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Kismat Hashem
Mohammad Kismat Hashem was a Bangladesh Army officer who was convicted for his role in the 1975 Jail Killing following the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the President of Bangladesh. Career A few Bangladesh Army officers were dissatisfied with the government of Bangladesh Awami League and President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Hashem was at a meeting of Army officers at the 2 Field Artillery Regiment centre which was commanded by Major Khandaker Abdur Rashid and Major Syed Faruque Rahman. The officers gathered were briefed by Syed Faruque Rahman on the plan to remove Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On 15 August 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed by the Army officers along with 22 members of his family. Khandker Mushtaq Ahmed was made the President by the army officers. Hashem left Bangladesh on 3 November 1975 after the Jail killing of AHM Qamaruzzaman, former Home Minister, M Mansur Ali, the former finance minister, Tajuddin Ahmad, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and Syed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chattogram
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in Bengal region. It is the administrative seat of the eponymous division and district. It hosts the busiest seaport on the Bay of Bengal. The city is located on the banks of the Karnaphuli River between the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Bay of Bengal. The Greater Chittagong Area had a population of more than 5.2 million in 2022. In 2020, the city area had a population of more than 3.9 million. One of the world's oldest ports with a functional natural harbor for centuries, Chittagong appeared on ancient Greek and Roman maps, including on Ptolemy's world map. It was located on the southern branch of the Silk Road. In the 9th century, merchants from the Abbasid Caliphate established a trading post in Chittagong. The port fell to the Muslim con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Bangladesh
The president of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি — ) officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি —) is the head of state of Bangladesh and commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The role of the president has changed three times since Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971. Presidents had been given executive power. In 1991, with the restoration of a democratically elected government, Bangladesh adopted a parliamentary democracy based on a Westminster system. The President is now a largely ceremonial post elected by the Parliament."Background Note: Bangladesh" US Department of State, May 2007 In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Convicted Of Murder By Bangladesh
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Fazlul Karim
Mohammad Fazlul Karim (born 30 September 1943) is a Bangladeshi jurist who served as the 18th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. Early life Karim was born on 30th September 1943 in Chittagong, East Bengal, British India. Karim graduated from the University of Dhaka with a law degree. Career From 1965 to 1992, Karim was a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. On 15 June 2001, Karim was made a Judge on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Karim was the Chief Justice from 8 February 2010 to 30 September 2010 as the 18th chief justice of Bangladesh. His predecessors M. M. Ruhul Amin and Md. Tafazzul Islam became Chief Justices superseding him. In April 2010, he refused to administer the oath of office to two nominees, Md. Khasruzzaman and Md. Ruhul Quddus, to the High Court Division. Khasruzzaman was accused of vandalizing the courts during protest and Quddus was accused of murder. Karim sentenced Editor of Amar Desh, Mahmudur Rahman Mahmudur Rahman ( bn, ম ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamim Osman
Shamim Osman (born 28 February 1961) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the current member of parliament from Narayanganj-4 constituency. Career Osman was elected as a member of parliament at the 7th National Parliamentary Elections in June 1996 from Narayanganj-4. Osman received 73,349 votes while his nearest rival, Sirajul Islam of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party received 63,866 votes. He contested the 2001 Bangladeshi general election as a candidate of Awami League from Narayanganj-4 and lost. He received 106,104 votes while the winner, Muhammad Gias Uddin of Bangladesh Nationalist Party received 137,323. After losing the position in 2001, he went on self-exile in India and Canada. Bangladesh Police searched Osman's home in Narayanganj on 24 November 2003 when he was in Canada. In November 2004, Osman's political rival, Mominullah Liton also known as David was killed in a crossfire by Rapid Action Battalion. On 1 May 2007, Osman was sentenced to jail for three year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major political parties of Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by former Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman after the Presidential election of 1978, with a view of uniting the people with a nationalist ideology. Since then, the BNP won the second, fifth, sixth and eighth national elections and two Presidential elections in 1978 and 1981. The party also holds the record of being the largest opposition in the history of parliamentary elections of the country, with 116 seats in the seventh national election of June 1996. It has currently 7 MPs in parliament after 2018 general election. Although the party was initially founded on a nationalistic principle, many of its leaders want an Islamic government and its main supporters are Islam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narayanganj District
Narayanganj District ( bn, নারায়ণগঞ্জ, Narayoṇgonj) is a district in central Bangladesh which is a part of the Dhaka Division. It is home to the ancient city of Sonargaon and is one of the oldest industrial districts in the country. The district lies on the banks of the Shitalakshya River and the Meghna River. It is an industrial hub and plays an important part in the country's jute trade, plant processing and sector. It is nicknamed the "Dundee of Bangladesh" due to the presence of many jute mills. History Narayanganj had the same history as much of the rest of the Dhaka area. Formerly ruled by the Palas and Senas, the region became part of the Muslim Bengal Sultanate in the 14th century. Sonargaon, capital of Bengal during the reign of Isa Khan, is in the district. Later the region was taken over by the Mughals as the Bengal Subah. The district is named after ''Bicon Lal Pandey'', a Hindu religious leader who was also known as ''Benur Thakur'' or ''Lakshm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh High Court
The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, হাইকোর্ট ডিভিশন) popularly known as the 'High Court' is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Appellate Division. It consists of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh and the Judges of the High Court Division. The High Court Division exercises both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters. The prime jurisdiction of it is the Writ Jurisdiction, pursuant to which it is empowered under article 102 of the Constitution of Bangladesh to issue writ of certiorari, mandamus, quo warranto, prohibition and habeas corpus. History Dhaka High Court (1947 - 1955) The High Court of judicature for East Bengal commonly known as the Dhaka High Court was established in 1947 under Pakistan (Provisional Constitutional) Order 1947 as a separate High Court with all Appellate, Civil and Original jurisdictions. East Pakistan High Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indemnity Ordinance
The Indemnity Ordinance, 1975 was a controversial law enacted by the martial law regime of Bangladesh on 26 September 1975. It provided legal immunity to all persons involved in the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was killed with most of his family on 15 August 1975. Immunity meant the assassins were immune from any legal action. The surviving family members of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were unable to file a murder case against the assassins due to this law. The ordinance was converted into an Act of Parliament by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 9 July 1979 through the Indemnity Act, 1979. When the Awami League led by Sheikh Mujib's surviving daughter Sheikh Hasina was elected to power in 1996, the law was repealed through the Indemnity (Repeal) Act, 1996. Provisions Published in an Extraordinary ''Bangladesh Gazette'', the main purpose of the ordinance was described as being:- to restrict the taking of any legal or other proceedings in respect of certain acts or t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziaur Rahman
Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d'état. Rahman was a Bangladesh Forces Commander of BDF Sector 1 initially, and from June as BDF commander of BDF Sector 11 of the Bangladesh Forces and the Brigade Commander of Z Force from mid-July during the country's Independence war from Pakistan in 1971. He originally broadcast the Bangladesh declaration of independence on 27 March from Kalurghat radio station in Chittagong. After the war of Independence, Rahman became a brigade commander in Bangladesh Army, and later the deputy chief of staff and chief of staff of Bangladesh Army. His ascent to leadership of the country resulted from a conspiracy that had begun with the killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, in a military coup d'état followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 August 1975 Bangladesh Coup D'état
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Khandker Mushtaq Ahmed
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (also spelled Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed; – 5 March 1996) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the President of Bangladesh from 15 August to 6 November 1975, after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was part of the conspiracy that brought about the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975. He took on the role of president immediately after the assassination, praised the assassins as "sons of the sun" and put cabinet ministers loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in jail. Background Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad was born between 1918 and 1919, into a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Dashpara in Daudkandi, Comilla (formerly District of Tippera). He completed his Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Dhaka and entered politics in 1942. He was one of the founder joint secretaries of the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League. Political career Ahmad was elected a member of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in 1954 as a candi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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