Saturday, January 30th, 2010Shukrana munajat was offered in all mosques across the country after Juma prayers yesterday expressing gratitude to the Almighty Allah following the execution of the death sentence of five killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Special prayers were also offered in other worship places of the country at their convenient times.Five convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were hanged at Dhaka Central Jail early Thursday.
(read more) Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009The Supreme Court authorities yesterday sent the records of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination case to the trial court to start the process of executing five convicts who are now in the condemned cells.The Court of District and Sessions Judge, Dhaka on receiving the records will issue death warrant against the five convicts, said Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday.The records contain all the relevant papers including the copies of the judgements recently delivered by the Supreme Court and earlier by the High Court and the trial court.The attorney general told The Daily Star the trial court may issue the death ...
(read more) Monday, December 21st, 2009The Supreme Court in its full judgement of Bangabandhu murder case vehemently criticised the moves by subsequent governments after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for barring trial of the heinous crime and rather promoting the killers to higher or diplomatic posts.The apex court termed the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members a great crime against humanity, mankind and civilisation."A murderer is always a murderer and a terrorist is always a terrorist and is enemy to mankind and humanity and an offender in the eye of the law. To protect and shelter such killers ...
(read more) Friday, December 18th, 2009The convicts on death row in Bangabandhu assassination case will get copy of the historic Supreme Court (SC) judgement on Sunday.They will get 30 days for filing review petitions with the apex court after receiving the copy.The full text of the 412-page judgement was released yesterday but copy of it was not available since the SC bench signed it late in the afternoon.The five-member bench headed by Justice Md Tafazzul Islam heard appeals by five of the 12 convicts sentenced to death by the High Court (HC).Earlier on November 19, the SC bench dismissed their appeals against the HC verdict.These ...
(read more) Thursday, November 19th, 2009The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court verdict that confirmed death sentences to 12 retired and dismissed army men in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination case, dismissing the appeals filed by five convicts.The condemned were Lt Col (dismissed) Syed Farooq-ur Rahman, Lt Col (retd) Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Lt Col (retd) Muhiuddin Ahmed, Lt Col (retd) AKM Mahiuddin Ahmed, Maj (retd) Bazlul Huda, Lt Col (retd) Khandaker Abdur Rashid, Maj (retd) Shariful Haque Dalim, Lt Col (retd) AM Rashed Chowdhury, Lt Col (retd) SHMB Noor Chowdhury, Lt Col (retd) Md Abdul Aziz Pasha, Capt (retd) Abdul Mazed, and ...
(read more) Tuesday, June 19th, 2007AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, condemned to death for killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family on August 15, 1975, was brought back to the country yesterday, after over a decade on the run in the United States.Immigration police arrested him on his arrival at Zia International Airport (ZIA) at 12:18pm and took him straight to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka. From there, the ex-army major who was tried in absentia for his part in the gruesome August killings was sent to Dhaka Central Jail.The US Homeland Security got him on board a flight to Dhaka after a ...
(read more) Tuesday, June 19th, 2007There has been no government move for bringing back the convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman absconding abroad, the issue overlooked by most of the previous governments.The taskforce formed in 1999 during the Awami League (AL) rule to have the killers extradited was dissolved after the BNP-Jamaat led coalition took office in 2001.During its five-year rule till 2006, the BNP-Jamaat government did not make any efforts in this regard. Many believe that both BNP and Jamaat are beneficiaries of the killing.Even the caretaker government did not take any steps in the last five months in this regard. It ...
(read more) Monday, June 18th, 2007AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, condemned to death for killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family about 32 years ago, might finally be brought back to the country today.His prolonged legal battle in the US for asylum ended in failure on Thursday with a district court in Los Angeles ruling that it has no jurisdiction over an immigration judge's order for his deportation.Immigration and foreign ministry officials said ex-army major Mohiuddin, 60, boarded a plane from Los Angeles yesterday noon and was scheduled to arrive at the Zia International Airport (ZIA) on a Thai Airways flight at around ...
(read more) Sunday, June 10th, 2007A federal judge in California has stayed the proceedings for seven days against Lt Col (retd) Mohiuddin Ahmed, the condemned killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, after fresh hearing of his case.In his ruling on Thursday, the judge charged the Department of Homeland Security with misleading Congress, particularly those members fighting the deportation order against the convicted killer.However, Mohiuddin's status remains the same. He has been denied asylum status in US and is in danger of being sent back to Dhaka.Mohiuddin has been sentenced to death in absentia in 1998 for his role in the August 15, 1975 ...
(read more) Saturday, June 9th, 2007A federal judge in California has stayed the proceedings for seven days against Lt Col (retd) Mohiuddin Ahmed, the condemned killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, after fresh hearing of his case.In his ruling on Thursday, the judge charged the Department of Homeland Security with misleading Congress, particularly those members fighting the deportation order against the convicted killer.However, Mohiuddin's status remains the same. He has been denied asylum status in US and is in danger of being sent back to Dhaka.Mohiuddin has been sentenced to death in absentia in 1998 for his role in the August 15, 1975 ...
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