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  • Sheikh Hasina, Her Aides Slapped With 4 New Murder Cases; Ex-B’desh PM Faces 53 Cases | world news

    At least four more murder cases have been filed against Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former cabinet ministers and aides, media reports said on Sunday. A murder case was filed on Sunday against 76-year-old Hasina, former director general of Border Guard of Bangladesh Gen Aziz Ahmed and 11 others over the death of Abdur Rahim, an official of the then Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in 2010, state -run BSS news agency reported.

    Rahim, then deputy assistant director (DAD) of former BDR, was an accused in the case lodged over the carnage that took place in Pilkhana in 2010. He died in jail custody on July 29 of the same year. Rahim’s son Advocate Abdul Aziz filed the case with the court of the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Akteruzzaman.

    Another murder case was filed on Sunday against Hasina and 48 others for killing a student of the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on July 18, the agency said.

    Victim Shaikh Ashabul Yeamin’s uncle Abdullah-Al Kabir filed a plea to Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Saiful Islam’s court Sunday, appealing to lodge a murder case against the 49 accused, it added.

    Accepting the petition, the court ordered police to record the statement of the plaintiff and register the complaint as a first information report (FIR).

    Awami League general secretary and former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, among others, have been made accused in the case.

    A separate case was filed against Hasina and 27 others over the killing of a seller of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) products in the capital during the recent protests.

    Mamunur Rashid, the brother-in-law of victim Md Eusuf Sanowar, filed the complaint with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain. The court asked the officer in charge of Jatrabari Police Station to accept the matter as a first information report (FIR).

    The other prominent accused in the case are – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader and former ministers Anisul Huq and Tajul Islam. Another case was filed against 25 people, including Hasina, over the killing of an auto-rickshaw driver in the capital during the recent protests.

    Hasina, the Awami League chairperson, now faces at least 53 cases, including 44 for murders, seven for crimes against humanity and genocide, one for abduction and one for an attack on a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) procession.

    Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5 after unprecedented anti-government student-led protests against her government over a controversial quota system in jobs. The Hasina-led government was replaced by an interim government, and 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was named its Chief Advisor.

    Over 230 people were killed in Bangladesh in the incidents of violence that erupted across the country following the fall of the Hasina government, taking the death toll to more than 600 since the massive protest by students against a controversial quota system in government jobs first started in mid-July

  • Bangladesh: New Murder Case Filed Against Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina, 62 Others Over Fish Trader’s Death | world news

    A new murder case has been registered against Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 62 others, including members of her previous cabinet, in connection with the death of a fish trader amid the quota reform protests in the country, according to a media report on Monday. .

    The case was lodged late Sunday, marking the latest in a series of legal actions against the 76-year-old leader following her resignation and subsequent flight to India on August 5, after extensive student demonstrations against the government job quota system.

    Shahnaz Begum, the widow of Md Milon who was fatally shot on July 21 while returning from a local fish market, filed the case, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune newspaper.

    The list of accused includes Hasina, former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, ex-lawmaker Shamim Osman, and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, among others.

    The report details that leaders and activists of the Awami League, led by Hasina, and its allied groups, armed with firearms and sticks, obstructed traffic on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway to interfere with the student protests. The allegations state that Hasina, Quader, and Asaduzzaman orchestrated the shooting and assault on the demonstrators and the general public.

    Milon, who was en route home from the fish market at the time, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and collapsed on the road. He was rushed to Pro-Active Medical College and Hospital nearby, where he was pronounced dead, the report added.

    This incident increases the tally of cases against Hasina since her removal to over a dozen.

    Following the overthrow of the government led by Hasina’s Awami League, over 230 people have died in the ensuing violence across the nation, pushing the death toll beyond 600 since the onset of the substantial student protests in mid-July.

    Subsequent to the collapse of Hasina’s administration, an interim government was established, with 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus appointed as the Chief Advisor.

  • Sheikh Hasina Wins Fifth Term As Bangladesh PM As Awami League Secures Landslide Victory | world news

    New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secured her fourth consecutive term in office and fifth overall as her party, the Awami League, won a landslide victory in the general elections held on Sunday. The elections were, however, boycotted by the main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies, who alleged widespread rigging and intimidation.

    According to the initial estimates, the voter turnout was around 40 per cent, much lower than the more than 80 per cent recorded in the 2018 polls. The final figure could change after the counting is completed, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said.

    The election commission also said that the voting was peaceful in most parts of the country, except for some sporadic incidents of violence.

    He said that other than some sporadic incidents of violence, the voting was largely peaceful in 299 of the 300 constituencies. The Commission suspended polling in one seat because of the death of a candidate. The early results show that Awami League is leading the electoral race. So far, unofficially, Awami League has won in 10 constituencies, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.

    The election commission canceled the candidature of a ruling Awami League candidate in north-eastern Chattogram at the fag-end of the voting hours as he “scolded and threatened” a police officer. The development left the polls in the constituency to be contested by two rebel candidates who belong to the ruling party as well.

    The voter turnout was low as the ailing jailed ex-premier Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) stayed away from the polls asking people to boycott it. The party alleged that no election under the current government would be fair and credible.

    The usual election-day fervour was nowhere to be seen. Even in front of the election campaign booths, there was no presence of voters except the ruling party-backed supporters and election agents.

    Voters cast their votes without any disruption in the absence of long queues, leaving presiding officers with idle time.

    Voting was canceled at three centers — one in Narsingdi and two in Narayanganj. The Election Commission ordered the arrest of Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun’s son on charges of electoral fraud in Narsingdi, according to reports.

    Shots were fired during a clash between supporters of two candidates running for the Chattogram-10 seat. Two people – Shanto Barua, 24, and Jamal, 35 – were shot and taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital.

    Two people were injured after a clash between supporters of the Awami League candidate and an independent candidate at a polling center in Jamalpur’s Sharishabari. Four persons, including a child, were injured after two crude bombs exploded near a voting center in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh.

    A total of 119.6 million registered voters were eligible to vote at Sunday’s polls in more than 42,000 polling stations, according to the country’s Election Commission. More than 1,500 candidates from 27 political parties were contesting in the election, besides 436 independent candidates.

    Over 100 foreign observers, including three from India, monitored the 12th general election, which is being held under tight security. More than 7.5 lakh members of law enforcement agencies and security forces have been deployed to ensure law and order during the polls.

    Prime Minister Hasina cast her vote at Dhaka City College polling center soon after the voting started. Her daughter Saima Wazed accompanied her. Hasina, 76, has been in power since 2009 and her Awami League won the last election in December 2018.