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Killer Abbas
Killer Abbas, born Abbas Ali, is a Bangladeshi gangster described by The Daily Star as the "''top terror of Dhaka's underworld''". He was one of many gangsters released after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government. He revived his gang and returned to crime following his release. Career Abbas began his criminal career at the age of 16. Bangladesh Police labelled him "top terror" along with 23 other major gangsters of Dhaka in 2001. The government announced a 50 thousand Bangladeshi Taka reward for information on his whereabouts. In May 2002, Saidur Rahman Newton, Dhaka City Corporation ward commissioner and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, was shot dead in Dhanmondi near Rapa Plaza. Abbas was sentenced to death in the murder case in 2006 along with Kala Jahangir. He was acquitted by the High Court Division in 2011. Abbas was detained on 14 February 2003 from Helvetia fast food in Gulshan after he shot two businessmen at the Dhaka District and Sessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
''The Daily Star'' is a Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper. It is by far the largest circulating English-language newspaper in the country. Founded by Syed Mohammed Ali on 14 January 1991, as Bangladesh transitioned and restored parliamentary democracy, the newspaper became popular for its outspoken coverage of politics, corruption, and foreign policy. It is considered a newspaper of record for Bangladesh. The newspaper has been described as having a "reputation for journalistic integrity and liberal and progressive views - a kind of Bangladeshi ''New York Times''". Mahfuz Anam serves as the editor and publisher of ''The Daily Star.'' ''The Daily Star'' is owned by Mediaworld, in which a major share is held by the Transcom Group. ''Star Business,'' the business edition of the paper, is highly popular. The newspaper serves its Bengali readership digitally through its website. History In the late 1980s, plans for a major English newspaper in Bangladesh were drawn up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awami League
The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achieving the independence of Bangladesh. It is one of the two dominant parties in the country, along with their traditional rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The party's activities were banned on 10 May 2025, under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009, Anti-Terrorism Act. In 1949, the party was founded as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League (after 1955, the East Pakistan Awami League) by Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalists, Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Yar Mohammad Khan and Shamsul Huq, and joined later by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy who went on to become Prime Minister of Pakistan. It was established as the Socialism, socialist Bengali people, Bengali alternative to the domination of the Muslim League (Pakistan), Muslim League in Pakist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Dhaka District
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Bhashantek Thana
Bhashantek Thana (Bengali: ভাষানটেক থানা) is a police jurisdiction of Dhaka North City Corporation under Dhaka District in Bangladesh. This police station is an integral part of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police network, contributing to the safety and security of the Bhashantek area. It has a significant and crucial role dedicating to maintain law and order in the region. It operates it activities and programs under the jurisdiction of Bangladesh Police, a department of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh). Geography Bhashantek Thana, along with seven other police stations, was inaugurated in April 2012. It is situated near the Police Staff Collage Playground 5 and the Lalasharai Jame Masjid. To the east, north and south, it is bounded solely by the Cantonment Thana, and to the west, is bordered by the Pallabi Thana and the Kafrul Thana. Demographics As per the 2022 Bangladeshi census The 2022 Bangladeshi census () was a detailed enumeration of the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafrul Thana
Kafrul () is a thana of Dhaka District in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Kafrul thana borders Cantonment Thana on the north and east, Tejgaon Thana on the south, and Mirpur Thana and Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Thana on the west. Its total area is 17.8 km2. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kafrul Thana had 91,248 households with an average household size of 4.09 and a population of 396,182. Males constituted 53.03% (210,106) of the population while females 46.97% (186,076). Kafrul had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 74.8%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 113. There were 179 floating people in this jurisdiction. The religious breakdown was Muslim 97.31% (385,511), Hindu 2.13% (8,444), Christian 0.39% (1,527), Buddhist 0.16% (631), and others 0.02% (69). The number of people of ethnic minorities living there were 673 people in total. Administration Kafrul has 1 union/ward, 16 mauzas/mahallas, and 4 villages. See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirpur Model Thana
Mirpur () is a thana of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. It is bounded by Pallabi Thana to the north, Mohammadpur Thana to the south, Kafrul to the east, and Savar Upazila to the west. For administrative convenience three new thanas, namely Shah Ali, Pallabi Thana and Kafrul Thana have been carved out of old Mirpur Thana. History Mirpur Thana was established in 1962. The thana consists of one ''union parishad'', eight wards, 11 mouzas and 86 and 20 villages. Mirpur Thana (town) area was included in Keraniganj Thana during the British period (1757–1947) and in Tejgaon Thana during the Pakistan period (1947–1971). After the Bangladesh Liberation War, following the victory day, Mirpur was independent on 31 January 1972. Geography The thana, with a total area of , is situated in the northeast of Dhaka city. It is bounded by Shah Ali Thana and Pallabi Thana on the north, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Thana and Darus Salam Thana on the south, Pallabi Thana and Kafrul Thana on the eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashimpur Central Jail
Kashimpur Central Jail (), also known as Kashimpur Prison or Kashimpur Jail, is a major high-security correctional facility located at Kashimpur union in the Gazipur district of Bangladesh. It is one of the largest and best-known prisons in the country, as well as one of the biggest prisons in Asia. It was originally constructed in 2001 as an expansion to Dhaka Central Jail. Kashimpur Jail comprises two separate complexes, known as Kashimpur Central Jail-1 and Kashimpur Central Jail-2. These complexes are situated adjacent to each other and are often collectively referred to as Kashimpur Central Jail. The two complexes house both male and female prisoners. Kashimpur Central Jail-1 primarily detains male inmates. Although Kashimpur Central Jail-2 is primarily designated for female prisoners, it houses male inmates as well. It has condemn cells, where convicts who are awaiting execution are kept. Both complexes have separate sections for different categories of prisoners, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina (''née'' Wazed; born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. Premiership of Sheikh Hasina, Her second term in office, which critics characterized as a dictatorship, ended in self-imposed exile following the July Revolution (Bangladesh), July Revolution in 2024. Hasina is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's President of Bangladesh, founding president, and is a member of the Tungipara Sheikh family, Tungipara Sheikh political family. She had little presence in politics before Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, her father's assassination in August 1975. Afterwards, she took asylum in India and became involved with the Awami League and was elected as its president, a position which she continues to hold to this day while residing in India. After returning to Bangladesh in 1981, she and her party Awami League became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka City Corporation
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) was the former self-governing corporation that was entrusted with the task of administering the municipal affairs of Dhaka. The incorporated area was divided into several wards. Each ward has an elected ward commissioner. The mayor of the city was elected by popular vote every five years, although the last mayoral election took place in 2002. The corporation was dissolved by the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill 2011 on 29 November, passed in the Parliament of Bangladesh, and formally ceased to exist on 1 December 2011, following the President's approval, making way for a Dhaka North and a Dhaka South city corporations. History Dacca Municipality, the predecessor of the city corporation, was established on 1 August 1864. The first elected chairman was Ananda Chandra Roy. Prior to that, a ''Committee for the improvement of Dacca'' was formed in 1823. The Act of 1884 added the provision of elected representatives called commissione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Iftekhar Uddin
Syed may refer to: * Seyd, alternative for Sayyid (name) * Alternative for Sayyid, an honorific title * Ahsan Ali Syed (born 1973), Indian businessman * Ghulam Murtaza Syed (1904-1995), prominent Sindhi politician * Ibrahim Bijli Syed (born 1939), American radiological scientist, medical physicist, health physicist * Matthew Syed (born 1970), British journalist * Nabeela Syed (born 1999), American politician * Nabiha Syed, American technology lawyer and executive * Zulfi Syed, Indian model and actor * Nayyar Ali Dada, (Born 1943) also known as Syed Nayyar Ali Zaid, Famous Architect in Pakistan See also *Said (other) *Seyd (other) Seyd may refer to: * Seyd, alternative for Sayyid * Ernest Seyd (1830 – 1881), German-born British author, banker, and economist See also *Said (other) Said can refer to: * Speech, or the act of speaking * Saʽid, a male Arabic ... * Seyd Kola {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikash Kumar Biswas
Bikash (, also Romanized as Bīkash) is a village in Nameh Shir Rural District, Namshir District, Baneh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 245, in 38 families. The village is populated by Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri .... References Towns and villages in Baneh County Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan province {{Baneh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
