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Harun-or-Rashid was elected secretary general of the Bangladesh Police Service Association in January 2016 while Asaduzzaman Mia was president of the association. [15] On 5 May 2016, Sub Inspector Azharul Islam demanded 50 million taka from Amber Denim, part of Amber Group which Showkat Aziz Russell owned, and threatened to destroy his business ...
Abdul Kader Mollah, On 5 February 2013, the ICT sentenced Abdul Kader Mollah, assistant secretary of Jamaat, to life imprisonment, Bangladesh law subsequently amended to appeal verdicts and changed to the death penalty, and he was executed. [3] Mollah was convicted on five of six counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. [4]
Nasir Uddin, his older brother, a sub-inspector of Bangladesh Police, also died from cancer on 7 April 2023. [11] [10] He had developed mental problems after these deaths according to his cousins. He used to roam around the campus of the University of Dhaka and would take food offered by students. [11] [5] He was 35 at the time of his death. [11]
On 10 November, a Muslim mob shouting anti-Hindu slogans took out a procession in Khulna. Hindu temples were attacked and destroyed by the mob. [2] On 11 November, a Muslim mob attacked Hindu shops and temples in Narsingdi [citation needed]. More than 25 Hindu-owned shops were set on fire and images in three temples were smashed. [3]
On 2 December, 2024, at around 2 p.m. IST, members of the organisation appeared at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala and entered its premises, chanting Jai Shri Ram. [9] The attackers "took down the Bangladesh flag, set it on fire, and caused some vandalism inside the building". [2]
Bangladesh's largest opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, denounced the Chhatra League attacks on the protesters. [398] The Left Democratic Alliance also denounced the suppressions saying, "the government is delivering provocative speeches instead of recognizing logical changes in the quota system."
The term Birangana was first introduced in 1971 by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to refer to victims of rape during the Bangladesh Liberation War, in an attempt to prevent them from being outcast by the society. [17] Since 1972, victims of rape during the war have been recognized as Birangona, or "war heroines", by the government of Bangladesh. [17] [18]
After the Independence of Bangladesh he turned against the Sheikh Mujib government. [35] In April 1973, he formed Purba Banglar Jatiya Mukti Front (East Bengal National Liberation Front) and declared war on Bangladesh Government. [34] Under his leadership, the Sarbahara party carried out attacks against money lenders and landlords. [36]