It is a chronic disease, it is contagious, and like any other dangerous disease, prevention is better than cure. Once this infection spreads its strong tentacles, it is often untreatable. It squeezes the life blood out of all morality, honesty, integrity or any such values and principles. It is a deadly disease, Benjis. Given the…
BNP leaders allege that activists of anti-government political parties faced gross human rights violations and political persecution during the tenure of former army and police chiefs. Many political activists were forcibly disappeared and many even became disabled due to torture. The US had imposed sanctions on former IGP Benazir when she was the Director General…
The US has official relations with the Awami League government. However, these relations have not reached the level of close friendship. On the contrary, these relations have been full of tension at times. On 10 December 2021, the US imposed sanctions on seven officers of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police, including Benazir Ahmed,…
He applied for passport renewal from Vienna in 2017 and changed his photograph in 2019. Later, the Immigration and Passport Department issued him an e-passport with 10 years validity on February 9, 2020. The source also said that Joseph had obtained his first passport in the name of Tanvir Ahmed Tanjil on May 13, 2018.…
Ruling party general secretary Obaidul Quader said Benazir and Aziz will definitely be punished, but there is no guarantee that this will happen. The government's stand on them is not clear. It is not clear who will get immunity for past and present actions and who will pay the price for it. In these circumstances,…
The government has produced many Aziz and Benazirs: Fakhrul
The Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) demanded the arrest of former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed and former Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed as well as the confiscation of their properties to help people affected by Cyclone Remal. The party leaders made this demand at a protest rally in the capital's Bijaynagar area on…
The United States has taken a strong stance against corruption, saying that it undermines economic growth, development, government, and democracy. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said this when asked about corruption allegations against former police chief Benazir Ahmed and army chief General (retired) Aziz Ahmed. At the State Department's regular press briefing on Tuesday,…
The AL general secretary said this at a press conference held at the political office of the AL president at Dhanmondi in the city. Quader told the media that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is independently gathering information in the case of former IGP Benazir Ahmed. The ACC is independent. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given…
Calling upon the youth to come forward, Mirza Fakhrul said, “We have grown old… can we hold guns now? Can we fight on the streets? …We cannot. We need the younger generation.” Recalling the days of the 1971 Liberation War, he said, “At that time we were young, there was no other thought except making…
The Awami League says that the credit for repeatedly making Anwarul Azim, the MP killed in Kolkata, a candidate in the Jatiya Sangsad elections goes to his popularity. Talking to reporters on Thursday, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader revealed this. But some Awami League leaders believe that no matter what arguments are given, the…
In one such interview, he told the Daily Star that the Al-Jazeera video was aired in 2021, so sanctions could have been imposed even then. Why now? Referring to that official visit to Washington, he said that although 9 NGOs had demanded that no events take place with them, all the scheduled events took place.…
Speaking as the chief guest, Qader said Israel has so far indiscriminately killed 35,000 innocent Palestinians while ignoring the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. A ceasefire has been called. “When students from the United States (US) protested against this, the police of that country attacked them. Female…
Aziz Ahmed: No, why would I take moral responsibility here? Now if someone doesn't like me and accuses me then why would I take responsibility? prothom hello , You said the US sanctions are imposed on you as an individual, but does it embarrass the government? Aziz Ahmed: I don't want to involve anyone else…
The United States has imposed sanctions on Aziz Ahmed based on corruption charges. A statement issued in the US on Monday (after midnight on Tuesday in Bangladesh) said that Aziz Ahmed and his family members have been declared ineligible for entry into the US. “The U.S. State Department today announced its decision to publicly designate…