Rapid Action Battalion today arrested Mufti Shafiqur Rahman, a death row convict in the bomb blasts during Pahela Baishakh celebrations 21 years ago at Ramna Batamul in 2001.
Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal issues death warrants for death row criminal Huji chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and two others, a day after the Supreme Court released the full text of its verdict upholding his death penalty.
The Supreme Court has released full verdict on the review petition of militant leader Mufti Abdul Hannan, that upheld his death for a 2004 grenade attack on UK envoy in Dhaka. A presidential clemency is now the only last resort for the convicts.
That humid August afternoon changed Bangladesh politics, perhaps forever. An Awami League rally was in progress at the Bangabandhu Avenue and it was around 5.15pm at the fag end of the rally when Sheikh Hasina, then the opposition leader, started her speech from the top of an open truck.
Rapid Action Battalion today arrested Mufti Shafiqur Rahman, a death row convict in the bomb blasts during Pahela Baishakh celebrations 21 years ago at Ramna Batamul in 2001.
Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal issues death warrants for death row criminal Huji chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and two others, a day after the Supreme Court released the full text of its verdict upholding his death penalty.
The Supreme Court has released full verdict on the review petition of militant leader Mufti Abdul Hannan, that upheld his death for a 2004 grenade attack on UK envoy in Dhaka. A presidential clemency is now the only last resort for the convicts.
That humid August afternoon changed Bangladesh politics, perhaps forever. An Awami League rally was in progress at the Bangabandhu Avenue and it was around 5.15pm at the fag end of the rally when Sheikh Hasina, then the opposition leader, started her speech from the top of an open truck.