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Students of Jagannath University blocked the streets by setting fire at Roy Shaheb Bazar Crossing demanding construction of residential halls on the vacant land of Dhaka Central Jail (left) and some local people formed a human chain near the jail on Tuesday demanding to build museum and park on the land.

24 Aug 2016, 12:00 am0

Students of Jagannath University blocked the streets by setting fire at Roy Shaheb Bazar Crossing demanding construction of residential halls on the vacant land of Dhaka Central Jail (left) and some local people formed a human chain near the jail on Tuesd

FFs celebrate verdict

The Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the death sentence of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for war crimes organisers of the 1971 Liberation War. “It has set an example of rule of law and justice,” Ekattorer Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee’s acting president Shahriar Kabir said in an immediate reaction after the verdict on Wednesday. “We expected the verdict on the appeal would uphold the death sentence. Chowdhury is the biggest perpetrator of atrocities during 1971.” Chowdhury, who opposed the liberation of Bangladesh, later went...

30 Jul 2015, 12:00 am