Category: BDFA News
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Keraniganj Woman Raped and Burned to Death: Father-Son Duo Arrested
Police have arrested two men in connection with the rape and murder of a woman in Keraniganj, Dhaka, in a case that has shocked the local community. The accused — Md Riaz and his father Farid Mia — were detained during coordinated raids in different areas of Sunamganj on Saturday night. Police also recovered the…
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Phulbari 2006 Tragedy: State Violence, Extractive Power and the Gendered Cost of “Development”
The Phulbari tragedy of 2006 remains one of the starkest examples of how large-scale extraction in Bangladesh has relied on state force and the disposability of rural and Indigenous communities. When thousands protested Asia Energy’s proposed open-pit coal mine—which would have displaced over 40,000 people and destroyed farmland, homes, and water sources—police opened fire, killing…
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BCS Questions Sparks Outrage for Calling Liberation War a “Resistance War” and Pakistani Army and “Occupant Army”
A question in the 47th BCS written exam has triggered widespread backlash after referring to Bangladesh’s Liberation War as a “Resistance War” and the Pakistani military as the “Occupant Army.” The wording appeared in the Mahananda question set for the Bangladesh Affairs paper on December 3, asking candidates to “give a brief account of the…
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