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25 Bangladeshi ministers, MPs complicit

December 2, 2011

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Judicial probe finds over 26,000 involved in 18,000 major crimes; govt to file cases if victims fear retaliation           This photo shows Purnima weeping as she tries to narrate her ordeal in a press briefing after she was gang-rapped on October 8, 2001. The state minister for home yesterday said out […]

Accused Jubo League leader arrested

November 15, 2011

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Detectives in the capital last night arrested Narsingdi town unit Jubo League president Ashraf Hossain, an accused in the Lokman Hossain murder case. Ashraf is the first among the 14 accused killers to be arrested, more than two weeks after the sensational killing of the Narsingdi municipality mayor. He is the 11th accused in the […]

Nov 29 Cases will go to trial

November 15, 2011

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        The much-awaited trial in the 10-truck arms haul cases is finally set to get underway on November 29. A Chittagong court yesterday framed formal charges against 11 accused, including Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami and former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar in connection with the biggest-ever arms bust in the […]