BNP Chairperson’s adviser and senior Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Fazlur Rahman said, “I did not call Jamaat a dark force or blame them for the August 5 incident. Such claims are fabricated. If you listen to my full statement, you will see the truth. These false accusations are being used to incite a mob against me.”
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has directed the publication of newspaper notices summoning four absconding police officials to appear in court in connection with the killing of Amir Hossain, who was shot while hanging from a cornice during the July mass movement in Dhaka’s Rampura, and the deaths of two others.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the High Court’s order to regularise the jobs of 137 employees working under the Staff Bus Service Program and the Technical Training Center, both controlled by the Bangladesh Employee Welfare Board. The employees’ jobs will now be made permanent in the revenue sector.
Dr. Rajibul Islam, the forensic expert who conducted the autopsy on Abu Sayed, the first student killed by police during last year’s quota reform movement, told the International Crimes Tribunal today that he was pressured to change his findings.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has granted permission to interrogate four individuals arrested in connection with allegations of killings and torture at the Hefazat-e-Islam rally held at Shahbagh Square, Motijheel, on May 5, 2013.
The International Crimes Tribunal has set October 26 as the new deadline for submitting the investigation report against Sheikh Hasina and 11 others in a case involving alleged crimes against humanity during the previous Awami League government.