Banned-organization

The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested Md. Nasir Uddin (52), a leader of the Awami League, an organization whose activities are banned. Nasir is a member of the Cumilla North District Committee and joint general secretary of the Titas Upazila Awami League. He is the son of former member Md. Farid Uddin from Kalachankandi village in Kalakandi Union of Titas Upazila. He was arrested from Bashundhara City Shopping Complex in Dhaka on Saturday night and...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained 23 people from a mosque in Tejgaon in the capital on suspicion of militancy. They were arrested at around 4:15 pm Friday. Ibn Mizan, deputy commissioner (DC) of the DMP’s Tejgaon division, told Agamir Somoy that they were detained after police conducted a raid based on intelligence that a secret meeting was taking place at the mosque. A senior DMP official claimed that the detainees are active members of the banned organisation ‘Iftihadul Al Islam...

Posters bearing the name of a leader of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League have been put up at key locations inside and around the Jahangirnagar University campus. The posters, which were pasted under the cover of night, have sparked widespread discussion. A visit to the campus found the posters displayed in front of Jahangirnagar University School and College, beside the newly built residential tower for employees, on electric poles near the Prantik Gate area and at the passenger shelt...