Benjamin Brière, a fellow French national who was sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage last year, is being held in the same prison. “Bernard Phelan is in contact twice a day with the crisis unit of the French foreign ministry, which forwards messages to his family,” the source said. But requests for direct […]
The newspaper said the children were transferred to a “youth training school” near the commercial center of Yangon on 8 January, without giving further details. The report referred to the group as “Bengalis”, using a derogatory term for the Muslim minority, who are denied citizenship in Buddhist-majority Myanmar and often require permission to travel. A […]
Amatullah Bushra, a third-year student of East West University, was released from jail on Tuesday, two months after her arrest in a case registered in connection with the death of BUET student Fardeen Noor Parash, UNB reported. Jailor Farhana Akhtar said she walked out of Ghazipur’s Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail at around 2 pm. Bushra’s […]
A four-judge bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Hassan Faiz Siddiqui, passed the order while disposing of the state’s petition challenging the High Court order. On 4 January, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division, Justice Jahangir Hussain, fixed Sunday for hearing the petition before a full bench of the Appellate Division. A […]
The junta said that prisoners used sticks, bricks and pieces of cement to attack security forces. The officials tried to bring the situation under control but talks failed and they resorted to force. “Officers opened fire to disperse the crowd and bring the riot under control,” the statement said. The junta said that one prisoner […]
