related cases are under trial. Deputy attorney-general Tanim...