BDR carnage
Work together, or our sovereignty will be at stake
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman yesterday said that Bangladesh’s sovereignty will be in jeopardy if people do not set aside their differences and stop slinging mud at each other.
25 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Tributes paid to martyrs of 2009 Pilkhana tragedy
On February 23 this year, the government decided to observe February 25 as National Martyred Army Day
25 February 2025, 06:06 AM
Memories, trials and tribulations
Children of three slain army officers talk about their experience regarding BDR carnage
25 February 2025, 02:00 AM
Nat’l Martyred Army Day today
Commemorating the sacrifice of army officers who were brutally killed during the carnage at the Pilkhana headquarters of the then Bangladesh Rifles in 2009, National Martyred Army Day will be observed today.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Pilkhana Tragedy: 10th anniv observed solemnly
With a heavy heart, the nation yesterday observed the 10th anniversary of the Pilkhana carnage that left 74 people, including 57 army officers, dead.
25 February 2019, 18:00 PM
9 Years of BDR Carnage: Still waiting for justice
With the country observing the anniversary of the BDR mutiny today, victims' families are still waiting for the execution of the verdict in a case filed over the killings of their near and dear ones nine years ago.
24 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Revisiting BDR Carnage: Shots ring out, hell descends
The Satmasjid Road at capital's Dhanmondi was buzzing with usual morning rush hour traffic around 9:00am on February 25, 2009. Shops were already busy handling customers; parents hurrying to schools to drop off their children and make it to their offices in time.
27 November 2017, 18:00 PM
It was plot to oust govt: HC in BDR carnage case verdict
The High Court observes that there was a plot both from internal and external sides behind the BDR carnage to uproot Sheikh Hasina-led government.
27 November 2017, 11:28 AM
Probe intelligence failure: HC
Bangladesh’s High Court calls for investigating the failure of intelligence into the then Bangladesh Rifles in the purview of Pilkhana carnage of 2009.
27 November 2017, 10:27 AM
BDR Carnage: HC verdict on death reference, appeals on November 26
The High Court on November 26 will deliver the verdict on the death reference and appeals in the BDR carnage case.
9 November 2017, 18:00 PM
HC verdict in BDR carnage case soon, hopes prosecution
The prosecution at the High Court expresses the hope that the verdict on death reference and jail appeals in the BDR carnage case will be pronounced soon.
28 October 2017, 14:52 PM
High Court verdict on BDR carnage case any day
The High Court will deliver a verdict any day on the death reference and appeal in BDR carnage case, the biggest ever criminal case in the country's history in terms of number of accused and convicts.
13 April 2017, 07:25 AM
Homage paid to victims of BDR carnage
The nation yesterday mourned the death of 74 people, including 57 army officers, killed during the BDR carnage on February 25-26 in 2009.
25 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Victims' families for judicial commission
The families of the army officials killed in the 2009 Pilkhana carnage have demanded a judicial inquiry to bring to light the masterminds and the motive behind the massacre.
24 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Now wait for HC verdict
The High Court is likely to finish hearing the death reference and appeals in BDR carnage case in May this year, as it has already completed majority of their proceedings in the last 190 working days.
24 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Khaleda pays tribute to Pintu
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her party leaders and activists pay tribute to Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu at its central office at Nayapaltan in Dhaka. Later, the first namaz-e-janaza of Pintu, who died of heart attack at Rajshahi Central Jail yesterday, was held there.
4 May 2015, 05:25 AM
Ex-BNP MP Nasiruddin Pintu dies
Ex-BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, who was serving life-term for carnage at Pilkhana headquarters of paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles force, dies of heart attack.
3 May 2015, 07:01 AM
Tearful adieu
WE say life moves on and it is only wiser to look forward. But is there anyone who can deny the power of memory? In fact, what we call the present is given shape by an accumulation of the past.
24 February 2015, 18:00 PM
A father's bleeding heart
IT'S an utterly haunting recollection of my lost son Shaheed Colonel Quadrat Elahi Rahman Shafique, ndc, psc. From his very childhood he appeared to be extremely sharp and meritorious. He was known as one of the most brilliant officers in the Bangladesh Army.
24 February 2015, 18:00 PM