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Mohammad Gholam Rabbani
Mohammad Gholam Rabbani (10 January 1937 – 14 November 2022) was a judge of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Career Rabbani became a lawyer in 1960. Rabbani was appointed a judge of the High Court Division on 18 February 1992. On 11 January 2001, Rabbani was elevated to the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. In the Hefzur Rahman Vs Shamsun Nahar case, he mandated that men provide for their divorced wife till they remarry. He and Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana said in their verdict only the court could decide on matters concerning Muslim family law. The verdict led to violent protests in which seven people were killed following which the verdict was stayed by the Supreme Court. He along with all the other judges of the Appellate Division refused to hear an appeal against a High Court verdict that found two accused in the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman case innocent. The appeal was filed by five convicts in the case who were not acquitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appellate Division, Supreme Court Of Bangladesh
The Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh is the highest appellate court in the country. It serves as the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases, with appellate review authority over judgements of the High Court Division. The Court is currently composed of 7 judges, led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed. History The earliest predecessor of the Appellate Division was the Supreme Court of Pakistan, which, following the adoption of the 1956 constitution, became the highest Court for all cases, replacing the Federal Court of Pakistan. In Bangladesh, the High Court of Bangladesh Order, 1972, (President's Order No. 5 of 1972) which provisionally established the High Court as the highest court, was amended by the High Court of Bangladesh (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 91 of 1972) to establish the Appellate Division, conferring upon it all the powers previously vested in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Following the adoption of the Constitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asiatic Society Of Bangladesh
The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 and NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of Bangladesh. The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as the Asiatic Society of East Pakistan in Dhaka in 1952 by a number of Muslim leaders, and renamed in 1972. Ahmed Hasan Dani, a noted Muslim historian and archaeologist of Pakistan played an important role in founding this society. He was assisted by Muhammad Shahidullah, a Bengali linguist. The society is housed in Nimtali, walking distance from the Curzon Hall of Dhaka University, locality of Old Dhaka. History Asiatic Society of Bangladesh traces its origins to The Asiatic Society, which was founded by Sir William Jones in 1784. Some of scholars of the Asiatic Society moved to Dhaka, capital of East Bengal, after the Partition of India. Ahmad Hasan Dani, professor of history at the University of Dhaka, proposed the idea of establishing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Shahbag Protests
The Shahbag protests, were widespread demonstrations held in Bangladesh in 2013. On 5 February 2013, protests ignited in Shahbagh, Bangladesh, fueled by the call for the execution of the convicted war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah. Previously sentenced to life imprisonment, Mollah was convicted on five of six counts of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh), International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh. Mollah supported the West Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and played a crucial role in the murder of numerous Bengali nationalists and intellectuals. The demonstrations also sought the government's ban on the radical Islamist group, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamaat-e-Islami, from participating in politics, including elections, and a boycott of institutions supporting or affiliated with the group. Protesters perceived Mollah's initial sentence of life imprisonment as unduly lenient, leading bloggers and online acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Open Letter From Shah Ahmad Shafi To The Government And The Public
On February 19, 2013, Shah Ahmad Shafi, leader of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, published an open letter to the public and the government on the front page of ''Amar Desh''. In the letter, he condemned the ongoing Shahbag protests, claiming they were tied to anti-Islamic activities. He accused the Ahmadiyya community and an anti-Islamic online group of involvement, naming individuals such as Shahriar Kabir, Muntassir Mamoon, Zafar Iqbal, Gholam Rabbani, and Ajoy Roy as responsible. Shafi called on the government to take action against these activities and urged the public to speak out against them. This letter marked Hefazat-e-Islam's entry into the political landscape, initiating the Islamist response to the Shahbag protests and leading to the development of its 13-point demand. Context After the Awami League-led 14-party alliance assumed power in 2009, the government established the International Crimes Tribunal on March 25, 2010, with the aim of prosecuting those accuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shah Ahmad Shafi
Shah Ahmad Shafi (; 5 April 1930 – 18 September 2020) was a Bangladeshi Sunni Islamic scholar, the chief of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Rector of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Hathazari and also the chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board. He was born in 1930 in Rangunia Upazila, Rangunia, Chittagong and was educated at Hathazari Madrasah and Darul Uloom Deoband. Early life He was born on 5 April 1930 in Rangunia Upazila, Rangunia, Chittagong. He received his primary education from his family. Then he joined Al-Jamiatul Arabiatul Islamiah Ziri. He was admitted to Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in 1941 (1344-45 AH) at the age of 10. In Hathazari Madrasah he studied for 10 years. Then Shafi went to Darul Uloom Deoband for higher studies in the field of Hadith and Tafsir. He was a renowned Islamic scholar in Bangladesh.He studied there for four years before returning to his homeland Bangladesh. During his study time at Darul Uloom Deoband he be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh. The war began when the Pakistani Military dictatorship, military junta based in West Pakistan—under the orders of Yahya Khan—launched Operation Searchlight against East Pakistanis on the night of 25 March 1971, initiating the Bangladesh genocide. In response to the violence, members of the Mukti Bahini—a Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla resistance movement formed by Bengali military, paramilitary and civilians—launched a mass guerrilla war against the Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistani military, liberating numerous towns and cities in the war's initial months. At first, the Pakistan Army regained momentum during the monsoon, but Bengali guerrillas counterattacked by carrying out widespread sabotag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaleda Zia
Begum Khaleda Zia (born August–September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and the second female prime minister in the Muslim world, after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of former president of Bangladesh, president of Bangladesh and army commander, Ziaur Rahman. She has been the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984, which was founded by her husband, Zia, in 1978. Khaleda came to national attention as the First Lady of Bangladesh after her husband, Rahman, became the president in 1977. After Assassination of Ziaur Rahman, Rahman's assassination in 1981, Khaleda joined politics and came to lead BNP. After 1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, a military coup in 1982, she helped lead the movement for democracy. She became the prime minister following the victory of BNP in 1991 Bangladeshi general elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (), popularly abbreviated as BNP (), is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by President of Bangladesh, President Ziaur Rahman, with a view of uniting people with a Bangladeshi nationalism, nationalist ideology. Later, the BNP emerged as one of the two traditionally dominant parties in Bangladesh, along with it's rival, the Awami League. Known as the "Party of the Freedom Fighters of the Battlefield" during it's establishment, the BNP was founded by Ziaur Rahman after the presidential election of 1978 and remained in its leadership until his Assassination of Ziaur Rahman, assassination in 1981. Following Rahman's assassination, his widow, Khaleda Zia, took over leadership of the party and presided as chairperson until her imprisonment, in 2018. Since then, Tarique Rahman, the son of Rahman and Zia, has served as acting chairperson and has run the affairs of the party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muntasir Mamun
Muntasir Mamoon (born 1951) his full name is Muntasir Uddin Khan Mamun, he is a Bangladeshi writer, historian, scholar, secularist, translator, and professor at University of Dhaka. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award and Ekushey Padak by the government of Bangladesh. Early life and education Mamoon was born in 1951. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degree from the Department of History of the University of Dhaka. Career Mamoon mainly worked on the historical city of Dhaka. He wrote several books about this city, took part in movements to protect Dhaka. Among his historical works on 1971 is his ''Sei Sob Pakistani'', in which many interviews with leading Pakistanis was published. Most of them were the leading Pakistani characters during the liberation war of Bangladesh. In 2009, Mamoon and General KM Safiullah filed a petition with the Bangladesh High Court asking it to direct the government to maintain the historic locations at Suhrawardy Udyan and all over Bangladesh. Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahriar Kabir
Shahriar Kabir (; born 20 November 1950) is a Bangladeshi journalist, filmmaker, human rights activist, war crimes researcher and author of more than 70 books focusing on human rights, communalism, fundamentalism, history, and the Bangladesh war of independence. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1995. He is the President of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee. He is the former president of Forum for Secular Bangladesh. He has cooperated with the renowned anti-racist and anti-fascist group the “Never Again” Association, based in Poland. In 2001, he was recognized by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience for his peaceful and non-violent activism in defence of the rights of religious and ethnic minorities. Early life and education Kabir was born in Feni District, Chittagong Division, East Pakistan and now in Bangladesh on 20 November 1950. He attended St Gregory's School. He passed his higher secondary exam from Jagannath College. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee
The Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee is a pressure group founded to demand the trial of war criminals from the Bangladesh War of Independence. It advocates for secularism in Bangladesh. History The Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee was founded on 19 January 1992 by 101 Bangladeshi activists to seek justice for the genocide carried out during the Bangladesh War of Independence. Operating in Bangladesh and Britain, they claim the policies of the Jamaat-e-Islami are similar to those of the British National Party. The London branch protested against the arrival of Delwar Hossain Sayeedi at a Mosque in East London and demanded his British visa be revoked. In 2000, the committee's leaders established the secular heritage group Swadhinata Trust to raise youth awareness of, and pride in, Bengali history and culture. In 2015, leaders of the committee, Justice Mohammad Gholam Rabbani, Shahriar Kabir, and Muntasir Mamun criticised Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Kh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
