Bangladesh Ex-Ministers Face Massacre Charges - Dhaka

Bangladesh Ex-Ministers Face Massacre Charges - Dhaka

Police personnel escort detainee Ziaul Ahsan , former military general and former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC), to Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) court in Dhaka on December 19, 2024. Thirteen Bangladeshi former top government officials arrested after the revolution in August appeared in court on November 18, accused of "enabling massacres", with prosecutors repeating extradition demands for exiled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina. Dozens of her allies have been taken into custody since the regime collapsed, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed more than 700 people during the unrest that led to her ouster Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bangladesh Ex-Ministers Face Massacre Charges - Dhaka

Bangladesh Ex-Ministers Face Massacre Charges - Dhaka

Police personnel escort detainee Ziaul Ahsan , former military general and former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC), to Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) court in Dhaka on December 19, 2024. Thirteen Bangladeshi former top government officials arrested after the revolution in August appeared in court on November 18, accused of "enabling massacres", with prosecutors repeating extradition demands for exiled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina. Dozens of her allies have been taken into custody since the regime collapsed, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed more than 700 people during the unrest that led to her ouster Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bangladesh Ex-Ministers Face Massacre Charges - Dhaka

Bangladesh Ex-Ministers Face Massacre Charges - Dhaka

Police personnel escort detainee Ziaul Ahsan , former military general and former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC), to Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) court in Dhaka on December 19, 2024. Thirteen Bangladeshi former top government officials arrested after the revolution in August appeared in court on November 18, accused of "enabling massacres", with prosecutors repeating extradition demands for exiled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina. Dozens of her allies have been taken into custody since the regime collapsed, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed more than 700 people during the unrest that led to her ouster Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Annual Muslim congregation begins in Bangladesh after 2 years of COVID-19 hiatus

STORY: Annual Muslim congregation begins in Bangladesh after 2 years of COVID-19 hiatus DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:48 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Muslim congregation in Bangladesh STORYLINE: The annual Muslim congregation Bishwa Ijtema started Friday in Tongi on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka with religious sermons for hundreds of thousands of devotees from home and abroad after two years of the COVID-19 hiatus. This year's edition of the Bishwa Ijtema, or the World Congregation, began with the general sermons of Pakistani Islamic scholar Maulana Ziaul Haque after the morning prayers. The grand prayer of the three-day congregation will be held on Sunday, seeking divine blessings and the welfare of all mankind. Local and foreign clerics have been speaking in Bangla, Urdu and other languages during the event. The organizers have put up loudspeakers several kilometers away from the venue so that a large number of devotees could join the grand prayer.