Salahuddin-Ahmed

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), the country’s financial intelligence agency, has sought information on the bank accounts of widely discussed content creator Salman Muqtadir. The BFIU sent letters to all banks and financial institutions in the country on Wednesday. Several banks have confirmed receiving the letters. The letter asked banks and financial institutions to collect and send the BFIU information on bank accounts held in Salman Muqtadir’s name, account opening...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed dismissed criticism and claimed that the law-and-order situation remains under the government’s control. He made the remarks after a meeting on security arrangements for Durga Puja at the Secretariat on Wednesday afternoon. In response to a journalist’s question, the minister said investigations are underway into attacks on studios in Radda and Manikdi in the capital. He said legal action would be taken against whoever is found responsible. The home minist...

Activists and leaders of the banned Awami League held a procession in broad daylight in Gulshan last Friday. The incident sparked discussions and criticism over the role and activities of the police. However, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed believes there was no negligence on the part of the police. The Home Minister claimed that intelligence information about the incident was available. However, the police could not properly understand or anticipate the matter at the specific time. Salah...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has assured that justice will be ensured for every extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance committed on the soil of Bangladesh. On Saturday night, ahead of International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the minister in charge of the Home Ministry recalled his own experience of being disappeared in 2015 and gave the assurance. Salahuddin Ahmed, who was disappeared in 2015, said he still gets chills when he remembers the night he was dis...

The International Crimes Tribunal has shown dismissed army officer Ziaul Ahsan arrested in a crime against humanity case over the abduction of BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed during the rule of the Awami League, whose activities are currently banned. The International Crimes Tribunal 1 led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed the order today, Thursday, following a prosecution petition. The tribunal has set October 27 as the date for submitting the investigation repo...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the morale of the police has returned. He said they are working to curb crime. The home minister made the remarks while speaking about the country’s law and order situation at a discussion and prayer meeting held at the BNP central office in Nayapaltan in the capital on Wednesday morning on the occasion of Eid e Milad un-Nabi (PBUH). Salahuddin Ahmed said, “I sometimes praise the police force and all the disciplined forces. I do so because of t...

Despite criticism from opposition parties over the law and order situation, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed dismissed the concerns, saying there has been visible improvement in the situation over the past six months. According to the Home Minister, the people of the country will assess whether they are satisfied with the law and order situation. The government can say that there has been visible improvement over the past six months. He made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a m...