Don’t turn mosque row into Babri Masjid-2 (Comment)
July 27th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
I am worried that unless the Akbarabadi Masjid row near Delhi's Jama Masjid is nipped in the bud, it might become Babri Masjid-2.Some smalltime politicians are trying to politicize the entire ... Read more...
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HRW asks Bangladesh to halt border guards’ mutiny trial
July 5th, 2012 - 5:39 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 4 (IANS) International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday asked Bangladesh to halt a mass trial of suspected mutineers of the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles who had killed ... Read more...
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Bangladesh mass sentencing condemned
June 19th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 19 (IANS) The prosecution teams conducting the mass trials of the alleged mutineers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) must immediately stop the trials, Human Rights Watch said ... Read more...
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12 killed in Mali mutiny
March 24th, 2012 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
Bamako (Mali), March 23 (IANS) At least 12 people died in the confrontation between Mali's mutinous soldiers and the presidential guards, police said Friday.A curfew has been imposed in several ... Read more...
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African Union suspends Mali from its membership
March 23rd, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, March 23 (IANS) The African Union (AU) Friday suspended Mali from its membership after Malian soldiers announced they have taken power in the country.The union Thursday condemned the ... Read more...
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Bangladesh jails 3,036 border guards for 2009 mutiny
September 12th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 12 (IANS) A special court in Dhaka Monday sentenced to jail 182 border guards for their involvement in the February 2009 mutiny, bringing the total of convicted troopers ... Read more...
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Border guards’ trial begins for Dhaka massacre
August 24th, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 24 (IANS) The trial of over 800 mutineers who were involved in the massacre of 74 people, including 57 army officers, at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters in ... Read more...
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57 mutineers in Burkina Faso to face prosecution
June 6th, 2011 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ouagadougou, June 6 (IANS) Burkina Faso will prosecute 57 mutineers arrested last week in the west African country's economic capital Bobo Dioulasso, Xinhua Monday quoted Justice Minister Jerome Traore as ... Read more...
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Burkina Faso government dissolved amid mutiny
April 17th, 2011 - 2:49 am ICT by BNO News
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO (BNO NEWS) -- The president of Burkina Faso has dissolved the government amid a mutiny by members of his presidential guard in the capital city Ouagadougou.Xinhua news agency reported ... Read more...
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Zia asks Hasina to quit
February 25th, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 25 (IANS) Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia Friday asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to "resign immediately" and demanded a mid-term poll.Zia utilised the second anniversary of the 2009 mutiny ... Read more...
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Scottish man with Robinson Crusoe author’s name rescued from island
January 27th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 27 (ANI): A Scottish man, who goes by the same name as the author of Robinson Crusoe, was recently rescued from a remote island in Scotland after he and his ... Read more...
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Bangladesh gets new border force post-mutiny
January 23rd, 2011 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 23 (IANS) Bangladesh got a new force Sunday to guard its frontiers - the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) that replaced the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), which had witnessed a bloody ... Read more...
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2009 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny leaves nation open to terrorist threat: Analysts
July 23rd, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, July 23 (ANI): More than a year has passed since personnel of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) staged a violent mutiny at their headquarters in Dhaka, and yet, no one ... Read more...
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Death penalty proposed for Bangladesh mutineers
July 12th, 2010 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 12 (DPA) The Bangladeshi government Monday approved a draft law on the paramilitary border force that would impose a maximum penalty of death against mutineers, an official said.
The council ... Read more...
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Bangladesh border guard mutineers’ trial adjourned
April 27th, 2010 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 27 (IANS) Troopers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) had "pre-planned" last year's mutiny during which officers who had raised their hands were gunned down, a special court was told Tuesday.
A ... Read more...
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Bangladesh border guards want death for mutineers
December 17th, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 17 (IANS) As about 4,000 of its troopers face trial for the February rebellion that left 74 people dead, the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the country's border guards, has mooted ... Read more...
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Dhaka begins mutiny trial of border guards
November 25th, 2009 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 25 (IANS) Nine troopers of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) were Wednesday produced before a special court for their role in a bloody mutiny in February that left 74 people dead.
The nine ... Read more...
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Six courts set up to try Bangladesh border guard mutineers
November 16th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 16 (IANS) The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has set up six special courts - two in Dhaka and four outside the capital - to try hundreds of mutineers who killed ... Read more...
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Dhaka to disband four border guard battalions
October 29th, 2009 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 29 (IANS) Four battalions of Bangladesh rifles (BDR), whose troopers mutinied in February, will be disbanded, a media report has said.
Troopers of Battalions 13, 24, 36 and 44 ... Read more...
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Mujib killers were told that Bangladesh to be monarchy
October 7th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 7 (IANS) Mutineers who killed Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 were provoked by an army officer with a 'story' that their country was about to be declared ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi mutineers won’t face court martial
September 15th, 2009 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 15 (DPA) Bangladesh Tuesday decided to prosecute nearly 3,500 border guards allegedly involved in a late-February mutiny at the Bangladesh Rifles Headquarters in Dhaka under the paramilitary force's own ... Read more...
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Bangladesh president seeks court opinion on mutiny trial
August 17th, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 17 (IANS) Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman Monday sought opinion of the Supreme court on whether the border guards who mutinied in February be tried under the civil code or ... Read more...
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Dhaka seeks presidential reference on trial of BDR mutineers
August 16th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 16 (IANS) The Bangladesh government Sunday moved the presidency for guidance on the legal process to be followed to try border guards who mutinied in February killing 71 people.
On the ... Read more...
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Did Henry Hudson’s crew murder him in the Artic?
June 13th, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jun 13 (ANI): The death of English explorer and navigator Henry Hudson in the 17th century is being speculated to have been caused by his own crew.The 400-year-old mystery of the ... Read more...
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Border guard official admits to leading Dhaka mutiny
June 7th, 2009 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 7 (IANS) A middle-ranking Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) official has admitted to leading the mutiny by the border guard troopers in February this year that left 81 people including 55 ... Read more...
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Opposition leader accused of instigating Dhaka mutiny
June 4th, 2009 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 4 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has for the first time accused a former lawmaker of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of instigating the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers' mutiny in ... Read more...
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Probe finds no political, foreign link to Dhaka mutiny
May 22nd, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 22 (IANS) The Bangladesh Rifles' (BDR) mutiny probe committee has not found any involvement of political leaders or foreign forces into the rebellion that left 81 people, including 55 ... Read more...
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Georgia’s Defence Minister says mutiny underway at military base
May 5th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Tbilisi (Georgia), May 5 (ANI): Georgia's Defense Minister David Sikharulidze said in televised remarks Tuesday that several hundred army personnel were ignoring orders at the tank battalion base, around 20 miles from ... Read more...
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‘Bangla border guards’ ammunition may reach Indian militants’ (Lead, superseding earlier story)
April 28th, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 28 (IANS) A former chief of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has said the ammunition and explosives that went missing during the troopers' mutiny could have been smuggled to militant ... Read more...
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Dhaka worried BDR ammunition could reach militants in India
April 28th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 28 (IANS) A former chief of the Bangladesh Rifle (BDR) has said the ammunition and explosives that went missing during the troopers' mutiny could have been smuggled to militant ... Read more...
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Bangladesh Rifles’ troopers back in uniform
April 21st, 2009 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 21 (IANS) Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers stationed at the headquarters here have been allowed to wear their uniform, two months after hundreds of them staged a mutiny in which 55 ... Read more...
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Border guards attempted uprising in 37 places, besides Dhaka
March 30th, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 30 (IANS) The February mutiny by Bangladesh border guards in which over 80 people were killed was not confined to the Pilkhana headquarters near Dhaka. Investigators have identified 37 more ... Read more...
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Bangladesh Rifles’ new chief to visit India Monday
March 29th, 2009 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 29 (Xinhua) Bangladesh's new paramilitary border force chief is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi Monday on a three-day trip to India to discuss border issues between the two neighbouring ... Read more...
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Dhaka assures fair trial for mutineers
March 22nd, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 22 (IANS) The Bangladesh Government has said it would hold a fair trial of the border guards who staged a mutiny last month and will allow them facility for ... Read more...
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Killers of slain Bangladesh border guard chief identified
March 18th, 2009 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 18 (IANS) Three of the detained Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers have been identified as among those who gunned down their chief, Maj. Gen. Shakil Ahmed, and 55 army officers in ... Read more...
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