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They are threat to even Pakistan,as you can see what's happening there.These are threat to whole world,humanity and Islam.

Laskar leader had links to Aug 21 grenades

Staff Correspondent
Detective Branch (DB) personnel suspect detained Laskar-e-Taiyeba leader Indian national Mufti Obaidullah's possible links to the grenades supplied by Moulana Tajuddin for using in August 21 attacks at Awami League rally.

The DB officials also suspect Obaidullah knew about Ramna Batamul blast and Udichi blast in Jessore.

According to sources, Laskar-e-Taiyeba had supplied the grenades through Bangladesh Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) leader Moulana Tajuddin, brother of detained former BNP deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu, as he is closely linked to the Pakistan based militant organisation.

After the August 21 grenade attack, Tajuddin went into hiding and now he is believed to have been staying in South Africa. However, his brother Pintu remains detained in connection with the AL rally blast.

Deputy Commissioner Monirul Islam of DB-South told The Daily Star that they are quizzing Obaidullah about all the attacks, including AL rally on August 21, Ramna Batamul and Udichi blasts, and Huji's links to the attacks.

He said Obaidullah is denying his involvement in all the attacks in Bangladesh and claiming himself an 'ideological leader' of Laskar-e-Taiyeba.

"But he keeps mum when we ask him about the relationship between Huji and Laskar-e-Taiyeba," the DC-DB said adding, "He is a strong-hearted militant leader and therefore it is hard to extract information from him about his financial support and his network."

Monirul Islam, however, said Mufti Obaidullah had close relationship with Huji leaders Moulana Tajuddin, Mufti Hannan, Mufti Abdur Rouf and Moulana Abdus Salam.

Sources said intelligence personnel are conducting drives at different Huji dens to nab the Laskar-e-Taiyeba leaders as leaders of both the organisations are ideologically the same and they have close links to each other.

DB Inspector Ruhul Amin, investigation officer of the case filed against Mufti Obaidullah, told The Daily Star that they, along with Obaidullah, conducted drives at different places of Savar, Gazipur, Keraniganj and other areas adjacent to the capital.

He also said several teams are conducting drives to nab the accomplices of Obaidullah.

Mufti Obaidullah had been serving as a teacher of a madrasas in Shibchar of Madaripur district using his fake identity. Earlier he was a teacher of four other madrasas in Moulavibazar, Munshiganj, Jessore and Dhaka.

Now he is being quizzed under the Taskforce Intelligence cell after being taken on seven days' remand.

Our Madaripur correspondent reports: Shibchar police are verifying the identities of the teachers of different madrasas to find out whether Obaidullah has any other associates there.

Officer-in-Charge Abdul Jalil of the police station said they are looking into whether any other madrasa teachers are linked to the Laskar-e-Taiyeba.

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yes true,very true......but reminding that even pak's prez said that pak created them for their previous interests,this thought really doesn't come that much........but yes they are paying for the wrongs they did earlier.,......and the whole south asia should work together to get rid of this cancer named 'terrorists' from here

I still remember the grotesque scene of Ramna Bomb blast.It was during Pahela Baishakh and we watched it live with horror.We were also supposed to go to Ramna that year,but Alhamdulilhah,fortunately somehow the plan was cancelled.
When we watched it on TV,we had a mixed feeling of relief and sorrow.Since then I only went once in Ramna park.

another image of captured LeT terrorist.

Lashkar-e-Taiba planning ‘armed-jihad’ in Bangladesh: Mansur

Detained Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Indian national Moulana Mansur Ali alias Habibullah
Star Online Report
Detained Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Indian national Moulana Mansur Ali alias Habibullah today admitted that the members of Pakistan-based militant outfit were working with an aim to wage an armed struggle.

Mansur was quoted as admitting to the Task Force for Interrogation (TFI) on the first day of his seven-day remand that he was an arms expert, private television ATN Bangla reports.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed him on a seven-day remand.

He also informed the TFI cell that he has been working in Bangladesh for another Kashmir-based militant outfit Asif Reza Commando Force (ARCF) on its chief Ameer Reza's instructions.

The Daily Star - Details News

It's good to see that Bangladesh is bringing these terrorists to book. A secular, democratic Muslim-majority country in South Asia will be a strong bulwark against Islamic extremism and provide lost countries like Pakistan with an example to follow. Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan can form a South Asian free trade and travel zone through economic integration, minimization of travel barriers, and strong military co-operation. Since Pakistan is not interested in any sort of economic progress until Kashmir is resolved, it can continue to wallow in misery and self-pity while the rest of South Asia prospers.

These people are just ruining our youth to fight for something that is not even our own cause.We need better educated Imams and mollahs in madrasas.Besides the Madrasa education system should follow curriculum like that of West Bengal.

If that can be applied,then these wicked souls will not get any chance to exploit our youth.

Bangladesh team to visit dam site

By Mark Dummett
BBC News, Dhaka
A delegation of Bangladeshi parliamentarians has arrived in north-east India to examine plans to build a hydroelectric dam. Many Bangladeshis worry that, if built, the Tipaimukh dam in the state of Manipur will reduce water flowing into its own north-eastern region. Work on building the dam has not yet started. But this is already a sensitive issue in Bangladesh, a country normally associated with having too much water.

The leader of the main opposition party in Bangladesh has called on India to cancel the project for the sake of the millions of people in both countries, who she said would be harmed by it. There have been several street protests as well, by those who say that two rivers, which pass through Bangladesh's Sylhet region, could dry up if the dam is built. They have compared the proposals to the Farakka Barrage, which India built in the 1970s on the Ganges to divert water away from Bangladesh. Despite a later agreement between the two countries to share water, Bangladesh's north-western regions continue to suffer from shortages in the winter months. After meeting officials in Delhi, the Bangladeshi parliamentarians will travel to Manipur to visit the site of the proposed dam. They are to examine whether Bangladesh really does have something to fear.

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Six Islamist militants held in Bangladesh

Dhaka (PTI): Authorities in Bangladesh have arrested six members of the banned militant outfit Harkatul Jihad Islami, amid fears that insurgents were trying to regroup in the country.

In a coordinated anti-terror drive, the elite Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested the six suspected militants, including two leaders, following intelligence inputs about insurgents planing subversive activities in the country.

Belonging to the Harkatul Jihad Islami (Huji), they were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment along with 35 others in 1998. The militants were untraced for eight years since they were freed on bail soon after the BNP-Jamaat-led alliance assumed power in 2001, The Daily Star newspaper said.

RAB arrested two suspected militants from the capital, one in Feni and three in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, it said.

According to sources, some of the 41 fugitive came under the spotlight following recent intelligence reports about their attempt to smuggle arms into the country through Naikhangchhari border for subversive activities.

The two arrested at Nababer Bagh in the capital have been identified as Abul Khaer, 40, of Manikganj and Moulana Mohammad Musa, 38, of Chandpur. The four others are Abdul Aziz, 45, of Feni, Razaul Karim, 40, and Anwar Uddin Zaved of Chakaria in Cox's Bazar and Abdullah Al Hossain of Banshkhali in Chittagong, the report said.

"We gathered information that the HUJI members tried to smuggle in firearms through Zarullachhari at Naikhangchhari in Bandarban, and were recruiting people to strengthen the organisation," a top unnamed RAB official was quoted as saying by the Bangladeshi daily.

The Hindu News Update Service

India should have organised a bangla specific aid programme long ago, as it now does for bhutan, nepal, maldives etc. The proposed free trade zone would definitely help a lot. I heard of a UN sponsored road linking india- bangladesh-myanmar-asean countries when is that plan going to start.

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Bangladesh for making primary education compulsory

Dhaka, Sept 3 (PTI) A committee working on new education policy in Bangladesh has suggested making primary education free and compulsory, even as it also recommended upgraded curricula based on science, technology and environment.

The high-powered government committee has suggested extending primary education up to class VIII and secondary up to class XII, introducing upgraded curricula based on science, technology, environment and moral education.

"We have just received the report. We will review all the recommendations and then send the report to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and then finally to the cabinet," Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told newsmen yesterday.



The draft of a new education policy has suggested making primary education free, universal and compulsory under new integrated education law forming Non-government Teachers Commission and Permanent Education Commission.

Bangladesh suit ban to save power

The prime minister of Bangladesh has ordered male government employees to stop wearing suits, jackets and ties to save electricity. Sheikh Hasina told officials that doing so would minimise their use of air-conditioners. Bangladesh suffers from daily power cuts as power plants are unable to meet the country's demand.

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BDR to set up camps every 5 kilometer along the border

Director general of the Bangladesh Riffles Maj Gen Moinul Islam said on Monday that justice must prevail in the Peelkhana mutiny trial regardless of the law employed.

"Whatever the law used, we want justice," Islam told reporters after a Durbar at the Bolipara-10 Rifles headquarters in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

He said reform of the border security force was proceeding at a good pace, while a decision on a new name for the BDR would be finalised next week.

"The new name might be the Bangladesh Border Guards," said Islam.

The BDR chief, however, said the main reasons for the reforms were to improve overall discipline and define responsibilities, while changes in name and insignia were less important.

He said proposals on more border camps had already been forwarded to the home ministry.

"Camps will be set up every five kilometres along the border," said Islam, who added camps in the Chittagong Hill Tracts would also be increased.

Does BDR plan to set up Customs posts on the borders ( refer Napoleon)

I do not understand what purpose will it serve setting up a camp every 5 km.With India sharing nearly 4000 Km of Boundary with BD, just imagine the number of camps required.