The lawyer for a death convict in Bangabandhu murder case has questioned the role of then army chief K M Shafiullah and air force chief A K Khandker on Aug 15, 1975 at the second day's hearing of arguments.
Former army chief KM Shafiullah, in his deposition in the trial court, had said that resentment persisted in the army over the dismissal and promotion of some officers before the assassination of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members, on August 15, 1975. Shafiullah’s deposition was read out on Sunday at the Appellate Division by Abdullah Al Mamun, the counsel for death-row prisoners Bazlul Huda and AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, from the High Court judgment delivered by Justice ABM Khairul Haque upholding death sentences of 15 former army men.
আজ ২২ আগস্ট। ২০০৭ সালে দেশময় ছাত্র বিক্ষোভের দ্বিতীয় বছর। বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাসের স্মরণীয় এ ঘটনায় ঢাবি এবং রাবির ১২ জন শিক্ষককে জেলে দেয়া হয় যা ছিল নজিরবিহীন এবং দুঃখজনক। যে শিক্ষক সমাজ ড. শহীদ শামসুজ্জোহার আত্মত্যাগ নিয়ে গর্ব করে সেই শিক্ষক সমাজই সেদিন আতংকিত হয়েছিল স্বাধীন এই বাংলার মাটিতে।
The army has launched an investigation into alleged punishment meted out to many officers of three forces on political ground over the last seven years.
The Inter-Service Public Relation Directorate has asked private television channels to take necessary steps to inform talk-show anchors and participants not to make comments that could undermine the Bangladesh Army.
Major General Ferdous Mia has been appointed new chairman of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies.
The government has recently dismissed seven officers of the Bangladesh Army without showing any reasons.
Bangladesh Army seeks to form a special unit named, Quick Reaction Force (QRF), to ensure the country's internal security, particularly to tackle on an urgent basis -- incidents like mutinies and bombings.
Reluctance to comply with the army and pent-up frustration over unfulfilled demands led to the mutiny at Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Pilkhana on February 25.
Borders guards are working in the frontiers with anxiety and disappointment over the government’s move to restructure the Bangladesh Rifles after the February 25–26 rebellion n its headquarters in Dhaka.
