Mig-29 Fulcrum Fighter Jet of Bangladesh Air Force

Mig-29 Fulcrum Fighter Jet of Bangladesh Air Force

Bangladesh Air Force is negotiating a deal with Russia to upgrade eight MiG-29 fighter jets.

F-7MB Air Guard Fighter Jets of Bangladesh Air Force

F-7MB Air Guard Fighter Jets of Bangladesh Air Force

Bangladesh Air Force had purchased a total of 12 F-7MB fighter jets and 4 FT-7MB fighter jet trainers two decades ago. Around  Ten F-7MB Air Guard fighter jets are still operational with the Bangladesh Air Force .

Riots And Clashes Continue In Bangladesh

Bangladesh Deploys Troops As Clashes Continue -- Al Jazeera

At least 23 people killed during strike called in protest over death sentence given to Jamaat-e-Islami party leader.

At least 23 people have been killed in fresh clashes across Bangladesh at the start of a nationwide strike called over a death sentence given to an Islamist party leader for war crimes in the Muslim-majority nation.

Delwar Hossain Sayedee, of Jamaat-e-Islami, was found guilty on Thursday of murder, religious persecution and rape during the 1971 independence war, triggering violent clashes between Jamaat supporters and police across the country.

Security forces were deployed in the northern district of Bogra, as local media reported Jamaat activists attacking police outposts early on Sunday.

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More News On The Unrest In Bangladesh

Bangladesh deploys troops as protest toll hits 76 -- Global Post/AFP
Bangladesh Protest Toll Climbs -- Voice of America
New Bangladesh Clashes Kill 22 -- Wall Street Journal
Army Sent to North Bangladesh as Clashes Continue -- AP
Bangladesh deaths rise as Jamaat protest strike begins -- BBC
Bangladesh deploys army after more violence over tribunal -- Reuters
Bangladesh Spring Turns Violent -- Lisa Curtis and Andy Thomchick, Heritage

Violent Protests In Bangladesh Continue

Death Toll From Bangladesh Unrest Reaches 44 -- New York Times

DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Bangladesh reached at least 44 on Friday, one day after a special war crimes tribunal handed down a death sentence to an Islamic leader for crimes against humanity committed 42 years ago, during the country’s 1971 war of independence from Pakistan.

The verdict against Islamic leader, Delawar Hossain Sayedee, a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamist party, resonated across the country. It was celebrated by the hundreds of thousands of young protesters who have taken to the streets in recent weeks to condemn Jamaat and demand justice in the war crimes cases against other party leaders, insisting that those who were convicted be hanged.

“This verdict is a victory for the people,” declared Imran H. Sarkar, a blogger and an organizer of the protests, during a rally on Thursday afternoon.

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More News On The Unrest In Bangladesh

At least 52 killed in Bangladesh riots -- Financial Times
Bangladesh war crimes verdict sparks more violence -- BBC
Bangladesh clashes over war crimes verdicts kill 52 -- Times of India/AFP
At least 44 dead in Bangladesh protests over death sentence for Islamic leader -- Globe and Mail/AP
Bangladesh Tense After Deadly Riots -- Wall Street Journal
Death toll in Bangladesh war crimes clashes rises to 53 -- International News
New clashes erupt in Bangladesh -- Al Jazeera
More conflict as Dhaka prosecutes war criminals -- Deutsche Welle
Violent Street Clashes In Bangladesh Leave Dozens Dead -- NPR
Seeking war crimes justice, Bangladesh protesters fight 'anti-Islam' label -- CNN
Sentencing of Islamist leader brings unhealed rifts to surface in Bangladesh -- Christian Science Monitor

Deadly Riots In Bangladesh Follow Death Sentence For Islamic Leader

Bangladesh Islamist's Death Sentence Sparks Deadly Riots -- Reuters

(Reuters) - A Bangladeshi Islamist party leader was sentenced to death on Thursday over abuses carried out during the country's independence war, triggering riots that killed at least 30 people.

Delwar Hossain Sayedee, 73, vice-president of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was found guilty by Bangladesh's war crimes tribunal of mass killing, rape, arson, looting and forcing minority Hindus to convert to Islam during the 1971 war of separation from Pakistan, lawyers and tribunal officials said.

After he was convicted and sentenced, police clashed with activists from Sayedee's party and violence raged in more than a dozen areas around the country, police, witnesses and media reports said.

At least three policemen were among the dead and around 300 were wounded, they added.

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More News On The Unrest In Bangladesh

Bangladesh sentences Islamist party leader to death, riots leave at least 30 dead -- Christian Science Monitor/Reuters
Riots in Bangladesh Follow Death Sentence for Islamic Leader -- New York Times
34 killed in Bangladesh after Islamist ordered hanged -- Global Post/AFP
Bangladesh Death Sentence Sparks Violence; 27 Dead -- Voice of America
Death for Jamaat leader sparks violence -- The Hindu
Death Sentence for Bangladesh Islamist Sparks Fatal Clashes -- Bloomberg
Bangladesh Jamaat leader sentenced to death -- Al Jazeera
Bangladesh death sentence sparks deadly protests -- The Guardian
Bangladesh Islamist sentenced to death -- The Telegraph

Protests Continue In Bangladesh Over Past War Crimes. Islamists Warn Of Civil War

Bangladesh Tense Amid War Crime Protests -- Al Jazeera

Protester killed during strike after government amends law to allow retrial of politicians charged with war crimes.

Bangladesh continues to face political and social unrest over trial of opposition Jamaat-e-Islami leaders accused of involvement in murder and other atrocities during country's liberation war in 1971.

Police on Monday shot dead a protester in demonstrations in eastern Bangladesh amid a nationwide strike called by the Jamaat-e-Islami party.

Authorities kept schools and colleges open and many businesses reopened on Monday.

Jamaat, the country's largest Islamic party, called the strike to protest against the death last Friday of four of its activists in police shooting in the southeastern city of Cox's Bazaar.

At least 14 people have been killed so far during protests against government trials of Jamaat leaders.

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More News On The Unrest In Bangladesh

Violence grips Bangladesh; 3 killed in sporadic clashes -- Times of India
Bangladesh’s President OKs amendment in war crimes law -- Zee News
Bangladesh amends war crimes law, mulls banning Islamists -- Reuters
Bangladesh Protesters Press for Islamist Party Ban -- Wall Street Journal
General strike called in Bangladesh -- UPI
Bangladesh Islamists Warn of Anarchy After War Crime Changes -- Bloomberg Businessweek
What the protest over the 1971 War crimes trial in Bangladesh is about -- IBN Live
Will ban on Islamic party heal wounds? -- Deutsche Welle

F-7 (Jian-7) Fighter Jets of The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF)

F-7 (Jian-7) Fighter Jets of the Bangladesh Air Force.

These F-7 Fighter Jets are operated by the Bangladesh Air Force's ThunderCats Squadron

Muslim - Buddhist Unrest Intensifies In Bangladesh

Bangladesh Braces For More Muslim Attacks On Buddhist Sites -- Voice of America

NEW DELHI — Bangladesh has increased security in the south east after Muslim protesters set fire to Buddhist temples and homes, attacks that were triggered by a Facebook photo of a burnt Quran, the Muslim holy book.

Soldiers and border guards Monday patrolled Buddhist-majority villages in Cox’s Bazar district. Authorities also banned gatherings as people fled after angry Muslims went on a rampage Saturday and Sunday, torching Buddhist shrines, smashing statues and attacking homes.

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More News On Muslim Attacks On Buddhist Sites

Bangladesh Muslims torch Buddhist shrines, police say -- CNN
Bangladesh Muslims torch Buddhist temples over Facebook photo -- Daily News/Reuters
Bangladesh put on alert after attacks -- Khaleej Times/AP
Bangladesh violence blame spread -- UPI
Bangladesh rampage over Facebook Koran image -- BBC
Hundreds arrested after religious riots in Bangladesh -- Big News Network
300 held in Bangladesh for attacks on Buddhists -- The International News
Bangladesh blames Muslim Rohingyas for temple attacks -- Reuters

Bangladesh Navy's Large Patrol Missile Craft (LPC)

Bangladesh Navy's Large Patrol Missile Craft (LPC) launched by the Chinese Wuchang Shipyard.

Bangladeshi Large Patrol Missile Craft (LPC) has displacement of 648-tons, length of 64.2 m and top speed of 28 knots (50 km/hr). 

LPC is armed with 4x C704 AntishipMissiles for anti-warship role.

War Crime Trials Start In Bangladesh

Matiur Rahman Nizami, chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, who was arrested last year along with four other senior members of his party. Now one of the four - Delwar Hossain Sayeedi - faces war crimes charges. Photograph: Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters

A Landmark Moment in Bangladesh's Slow Crawl Toward Justice -- Time

In Dhaka, a war crimes tribunal charged its first suspect on some 20 counts, including crimes against humanity. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a leading figure in the Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's most important Islamist party, will now go to court Oct. 30. If you haven't heard of the case, it's not your fault — the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh is perhaps the least discussed mass slaughter in the history of the 20th century. According to some accounts, up to 3 million people were killed and hundred of thousands of women were raped in a nine-month orgy of violence as Pakistani soldiers and loyalists to Islamabad tried to quell the rebellion that eventually led to East Pakistan splintering off into the independent state of Bangladesh.

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More News On War Crime Trials In Bangladesh

Bangladesh party leader accused of war crimes in 1971 conflict --- The Guardian
Bangladesh charges first suspect over 1971 war -- AFP
Bangladesh indicts Islamic leader for war crimes -- AP
Bangladesh war crimes: First charges filed -- BBC
Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal Indicts Islamic Leader -- Voice of America

WNU Editor: Wikipedia has more background information on the war that led to today's war crime charges.

Political Violence Returns To Bangladesh

Police guard around the activists taking part in a rally to protest against the shifting of chief of Bangladesh's main opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia's Cantonment residence in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Nov. 13, 2010. Khaleda Zia Saturday afternoon vacated her Dhaka Cantonment residence. (Xinhua/Shariful Islam)

Dozens Hurt As Bangladesh's Khaleda Zia Evicted -- BBC

Dozens of people have been injured in clashes between police and protesters in Bangladesh.

The protests were sparked by the eviction of opposition leader Khaleda Zia from the home she has lived in for some 30 years.

Meanwhile at least three people were killed in an apparent suicide bombing at the house of a ruling party MP in western Bangladesh.

Police have not said whether they think the protests and bombing are linked.

The High Court had given Ms Zia, the leader of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, until Friday to leave her house, inside a military compound in Dhaka.

The residence has been leased to her since 1982 but the government cancelled it last year, claiming it was illegal.

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More News On The Political Violence In Bangladesh

Violent clashes in Bangladesh as ex-PM says she was evicted -- AFP
Violence in Bangladesh as ex-PM evicted from home -- Reuters
Zia eviction sparks clashes, strike in Bangladesh -- The Hindu
Strike in Bangladesh over Khaleda Zia's eviction -- Hindustan Times
Bangladesh's main opposition party chief vacates cantonment house -- Xinhuanet
Q+A: Political violence returns to Bangladesh -- Reuters

Hundreds Charged In Bangladesh Over Failed Mutiny Last Year

Mutinous soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles stand inside their
headquarters in Dhaka last year. Photo: Reuters

Bangladesh Charges 824 People Over Deadly Mutiny -- BBC

Prosecutors in Bangladesh have charged 824 people with the killing of dozens of army officers during last year's mutiny at barracks in Dhaka.

Most of the accused were members of a paramilitary border force who rebelled over pay and conditions.

All of the suspects could face the death penalty if found guilty.

Officials say that 74 people, most of them senior army officers, were killed during the two-day rebellion in the capital in February 2009.

The violence had also spread nationwide and Bangladesh appeared to be on the brink of civil war.

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More News On last Year's Failed Mutiny

Bangladesh charges 824 for deadly mutiny murders -- AFP
824 charged in Bangladesh border guards mutiny -- Sify News
Court to decide on charge sheet July 26 -- The Daily Star
Bangladesh police charge 824, mostly border guards, for their role in deadly mutiny -- Canadian Press
More charged over Bangladesh mutiny -- Al Jazeera
Death penalty proposed for Bangladesh mutineers -- Sify News
Bangladesh reforms border force after mutiny -- Reuters

After The Mutiny, Questions About Bangladesh's Army

The bodies of Bangladesh Rifles officials are recovered from a mass graveyard inside the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Dhaka. Andrew Biraj / Reuters

From Time Magazine:

Bangladesh is still reeling following the discovery of mass graves and evidence of cold-blooded execution of army officers who were killed amid last week's mutiny at the headquarters of the nation's paramilitary border security force, the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR). The body of Lt. Col. Golam Kibria was found floating through a sluice gate in a nearby sewer Monday morning, bringing the death toll to 74, with 70 more BDR commanding officers who were present at the headquarters when the mutiny occurred still missing and presumed dead. The mutineers initially raised demands related to their pay and conditions of service, but the extent of the carnage now appears to raise concerns about the depths of the anger that led to the uprising.

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More News On the Mutiny And Massacre In Bangladesh

Bangladesh Holds Mass Military Funeral for Army Officers Slain by Mutineers -- Voice Of America
Bangladesh deploys army to catch mutineers -- Yahoo News/AP
Bangladesh manhunt for mutineers -- BBC
Bangladeshi army hunts mutineers -- UPI
Bangladesh army steps up mutineer hunt -- CNN
China hopes Bangladesh to maintain stability -- China View

1,000 Guards Charged In Mutiny Massacre

Mutinous soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles stand inside their headquarters in Dhaka. Photo: Reuters

Bangladesh Charges 1,000 Guards In Mutiny Massacre -- AP

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladeshi police charged more than 1,000 border guards with murder and arson Sunday after a bloody mutiny in the capital that left as many as 148 people dead or missing, most of them army officers.

The government announced plans to form a special tribunal to try the border guards who organized the mutiny.

Of a total of 181 officers, only 33 are known to have survived the uprising at the Bangladesh Rifles border force headquarters in Dhaka, said army spokesman Brig. Gen. Mahmud Hossain.

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More News On The Bangladesh Mutiny/Massacre

Bangladesh: Body search continues amid retaliation fears -- CNN
Charges for Bangladesh mutineers -- BBC
Pakistan in the frame over Bangladesh uprising -- The Telegraph
Bangladesh police to charge 'mutineers' with murder -- ABC News (Australia)
More than 1000 charged over mutiny -- Sydney Morning Herald
Mutiny ringleaders named as body search continues -- WA Today

Mass Graves Of Executed Officers In Bangladesh Found

A firefighter covers the bodies of Bangladesh Rifles officers Photo: AP/The Telegraph

More Bodies Found At Bangladesh Mutiny Site -- Yahoo News/AP

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Firefighters dug up 10 more bodies from mass graves at the headquarters of Bangladesh's border guards Saturday, raising the death toll to 76 in the force's two-day mutiny over low pay and other grievances, officials said.

Political allies, who met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her home Saturday to discuss the uprising, called for national unity in a statement issued after the meeting.

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More News on Bangladesh

Dhaka mutiny: More graves found, 93 bodies recovered -- NDTV
Toll in Bangladesh Mutiny Rises to 66 -- L.A. Times/Associated Press
Searching for missing army officers in revolt of Bangladesh in full swing -- China View
Mass Graves Found After Bangladesh Mutiny -- Daily Telegraph
Bangladesh mutiny: two more mass graves unearthed as toll hits 80 -- The Telegraph
Mass Grave Found After Bangladesh Mutiny -- New York Times
Inside Bloody HQ at Heart of Bangladesh Mutiny -- The Times
New Bangladesh 'Mass Grave' Found -- BBC News
Hunt for Bangladesh mutiny dead a grisly task -- AFP
Chilling tales emerge as Bangladesh mutiny toll crosses 80 -- The Hindu
‘20-25 troopers committed Dhaka carnage’ -- Sify News
Bangladeshi gov't to form special tribunal for quick trial of BDR mutineers -- China View
Bangladesh Army Backs Government -- BBC News
In pictures: Bangladesh graves -- BBC
Indian forces still on high alert at Bangladesh borders -- China View

Military Officers Massacred In Bangladesh Mutiny

Two soldiers, second from left and third from right, the border guard force known as the Bangladesh Rifles, who were held as hostages by mutinous soldiers, after they were released by their captors on Thursday. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

Officials Look For Corpses After Bangladesh Mutiny -- Yahoo News/AP

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Security forces searching the headquarters of a mutinous Bangladeshi border guard unit on Friday discovered the bodies of dozens of officers in shallow graves on the compound, raising the death toll to 66, officials said.

The discovery comes a day after the mutinous guards surrendered at the compound in the capital Dhaka, shortly after the government sent in tanks in a show of force. The mutineers had been promised amnesty to persuade them to surrender.

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More News On Bangladesh's Mutiny

Bangladesh security chief among mutiny dead -- Yahoo News/AFP
Mass grave found in Bangladesh -- International Herald Tribune
Bangladeshi Troops Uncover Mass Grave -- Voice Of America
Bangladesh mutiny death toll about 70 - officials -- Reuters
Death toll of mutiny rises to 60 in Bangladesh -- China View
Bangladesh army quashes mutiny after guards massacre officers -- The Guardian
Hundreds of Bangladeshi mutineers arrested -- UPI
Bangladesh Says Mutinous Guards Surrender -- Voice of America
Bangladeshi Border Guards End Mutiny -- Washington Post
Guard Mutiny in Bangladesh Ends -- New York Times
Bangladesh Arrests 200 Rebels, Hunts for Missing Army Officers -- Bloomberg
Bangladesh Guard Mutiny is Over -- BBC News
Media sympathy and anger at mutiny -- BBC
Three day mourning for mutiny victims in Bangladesh -- Press Trust Of India

Mutineers Forced To Surrender After Massacre In Bangladeshi Capital

Surrendering: Bangladesh border guards prepared to stand down after their deadly mutiny that started in Dhaka Wednesday and spread throughout the country.Pavel Rahman/AP

From The Guardian:

Details of a bloodbath in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, emerged yesterday in the wake of an uprising by paramilitaries who were finally forced to surrender by columns of advancing tanks.

One government source said 50 people had been killed, though the official toll was 11 last night, including an army major general and his wife murdered in cold blood by members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the border security force.

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My Comment: This story will be updated tomorrow morning.

Mutiny In Bangladesh Ends After Tanks Enter The Capital City

Army soldiers sit atop a tank parked in the streets in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, February 26, 2009. Bangladeshi tanks rolled into the capital Thursday, hours after the prime minister warned mutinous border guards she would 'do whatever is needed to end the violence.' (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)

Bangladesh Mutiny Ends After Tanks Enter Capital -- Yahoo News/AP

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Tanks rolled through the Bangladeshi capital Thursday in a show of force that finally persuaded mutinous border guards to lay down their arms, ending a two-day revolt that threatened to spread across the impoverished South Asian nation.

At least 11 were killed, including three civilians, in the insurrection after the nearly 2,000 guards opened fire on their senior officers and seized their headquarters to protest poor pay and conditions.

Concerned about reports of dozens still missing, firefighters searched the area for bodies into Friday's early hours.

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More News On The Mutiny In Bangladesh

Bangladesh paramilitary surrenders after deadly uprising -- L.A. Times
Bangladesh spared more gunfire -- BBC
Mutinous soldiers in Bangladesh surrender as police control their Headquarters -- China View
Mutineers surrender arms in Bangladesh -- The Hindu
Bangladesh mutiny ends but 130 officers missing -- ABC News (Australia)
Mutiny in Bangladesh -- The Economist
Bangladesh Border Guards Mutiny Over Pay -- Defense Technology News

Mutiny In Bangladesh

Bangladesh border guards complain of low pay and status (Photo from The BBC)

Three Dead In Bangladesh Mutiny -- Yahoo News/AFP

DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh border guards launched a dramatic armed mutiny on Wednesday, taking officers hostage and sparking a fierce gunbattle in the capital that left at least three dead and 21 people wounded.

Police and the regular army were called in to surround the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the South Asian nation's paramilitary border security force who reportedly took up arms against their superiors over low pay.

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More News On The Coup Attempt In Bangladesh

Bangladeshi mutineers to surrender, given amnesty -- AP
PM offers amnesty to end troops' revolt -- Sydney Morning Herald
Bangladesh's first line of defence -- BBC
Border Guards Clash With Army in Bangladesh -- New York Times
Troops' revolt rocks Bangladesh capital -- The Guardian
In pictures: Dhaka mutiny -- BBC
Mutiny reveals Bangladesh chaos -- Al Jazeera
India puts on high alert four states bordering Bangladesh -- China View
Bangladesh Rifles's rebellion a concern for India: CPI(M) -- The Hindu
Backgrounder: Profile of Bangladesh Rifles -- China View
TIMELINE - Bangladesh's struggle for stability -- Reuters