Tag: army
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WikiLeaks: Army intervention could save lives in BDR mutiny, Khaleda told Moriarty
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expected to receive a call from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the day of the BDR mutiny, but one had never come, says a US embassy cable leaked by WikiLeaks. During a meeting with then-US ambassador James F Moriarty on March 4, the three-time former premier was critical of the government’s…
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Bangladesh: November 7, 1975 events, through WikiLeaks
* Troops loyal to ousted chief of army staff Maj Gen Ziaur Rahman moved against his successor Maj Gen Khalid Mosharraf around 1am. There was considerable gunfire, punctuated by mortar blasts, at the Dhaka cantonment as the night passed. Shortly before 4am Radio Bangladesh announced that Zia had been named chief martial law administrator, thus…
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WikiLeaks: 1/11 rulers arrested 15,000 for corruption in two weeks
This cable describing the first two weeks of military-backed caretaker government was sent to Washington by then US ambassador Patricia A Butenis. The 15,000 people arrested by police, army, and other security personnel since January 11 include established criminals as well as local and student leaders of both the Awami League and especially the Bangladesh…
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WikiLeaks: Yunus in 2009 urged US to mediate with Awami League
Here is the verbatim of a cable sent to Washington by Chargé d’Affaires Nicholas Dean on Yunus and Awami League government. Only the sections have been rearranged. Date: November 30, 2009. Title: BANGLADESH PM REMAINS COOL TOWARD NOBEL LAUREATE (CONFIDENTIAL) Ambassador weighs in with Prime Minister ¶5. (C) Fearing GOB displeasure with him would jeopardize Grameen Bank…
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New booster in Russia-Bangladesh relations?
The Russian experts claim that the third generation technology has the capacity to stay fine in earthquake, tsunami and wartime. MoU done for a pre-feasibility study over the 2000MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. Well, this project is underway in Pabna, revived a couple of years ago, initiated in 1967. The Russian govt will give $500…
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Kalpana Chakma won’t be back!
Yeh, officially, she is “missing” or gone in the wind! Sixteen years into the abduction of the Hill Women Federation’s stalwart, detectives have said, ‘sorry, we can’t find her. the allegations against Lt Ferdous and VDP Platun Commanders Nurul Huq and Saleh Ahmmad were not substantial while their names were not mentioned in the FIR,’…
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৭০লাখ টাকা নিয়ে সুরঞ্জিতের প্রশ্ন
৭০লাখ টাকার কেলেঙ্কারীর পর এই প্রথম কোন ইন্টারভিউ দিলেন সুরঞ্জিত। কাল রাতে ইন্ডিপেন্ডেন্ট টিভির আজকের বাংলাদেশ অনুষ্ঠানে এসেছিলেন তিনি; সঞ্চালক খালেদ মুহিউদ্দীন অনেক কথাই জিজ্ঞেস করলেন তাকে, আবার কিছু বিষয়ে বিস্তারিত আলাপ হয়নি সময়ের অভাবে। তবে এই কথপোকথনের একটা অংশ—মানে সুরঞ্জিত ৯ই এপ্রিলের ঘটনা নিয়ে যেসব প্রশ্ন তুলেছেন সেগুলো আমার নিজেরও জানার ইচ্ছা ও আগ্রহ…
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‘Define terms minorities, indigenous’
Published on bdnews24.com on May 27, 2011 A former advisor to the caretaker government has asked the government to clarify who are indigenous and who are not. Sultana Kamal, also a member of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission, told bdnews24.com the government cannot establish something forcibly. She was responding on Friday to the comment of…
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