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“For
his popularity Ahsanullah was the main target of the
BNP and was killed according to the BNP high-ups. ”
MATIUR RAHMAN
plaintiff
Ahsanullah Master Murder case.
Twenty political activists were sentenced death; they include
17 members of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), 3 Awami
Leaguers and 2 Jatya Party activists.
“Only
exemplary punishment can stop and deter such a heinous crime.”
SHAHED NOOR UDDIN
judge, Speedy Trial Tribunal-1
while delivering verdict.
“The
court cannot just hand down such capital punishments in such
a manner.”
KALIMULLAH
defence lawyer.
“Who
are you?”
A Law Officer
to Mahabubey Alam, president of Supreme Court Bar Association
(SCBA).
The SCBA has been boycotting Additional Judge Faisal Mahmud
Faizee's court until the issue of the judge's LLB certificate
is resolved. A scuffled ensued when BNP-backed lawyers along
with some law officers joined hands against the SCBA leadership.
"At one point, several lawyers from both the camps got
up on the tables and were locked in a scuffle as judge Faizee
watched sitting silently in his chair," a Daily Star
report says.
“Yesterday
I buried my husband. And today I am standing here, as I have
no money to buy food for my daughter.”
SAHERA
wife of Nazrul, a knitting machine operator, who died when
a building collapsed in the outskirts of the capital.
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Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN. Quotes can be
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Cartoon : MUSTAFA ZAMAN
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