Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009A special court of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday fixed January 24 next year for framing charges against 62 accused BDR men in a mutiny case of the district.The court also adjourned the trial proceedings till the date.The Bangladesh Rifles Special Court-3 led by its Director General Maj Gen Mainul Islam fixed the date during the proceedings of the case.The 62 BDR men were taken to the 19 Rifle Battalion Headquarters at 8:30 am and produced before the court.During the 30 minutes proceedings that started at about 10:00am, Prosecutor Lt Col Gazi Mohammad Salauddin, also the commanding officer of the battalion, ...
(read more) Monday, December 21st, 2009The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Special Court-3 in Feni adjourned till today its mutiny trial of 62 soldiers of 19 Rifle Battalion Headquarters under the Comilla Sector for their alleged involvement in the incident.The court set 10:00am to resume its proceedings.At the outset of the trial on first day, a three-member court led by BDR Director General Maj Gen M Mainul Islam and including Lt Col Akhtaruzzaman and Maj Maksudul Alam of the Comilla sector, read out a statement of accusation.The accused BDR men were not put on the dock yesterday but would be brought today.They are allowed to take assistance ...
(read more) Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Mutinous members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) would surrender arms and go back to barracks, said Deputy Assistant Director of BDR Touhid this evening."We had talks with the prime minister and we agreed to return to barracks," Touhid told reporters after a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Jamuna.He said they were taking the decision as per the PM's assurance to meet their demands.A 14-soldier BDR team went to the PM's official residence Jamuna for the talks.
(read more) Saturday, June 14th, 2008Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) is set to suspend selling rice in its fair price outlets in the capital within two or three days, and the suspension will remain in effect until the government's ongoing rice procurement programme across the country wraps up.A BDR official said the decision to suspend selling rice came following instructions from the government, as the border security force is being forced to procure rice from local markets for Tk 28.5 to Tk 29.5 a kilogram (kg), which is higher than the government-fixed procurement price of Tk 28.Food Secretary Mollah Waheeduzzaman, however, said he does not know ...
(read more) Tuesday, May 20th, 2008At least 50 people were injured as Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel beat up people demonstrating against assault of a Pourasava commissioner by BDR men here yesterday.The demonstrators barricaded Satkhira-Kaliganj road in the town after Pourasava commissioner Safiquddowla Sagar was assaulted and injured.The BDR swung into action on them and also assaulted pedestrians and people including journalists and women inside shops and houses nearby.Satkhira Superintendent of Police (SP) Mirza Abdullahel Baki along with police force rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.Earlier in the morning, the BDR picked up Sagar and beat him up as he ...
(read more) Monday, October 22nd, 2007Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) will ask Indian Border Security Force (BSF) to hand over the demarcated Bangladesh land under their possession at Naogaon border during the upcoming director general level conference in Dhaka.In addition, installation of border pillars along 35.5km border at Berubari and Shingpara-Khudipara in Panchagarh, demarcation of un-demarcated areas in Muhurir char, Daikhata and Lathitila and stopping smuggling of illegal firearms, explosives and drugs into Bangladesh will also figure high during the six-day meeting starting on October 24.Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed, DG of BDR, is going to lead the 22-member Bangladesh team while DG BSF Ashish Kumar Mitra ...
(read more) Monday, July 9th, 2007Law enforcers yesterday rescued Danida official Shahid Suman near a stream in the remote forest of Thanchi upazila after two weeks of his abduction.A 20-member patrol team of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) found Suman near Sampajhiri stream, 110km away from Bandarban district. The BDR suspected that the kidnappers left the Danida staff in the face of their guerilla operation.Suman was found ill at the time of rescue at 10:30am. He was immediately taken to the Chhoto Modok BDR camp by stretcher and boat as there was no facility for helicopter landing in that remote area.Later, Suman was flown to Chittagong Combined ...
(read more) Saturday, July 7th, 2007Security forces exchanged fires with the kidnappers of the Danida official Shahid Suman during their rescue operation at Thanchi in the district yesterday.No casualty was reported as a result of the gun battle that took place 3-4km west of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) camp at Yangrai and lasted for more than an hour, but the law enforcers said they arrested a kidnapper during the operation.Suman, who was abducted on June 25 along with his driver, could not be rescued after 250 hours of combing operations in the rugged terrains of the hilly regions.Danida driver Md Hanif was rescued unconscious some ...
(read more) Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007Prices of daily essentials continue to rise despite the government's scramble to curb the spiral. Within the last couple of weeks prices of vegetables and rice increased by Tk 3 to Tk 4 per kilogram (kg).Aubergine, potato, bitter gourd, onion, and green papaya were being sold in different city retail markets including in Karwanbazar, Hatirpool, and Kathalbagan for Tk 20 to Tk 22 yesterday. But the prices of those vegetables had been Tk 14 to Tk 16 just about a week or two ago.Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel, who are involved in the government initiative for selling essential commodities ...
(read more) Monday, April 16th, 2007A number of private companies including some of those sued for stockpiling and selling rotten or adulterated essentials have opened fair price shops in different parts of the country.Sources said these corrupt companies have joined the others in this venture in a bid to build a positive image in public mind and evade harassment by law enforcement agencies.Some 22 companies including Partex Group and Abul Khair Group that have been sued are selling essential commodities through their faire price outlets with cooperation from Bangladesh Rifles (BDR).The other companies include Meghna Group, PHP, Imam Group, Masud and Brothers, Alam and Brothers, ...
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