Your message has been sent successfully!
[Not a valid template]
[Not a valid template]
Click here to add your own text
Click here to add your own text
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
“This may be my last message, from today Bangladesh is independent.
I call upon the people of Bangladesh, wherever you might be and whatever you have, to resist the army of occupation to the last. Your fight must go on until the last soldier of the Pakistan occupation army is expelled from the soil of Bangladesh and final victory is achieved.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
26 March 1971
The people of Bangladesh have proved to the world at large that they are a heroic nation, they know how to achieve their right and live like human beings. We have achieve our independence. So long a Bangali lives, he will not allow this independence to be lost. Bangladesh will continue to exist as an independent country in history. There is no power on earth which can keep Bangladesh under subjugation.
Bangabandhu
Those who cannot maintain law and order cannot expect to be a great nation.
Independence is not achieved with the hoisting of the flag only. Ensuring the security of people’s lives and property is also an inseparable part on independence. It is only through agriculture revolution that the country would become self-reliant in food. The farmers must see to it that not an inch of the country’s soil remains fallow and that the yield of the land is increased.
Bangabandhu
I have waged the independence movement of Bangladesh along with seven and a half crore people. So I appeal to the people to put an end to the activities of antisocial and disruptive elements. My dear brothers of armed forces, you belong to the people and people belong to you. You do not form a separate entity. All of you are sons of the soil. This is why you will have to share the happiness and sorrow of the masses and stand beside them in rebuilding the devastated country. Allah is with you.
Our defence-preparedness is not meant to attack anyone. It is for self defense only. We are not willing to interfere into other’s internal affairs. Similarly, we shall not tolerate other’s interference into our internal affairs.
Bangabandhu
The martyrs who gifted the independence of the country will never die. The souls of the martyrs will be contended only when the people of this independent country, established through the sacrifice of the martyrs, will get enough to eat and live a dignified life. Depending on borrowed resources no nation can ever expect to become self-reliant and great. I have made appeals to the world for help. I want help. But not at the cost of independence. Armed forces alone cannot defend a country. It’s people who defend a country. It is clear today that only democracy will work in future in this country.
Bangabandhu
” Sheikh Mujibur Rahman identified the war criminals and declared an amnesty for them. It is also a crime to reprieve those who have killed 30 lakh people and harassed two lakh women”
SOURCE: Rantburg
” Trial of killing of Bangabadhu (Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) was already done on May 30, 1981 through the killing of Zia. For, Zia was behind the killing of Bangabandhu”
SOURCE: The New Nation
” Rather Zia himself, was beneficiary after the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman”
SOURCE: The New Nation
” AL is an organization which has reached to this present stage through facing waging struggles in different difficult times since its inception under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and later under the dynamic leadership of Sheikh Hasina”
SOURCE: The New Nation
Govt goes for execution 14 hours after review petition rejected; bodies sent to their village homes with police escort
Shariful Islam, Kailash Sarkar and Ashutosh Sarkar
Five condemned killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were hanged early today at Dhaka Central Jail amid tight security.
The death sentences of the five were executed around 14 and a half hours after the Appellate Division dismissed their pleas to review the Supreme Court verdict that confirmed capital punishment to 12 former army officers including the five petitioners on November 19 last year.
The dismissal paved the way for executing the five killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members any time within January 31.
“Sultan Shahriar Rashid and Syed Farooq Rahman were the first to walk the gallows at 12:05am. They were handcuffed and their heads were covered in black hoods in the final minutes to midnight,” Dhaka Deputy Commissioner Zillar Rahman told The Daily Star soon after he walked out of the jail premises around 1:45am.
Two hangmen put two nooses around the necks of the two condemned killers. Two other hangmen–Hafiz and Shahjahan–were ready to pull levers to slide apart the scaffolds.
It was 12:05am. Dhaka Jail Superintendent Touhidul Islam dropped a handkerchief from his hand to give signal to the hangmen. The two chief hangmen pulled the levers.
Sultan Shahriar and Farooq were kept hanging for half an hour to confirm their death, witnesses said.
At 12:35am, two other killers of Bangabandhu–AKM Mohiuddin and Bazlul Huda–were brought to the gallows. They were also executed in a similar fashion.
Then it was the turn for Mohiuddin Ahmed. He was brought to a gallows at 1:05am and was hanged following all rituals.
The authorities had taken up a three-layer security measure for the execution.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion, police and armed police battalion were deployed around Dhaka Central Jail. Vehicular movement was restricted on the road in front of the jail gate.
Besides, law enforcement and intelligence agencies were kept alert across the country to avert any untoward incident.
As the news spread earlier that the five convicts would be executed, several hundred people started gathering at the jail gate in the evening, reported our staff correspondents Rashidul Hasan and Shaheen Mollah. A lot of people brought out processions in different parts of the capital including Bangabandhu’s residence in Dhanmondi and Dhaka University campus.
Civil Surgeon Mushfiqur Rahman, Inspector General (Prisons) Ashraful Islam Khan, Deputy Commissioner Zillar Rahman, four magistrates led by the Dhaka district additional deputy commissioner, Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder and Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner AKM Shahidul Hoque arrived at the jail after 10:00pm yesterday.
Jail sources said they bathed the convicts around 11:00am. Around half an hour later the civil surgeon and two other doctors conducted medical check-ups of the convicts.
Earlier, the two gallows beside the condemned cells in the jail were prepared for the execution.
The compound was lit with floodlights around 11:00pm last night.
The bodies of the five were sent to their village homes by five ambulances by 3:30am under police and Rab escort after conducting post mortem, said Jail Superintendent Touhidul Islam.
People were seen throwing shoes at an ambulance carrying one of the dead bodies.
The five hangmen who performed the execution are Hafiz, Mohammad Shahjahan, Faruq, Raju and Sanwar.
REVIEW PETITION DISMISSAL
Earlier yesterday, following the dismissal of his review petition, convict Syed Farooq Rahman in the afternoon appealed to the president for clemency, which President Zillur Rahman rejected.
Dhaka Jail Superintendent Touhidul Islam last night confirmed The Daily Star that they received the president’s rejection order.
The Appellate Division rejected the review petitions as they contained no new arguments and any legal grounds for reviewing the Supreme Court judgment confirming the death sentences.
In all the petitions, the counsel of the convicts reiterated points that had already been argued during the hearing of their appeals against the High Court verdict. The HC had rejected those pleas.
The four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Md Tafazzul Islam pronounced the order yesterday morning.
The other members of the Appellate Division bench were justices BK Das, Md Muzammel Hossain and SK Sinha. They heard arguments on the review petitions for three days from January 24.
Killers Syed Farooq Rahman, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda and AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, who were in condemned cells of Dhaka Central Jail, had filed the review petitions with the Supreme Court against its verdict.
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed told reporters that as per jail code, the jail authorities should execute the convicts between the 21st and 28th days after the trial court issued death warrants against them.
The death warrants were issued on January 3 and the countdown started the same day, Shafique said, adding that this means the last date for execution is January 31.
Earlier in the day, the law minister held a meeting at his office with Home Minister Sahara Khatun, State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam, Chief State Counsel Anisul Huq, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, Additional Law Secretary Anwarul Haque, Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder, Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Ashraful Islam Khan and Dhaka Jail Superintendent Touhidul Islam.
The meeting was held to decide the next course of action following the passage of the SC orders.
On November 19 last year, the Supreme Court awarded death penalty to 12 convicts. Apart from the five executed today, six are on the run and one died.
In an instant reaction to the dismissal of the review petitions, Chief State Counsel Anisul Huq and Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told reporters that they are happy with the apex court’s order as they got justice in the case.
“Our fight was for establishing the rule of law and justice, not envy, and we got justice,” Anisul Huq said.
Mahbubey Alam said the trial proceeding of one of the most heinous killings in history came to an end with the dismissal of the review petitions.
Barrister Abdullah-Al Mamun, lawyer for two convicts, told The Daily Star that they accepted the SC orders although they were disappointed with the dismissal of the review petitions.
Mamun urged the prime minister to show mercy to the convicts as a gesture of kindness.
The Daily Star I Thursday, January 28, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010Metropolitan
This day Bangabandhu looked sadBss, DhakaBangabandhu looked depressed on the last evening of his life on August 14, 1975 as a “black car” that came to carry him home from Ganobhaban, visibly appeared to him
as an ominous sign, a close aide recalled.
“Seeing the car, Bangabandhu murmured several times ‘A black car today!’ – – that was his last comment, which I heard he made. We saw him leaving for home with a very depressed look,” said Dr Muhammad Farashuddin, who was the private secretary to the president.
In an exclusive interview with the news agency ahead of the National Mourning Day tomorrow, he said obviously Bangabandhu did not know that it was the last evening of his life but still he (Farashuddin) wondered if the father of the nation could understand that his last minute had neared.
Farashuddin recalled that three cars were earmarked for presidential duty with one of them being the black one and it was a strange coincidence that the black car was put on duty on that day.
He said as an everyday practice he and some other officials had escorted Bangabandhu up to his car during the departure as usual he said good bye to the officers like any other day, but what appeared a bit unusual that he halted for a second before riding on it for the last time.
Asked what the office schedule was on the last day of the father of the nation, Farashuddin said his last afternoon in office was full of routine activities.
He said Ganobhaban was particularly busy with preparations of Bangabandhu’s attendance at Dhaka University convocation next day and the farewell reception to three senior officials at the presidential office including him while the two others were Joint Secretary M Monwarul Islam and Military Secretary Colonel Jamiluddin Ahmad.
Some were also busy with the development of crash of an Indian helicopter in Bangladesh territory earlier on that day in Noakhali.
He said Bangabandhu was a bit sad over the farewell of the three officials as Farashuddin recalled him saying, “Monowar and Farash are going (abroad) after two days leaving behind a touch of affection. I will miss them. The good news is that Jamil will be staying at home.”
Farashuddin and Monwarul Islam were scheduled to go to the United States on August 17 for higher education while Jamil was set to join as the Director of Forces Intelligence (DFI), now DGFI.
Ahead of leaving the office, Bangabandhu held talks with the then Dhaka University Vice Chancellor M Abdul Matin on the preparations of convocation and the topic of his speech.
A sense of hesitation also gripped his mind that the university that had expelled him earlier was going to confer honorary doctor of law degree.
Bangabandhu got enrolled in the Law Department of Dhaka University in 1948 and was punished with others for joining a movement in favour of the class-iv employees of the university.
The others paid fines and retained their studentship, but Bangabandhu declined to pay the unjust fine and was consequently expelled from the university.
He said Bangabandhu used to walk on the lawn of Ganobhaban and enjoyed the views of leaves on the threes and water and fish in the lake but on that day he did not get the time to spend time with the nature.
Welcome Stranger! This is an example Text for your fantastic Promo Box! Feel Free to delete it and replace it with your own fancy Message!
Toggle 1
Toggle 2
???????????-???????, ?? ???????? ????: ????????? ???? ??????? ????? (??) ???? ?? ???????? ?? ??? ??? ????? ??? ???? ??????? ????????? ????? ????????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ?? ????? ????? ???? ??????? ????? ???? ??? ??? ?????? ????? ? ????? ?? ?????? ????? ????? ??????? ????? ????? ????????? ?????? ????????? ????????? ?????, ???????? ?????? ????? ????????? ??????? ???? ??????? ?????? ?? ?????, ???? ???? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ??? ?????? ???? ?????????? ??????? ???? ???? ??????? ?????? ??? ???? ??? ???? ?????? ??? ??????? ??? ????????? ????? ????
??????? ??? ????????? ???????? ?????? ??? ?????? ????? ?????, ??? ?????? ?????? ????? ???? ??? ???????? ???? ????? ??? ?????? ???????? ????? ?????? ????? ?????, ??????? ???? ?? ?????? ?? ??????? ???? ??? ????????? ????? ??????? ??????? ???? ??? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ??? ???? ??? ???? ??????? ????? ???? ??? ??? ???? ??????? ??????? ??????? ???? ??? ????? ????????? ???????? ??? ???? ??? ?????? ???? ?????? ??? ??????? ????? ????????? ???? ???? ?????????? ??????? ?????? ??????? ??? ?????, ????? ?? ??? ??? ??? ???? ???? ?????? ???
Click here to add your own text
Select where to display the tooltip in relation to the hotspot
Select the width of the tooltip. Height is based on the content