Bangladesh army general dies in helicopter crash

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A Bangladesh army major general and a lieutenant colonel were killed when their helicopter crashed on Monday, police said.

Major General Rafiqul Islam, commander of Jessore cantonment, and Lt. Colonel Shahidul Islam, who was piloting the helicopter, died when it crashed in Tangail nearly 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Dhaka, police officer Anisul Haque said.

A major on board the helicopter was seriously injured and has been hospitalised.

Dense fog may be one of the reasons for an army helicopter crash in Bangladesh's Tangail district on Monday morning, an official said.

News Source:http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-38410920090309

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Mutinies break out beyond Bangladesh capital- Reuters

Reuters said Mutinies by the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) have broken out in various towns around the country even as BDR violence in the capital Dhaka was being contained, police and witnesses said on Thursday.
There were shooting incidents involving BDR troops in more than half a dozen towns including Feni, Teknaf, Satkania, Sylhet, Dinajpur and Naogaon, local police officials told Reuters reporters.
No death or injuries were reported immediately.
Source:http://in.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idINDHA41586920090226

Nearly 50 people were killed when paramilitary troops in Bangladesh

A mutiny by thousands of Bangladesh's border security guards spread outside the capital Dhaka Thursday, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the rebels to surrender immediately.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)

Reuters said – Nearly 50 people were killed when paramilitary troops in Bangladesh fought among themselves during a mutiny in their headquarters over a pay dispute, a government minister said on Thursday.

The mutinous soldiers have been laying down their arms after accepting an offer of amnesty from the government, but the incident on Wednesday underscores the challenges facing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Hasina won elections in December that returned the impoverished South Asian country to democracy after nearly two years of army-backed emergency rule.

"Nearly 50 people have been killed in sporadic fighting in the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)," Mohammad Quamrul Islam, state minister for law and parliamentary affairs, told reporters.

Officials said 50 stranded women and children were evacuated from the mutiny-hit BDR headquarters in the capital Dhaka after the rebels began laying down their arms.

No gun fire had been heard in the early hours of Thursday.

The mutiny erupted on Wednesday when at least five people were killed in shooting that broke out after enlisted men met officers to discuss a row over pay and the BDR command structure.

Source:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090225/wl_nm/us_bangladesh_mutineers_1

At least one person has been killed!! News REUTERS

An artillery weapon is placed on the street near the headquarters of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. Heavy gunfire raged through the BDR headquarters in Dhaka on Wednesday, and at least one person was killed and nine others wounded, witnesses and hospital staff told Reuters.

At least one person has been killed and eight others were wounded Wednesday following a mutiny by Bangladeshi soldiers in the headquarters of the country's border security forces, a hospital official said.

A boy walks past army soldiers outside the headquarters of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. Heavy gunfire broke out at the BDR headquarters in Dhaka on Wednesday, and at least one person was killed and six others wounded, a doctor told Reuters.

Army soldiers take their positions on the street near the paramilitary headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. Heavy gunfire broke out at the BDR headquarters in Dhaka on Wednesday, and at least one person was killed and six others wounded, a doctor told Reuters.

Army soldiers walk towards the headquarters of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. Heavy gunfire broke out at the BDR headquarters in Dhaka on Wednesday, and at least one person was killed and six others wounded, a doctor told Reuters.

Source:REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman (BANGLADESH)