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Mozammel Babu
Mozammel Haque Babu is a Bangladeshi journalist and former CEO and chief editor of Ekattor TV. He was the president of Editors Guild. He was also the vice-president of Association of Television Channel Owners. Babu is currently in jail on charges of abetting genocide, crimes against humanity, and murder during the student protests. Mozammel Babu was detained by local authorities while attempting to illegally cross the Dhobaura border area in Mymensingh district into India. The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed banks to freeze Babu's accounts. The Bangladesh Journalists in International Media (BJIM) and The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have expressed serious concerns over his detention. Career Babu founded weekly Deshbandhu in 1987, where Anisul Hoque worked. He later founded Purbabhas, another weekly. Babu was one of the founders of Editors Guild to protect freedom of the press. Babu moderated a session of Dhaka Global Dialogue, 2019. Babu wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekattor TV
Ekattor TV (; , in reference to the 1971 War) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable news television channel owned by the Meghna Group of Industries, commencing transmissions on 21 June 2012, as Bangladesh's first news-oriented television channel broadcasting in full HD. Ekattor is among the most popular news-oriented television channels in the country. The channel broadcasts from its headquarters in the Sohrawardi Avenue of Baridhara. Ownership After the change of political power in 2009, Mozammel Hossain sold half of the shares owned by himself and his relatives in the name of Mustafa Kamal and his one son and two daughters in Meghna Group. History Ekattor received its broadcasting license from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, along with several other privately owned Bangladeshi television channels, on 20 October 2009. It was officially launched on 21 June 2012 by former chairman Fazlul Haque Khan, with its slogan being "Sangbad No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tureen Afroz
Tureen Afroz is a Bangladeshi lawyer and former senior prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal. She was removed from the tribunal after allegedly meeting accused war criminal Mohammad Wahidul Haque. She prosecuted cases against Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Ghulam Azam, Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Motiur Rahman Nizami, and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. Career Afroz became a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1998. She started working as a lawyer in Australia in 2001. She taught law at Western Sydney University and Monash University. She joined BRAC University as an associate professor of school of law. Afroz was appointed prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal in February 2013. She prosecuted the case against Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Ghulam Azam, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politicians. Afroz's mother Samsunnahar Taslim filed a complaint at Uttara West police station against her alleging Afroz evicted her and her son, Shahnewaz Ahmed Shishir, from their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka Ahsania Mission
Dhaka Ahsania Mission is a non-governmental organisation located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The mission was founded in 1958 by Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah. It is one of the largest NGOs in Bangladesh and has helped 1.9 million women achieve economic solvency. The mission founded Ahsania Mission Cancer Detection and Treatment Centre. It founded three universities, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Khulna Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah University & Ahsania Mission University of Science and Technology, a Medical College: Ahsania Mission Medical College, the country's first private teachers college: Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Teachers' Training College. The mission also founded Ahsanullah Institute Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institute, Ahsanullah Institute of Information & Communication Technology, Ahsanullah Mission College, and Vocational Training Institute for Working Children. It operates a number of social welfare company including Hajj Finance Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Army
The Bangladesh Army () is the land warfare branch, and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to defend the land of Bangladesh from any external attack. Control of personnel and operations is administered by the Army Headquarters, Dhaka Cantonment. The Bangladesh Army is also constitutionally obligated to assist the government, during times of domestic national emergency e.g. the army helps people during any natural calamity. This additional role is commonly referred to as "aid to civil administration" or, using the Latin form, "Protectio, Transparentia, Reintegratio", in other words, "Protect and Serve". History Early history The martial tradition of Bengal has its roots in the army of Kings and their chiefs, who were called Senapati or Mahasenapati. Armies were composed of infantry, cavalry, war elephants and war boats. The arrival of Muslims and the establishment of the Bengal Sultanate further strengthened the mili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aziz Ahmed (general)
Aziz Ahmed (born 1 January 1961) is a retired Bangladeshi Four-star rank, four star general who was the Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh), chief of army staff of the Bangladesh Army from 25 June 2018 to 24 June 2021. Early life and education Aziz was born on 1 January 1961 in Narayanganj. His ancestral home is in the village of Tarki in Sultanabad Union at Matlab Uttar Upazila of Chandpur District. He is the third child of Abdul Wadud, who was a retired Master warrant officer of Bangladesh Air Force and senior ground manager of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in his later career, and Renuja Begum who was a homemaker. He completed his Secondary School Certificate, secondary school from Mohammadpur Government High School in 1977 and Higher Secondary School Certificate, high school from Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Notre Dame College. He also attained the engineering seminar in Textile Technology from Bangladesh University of Textiles in 1980. And in 1983, he obtained his Bachelor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M Manzur Ahmed
M Manzur Ahmed is a retired brigadier general of the Bangladesh Army and former director-general of National Security Intelligence, the main civilian intelligence agency of Bangladesh. Career Ahmed joined the Bangladesh Army as part of the 2nd short commission. Ahmed was sent to forced retirement during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government term from 2001 to 2006. He was reinstated in the army and promoted after the Awami League came to power in 2009. Despite being a retired officer, Ahmed was appointed director general of National Security Intelligence on 17 March 2009. He replaced Sheikh Md Monirul Islam who had been appointed director general of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) is a state owned autonomous national research institute and think tank working as a statutory institute that carries out research on security and strategic issues in Bangladesh .... Ahmed was pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Security Intelligence
The National Security Intelligence, commonly known as the NSI, is the principal civilian intelligence agency of Bangladesh. The NSI is the leading body of the Government of Bangladesh in the fields of internal security, counter terrorism, counter intelligence and foreign intelligence. NSI is the largest among the intelligence agencies in Bangladesh, the others being the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), SB, CID, PBI and intelligence directorates of armed and paramilitary forces. The agency stands under the direct authority of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. It is an independent civilian intelligence agency. Today, its internal security functions are similar to the British security service MI5, while the foreign intelligence function does not quite resemble the MI6. The NSI also has territorial units in all 64 districts of Bangladesh, headed by a joint director/deputy director. Being the only independent civilian intelligence agency in Bangladesh, the NS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayeemul Islam Khan
Nayeemul Islam Khan ( born 1960) is a Bangladeshi journalist who has been active in the field since 1982. He served as the press secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Khan has also worked as the editor of several newspapers, including the Bengali dailies ''Amader Notun Shomoy'' and ''Amader Orthoneeti'', as well as the English daily ''The Our Time''. He is known for his introduction of 'modern approach' of Bengali daily newspapers with the illustrated daily, ''Ajker Kagoj'', launched in 1990. Shortly after, he published the newspaper Daily ''Bhorer Kagoj''. He is the founding editor of the daily '' Amader Shomoy'' newspaper in 2003. Career Nayeemul Islam Khan's debut as an editor was for the short-lived monthly magazine ''Shomoy'' that was published for a few months in 1982. His next project was editing ''Khoborer Kagoj'', which made its debut as a weekly in 1987. He is acclaimed as the father of modern approach to the Bengali-language newspaper for his work at ''Aj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Zobayer
Ahmad () is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other English spellings of the name include Ahmed. It is also used as a surname. Etymology The word derives from the root ( ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the verb (''ḥameda'', "to thank or to praise"), non-past participle (). Lexicology As an Arabic name, it has its origins in a Quranic prophecy attributed to Jesus in the Quran which most Islamic scholars concede is about Muhammad. It also shares the same roots as Mahmud, Muhammad, Hamed, and Hamad. In its transliteration, the name has one of the highest number of spelling variations in the world. Some Islamic traditions view the name Ahmad as another given name of Muhammad at birth by his mother, considered by Muslims to be the more esoteric name of Muhammad and central to understanding his nature. Over the centuries, some Islamic scholars have suggested the name's parallel is in the word 'Paraclete' from the Biblical text,"Isa", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonojagoron Moncho
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 of Bangladesh. Mollah supported the West Pakistan during the 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, 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 activists to mobilize additional protests at Shahbagh, resulting in heightened participation in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
