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....

Sacked BDR men block Shahbagh demanding reinstatement
Sacked BDR men block Shahbagh demanding reinstatement

Former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) officials who were sacked following the Pilkhana carnage have blocked the Shahbagh intersection in the capital, demanding reinstatement in the force. Family members of those imprisoned following the carnage have also demanded their immediate release. The...

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...

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...