'The former ruling party [Awami League] has looted for 15 years, and now they [the opposition] want to loot for another 15 years,' says Farhad
The interim government is bound to fail as it does not have the spirit of the July uprising in it, said columnist and writer Farhad Mazhar yesterday.
A Dhaka court summons writer, poet Farhad Mazhar to appear before it on January 30 next year in a case filed against him and his wife for “giving false statement” to police and court.
Police yesterday filed a case against poet and writer Farhad Mazhar and his wife for “giving false statement” to police and court.
Poet and writer Farhad Mazhar yesterday insisted he was a victim of abduction, rejecting law enforcers' claim that it was a stage-managed drama.
Eminent columnist and writer Farhad Mazhar, who went missing on July 3 and was rescued later, claims that he was a victim of abduction.
A Dhaka court orders police to file a case against writer and poet Farhad Mazhar and his wife Farida Akter for making a “drama of abduction” of the writer in July.
Detectives yesterdayasked for permission to sue Farhad Mazhar and his wife Farida Akter on charges of faking the writer's abduction and giving false statementsto a court and police.
Detectives submit the final report in a case filed over the abduction of Farhad Mazhar with an appeal to sue him and his wife for allegedly giving false statement before the court.
A Dhaka court orders police to file a case against writer and poet Farhad Mazhar and his wife Farida Akter for making a “drama of abduction” of the writer in July.
Detectives yesterdayasked for permission to sue Farhad Mazhar and his wife Farida Akter on charges of faking the writer's abduction and giving false statementsto a court and police.
Detectives submit the final report in a case filed over the abduction of Farhad Mazhar with an appeal to sue him and his wife for allegedly giving false statement before the court.
Detectives yesterday interrogated poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar in their custody and presented their evidence nullifying his claim
Poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar claims to The Guardian of UK that he was abducted by three men from Dhaka last week, vowing that he will not remain silent against the culture of enforced disappearances.
Once again Bangladesh has come under the spotlight in international media, unfortunately not in a positive way.
The information collected by police during investigation does not match with the statement of writer Farhad Mazhar who was allegedly abducted from Dhaka on July 3, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Chief Asaduzzaman Mia says.
A former female employee of Farhad Mazhar's NGO in a judicial statement yesterday said the writer contacted her several times on July 3, the day he reportedly went missing from outside his Adabar residence in the capital, court and police sources said
Police have not yet found any clue as to whether Farhad Mazhar was abducted on the morning of July 3 from near his Adabar residence
Police have not yet found any clue over the alleged abduction of writer and poet Farhad Mazhar, Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque says.
