Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan
RMG factories could be operated with workers now staying in Dhaka: Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said steps have been taken so that garment workers cannot enter Dhaka from outside as RMG factories will be operated on a limited scale with workers staying in Dhaka now.
DMP to enforce social distancing strictly from Saturday
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is going to take a hard line from Saturday to ensure social distancing in the capital.
Benazir adorned with IGP Rank Badge
Newly-appointed Inspector General of Bangladesh Police Benazir Ahmed was adorned with the IGP Rank Badge on Wednesday.
Majed’s execution a gift in Mujib Year: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the execution of Capt (dismissed) Abdul Majed, one of the killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is a gift from the Prime Minister in the Mujib Year.
“The nation has been freed from stigma through the execution of Abdul Majed,” he told reporters while distributing 2,000 packets of food among the destitute at his Dhanmondi residence.
He said the government had specific information about two fugitives. “All five fugitive [killers of Bangabandhu] will be brought back and executed,” he said.
Majed was hanged on early Sunday, 45 years after the assassination of the country’s founding father.
Five others involved in the killing – Syed Farooq Rahman, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Bazlul Huda, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Mohiuddin Ahmed – were executed in January 2010.
Another killer Aziz Pasha met natural death in Zimbabwe in 2001.
Five other convicted killers are in hiding. They are former Lt Col Khandaker Abdur Rashid, SHBM Noor Chowdhury, Shariful Haque Dalim, Rashed Chowdhury, and Risaldar Moslehuddin.
Of them, the government knew the whereabouts of Noor Chowdhury, Rashed Chowdhury and Moslehuddin. According to the government, Noor has been living in Canada and Rashed in the USA.
Bangabandhu’s self-confessed killer Abdul Majed arrested
Captain Abdul Majed, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was arrested from Dhaka early Tuesday.
All procedures completed to free Khaleda from jail shortly: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to be released from jail shortly as all the necessary procedures in this regard have already been completed.
Breach of quarantine rules to invite action: Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday urged overseas returnee to follow the quarantine rules for the sake of the country, warning that stern action will be taken if anyone breaches those.
Modi visit: Home minister warns stern action against any chaos
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday warned that law enforcers will take stern action if any vested quarter tries to create chaos over the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh to take part in ‘Mujib Borsho’ programmes.
Additional security at ‘Mujib Year’ programme: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said security would be ratcheted up for smooth celebration of ‘Mujib Year’ programmes.
Govt on high alert against Coronavirus: Asaduzzaman
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said that government has taken strict monitoring system so that Covid-19, the novel coronavirus that originated in China, does not take hold in the country.