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Sacked BDR members’ sit-in near Jamuna today

The members of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who were dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, on Sunday announced that they would hold a sit-in programme in front of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus’s official residence Jamuna in the capital today...

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Govt should deliver justice for BDR carnage

WHILE the 2009 carnage in the Bangladesh Rifles, later renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh, remains a shocking incident, leaving an indelible scar, the failure to establish the motive and the plotters of the incident and to bring them to justice is unsettling. The rebellion, which began in the border guard headquarters on February 25 and spilled over to some other sector...

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16 YEARS OF BDR CARNAGE: Voices for justice get louder after Hasina fall

Voices for justice over the killings of 74 people, including 57 army officers, in the then Bangladesh Rifles headquarters at the capital’s Pilkhana during the 2009 BDR mutiny have been getting louder since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5, 2024 amid a mass uprising.

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IN MEMORIAM: Mother’s golden boy

COLONEL Anisuzzaman was a brave soldier, a loving father, a devoted husband and a caring son. He lived to age 50 when his life was cut short by a hail of bullets from rebellious jawans during the bloody Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny on February 25, 2009. He died valiantly along with his courageous colleagues while doing his job serving his country...

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BDR massacre: national security concerns

THE tragic events of February 2009 in Bangladesh, known as the BDR Massacre, remain one of the most devastating incidents in the nation’s history, leaving an indelible scar on the national psyche. At the outset, it is essential to clarify that this was not a mere mutiny but a well-orchestrated massacre. Exploiting existing grievances within the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)...

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Sacked BDR members suspend protests

The members of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who were dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, and their families on Wednesday suspended their protests demanding reinstatement of their jobs and the release of the detained BDR members...

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Sacked BDR members stage sit-in for imprisoned colleagues’ release

The members of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who were dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, and their families on Tuesday staged a sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka to press home their demands including their colleagues’ release and job reinstatement...

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BDR MUTINY: Wholesale release of BDR soldiers unjust, say survivors

Survivors and families of the victims of February 25–26, 2009 rebellion in the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles on Wednesday at a press conference in Dhaka said that it would be unjust if all imprisoned and death row convicts were released on a wholesale basis as all BDR soldiers were not innocent...

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BDR families reunite after 16 years

A total of 178 former members of the then Bangladesh Rifles were released from different jails on Thursday, four days after they were granted bail in an explosive case linked to the 2009 BDR mutiny.

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Families want sacked BDR soldiers be reinstated

Families of former Bangladesh Rifles soldiers, dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, blocked the Shahbagh crossing on Wednesday, demanding reinstatement in the force, now renamed as the Border Guard Bangladesh...

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Ex-BGB DG Mainul barred from travelling abroad

Former director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh, then known as Bangladesh Rifles, retired lieutenant general Md Mainul Islam, was barred at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while attempting to travel abroad.

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BDR Carnage: Genocide case filed against Hasina, aides

The families of 22 victims of the 2009 carnage at then Bangladesh Rifles headquarters filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor on Thursday accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her defense adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former army chief Moneen U Ahmed and 55 others of crimes against humanity and genocide...

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BDR massacre: a call for justice

THE massacre at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh, on February 25, 2009, stands as harrowing tragedy in Bangladesh’s history. Fifty-seven army officers were murdered by the border guards. Alongside the officers, several civilians fell victim to the barbarity. The crime was marked by unimaginable...

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HC seeks update on BDR carnage probe body

The High Court on Monday directed the government to submit a report on December 15 on the formation of a National Independent Investigation Committee to thoroughly investigate the February 25–26, 2009, massacre at the then Bangladesh Rifles headquarters...

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Commission demanded for ensuring justice

Families of the victims of the February 25–26, 2009 rebellion in the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles and sacked BDR members on Saturday demanded a commission to ensure punishment for actual perpetrators...

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Why did Abu Sayeed, fellows, sacrifice lives?

THAT the Awami League had a master plan to capture power forever is discerned from some deplorable incidents that happened just after it assumed office in 2009. The party president, Sheikh Hasina, along with her leaders, did not hesitate even a little to kill our 57 patriotic army officers. Almost all the party leaders knew about what happened in the...

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Families for fresh probe, making findings public 

Families of the victims of the February 25–26, 2009 rebellion in the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles demanded to the interim government a fresh inquiry into the killing of 75 people, including...

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Full truth of BDR carnage a must

VICTIM families of the 2009 carnage in the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as the Border Guard Bangladesh, term the earlier legal proceedings a mockery of justice, noting that partisan interests of the Awami League government, overthrown on August 5, clouded the investigation. Several hundred border guards took up arms against...

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Reinvestigation into BDR rebellion cases demanded

Families of the retired border force personnel on Thursday demanded impartial re-investigation into the killing of 75 people, including 57 army officers, in the Bangladesh Rifles rebellion in 2009...

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