The Indian media is trying to brand Bangladesh a militant state to the world by spreading false propaganda, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain has said.

He said these things at a program organized at the BRAC Center in Mohakhali in the capital on Sunday (December 1) afternoon to mark the 30th anniversary of the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

The Foreign Affairs Adviser said that the Indian media is not happy with the mass uprising in Bangladesh. Therefore, they are spreading false propaganda. They are trying to show Bangladesh as a militant state to the world which is very unfair.

He said that the kind of discussion about Bangladesh that is happening in the Indian media is planned which will not be pleasant for anyone in the two countries.

Md. Touhid Hossain said that no connection has been established between the countries of South Asia in the last 15 years. However, now is the time to create that connection. He also commented that at this time, the CPD can portray the true picture of the country.

He further said, "We had to take charge very soon after the mass uprising. At that time, the police were not working. The students were handling the traffic. Later, the situation gradually came under control."

The state has applied to the Chamber Judge to suspend the bail granted to former Police Superintendent Babul Akhter in the murder case of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. The hearing on this application is likely to be held in the Chamber Judge's Court on Tuesday.

This information was revealed by the Attorney General's Office on Sunday (December 1).

The High Court granted bail to former Police Superintendent (SP) Babul Akhter in the murder case of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu on November 27.

Earlier, on August 14, SP Babul Akhter had applied for bail in the court of Chattogram's Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Jasim Uddin. Later, on August 18, the judge rejected his bail and issued an order.

Mitu was killed at 7:15 am on June 5, 2016 at the GEC intersection in the city. He was going to the GEC intersection to drop his son on a school bus. At that time, three miscreants on motorcycles surrounded Mitu and shot her dead. Babul Akhter filed a case with Panchlaish Police Station in the city. The PBI submitted its final report to the court on May 12 this year. On the same day, Babul Akhter's father-in-law Mosharraf Hossain filed a case with Panchlaish Police Station against Babul Akhter and eight others for the murder of Mitu. Babul has been in jail since May 17 in this case.

Attorney General Md. Asaduzzaman has said that a decision on the appeal will be taken after seeing the High Court verdict in the August 21 grenade attack case in its entirety.

He told the media on Sunday (December 1) when asked whether an appeal will be filed against the High Court verdict.

Earlier, a High Court bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain acquitted all the accused including BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, who was sentenced to life imprisonment and former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfuzzaman Babar, who was sentenced to death, in the August 21 grenade attack case. The trial of the trial court was declared illegal and nullified based on the supplementary charge sheet in the case.

Deputy Attorney General Md. Jasim Sarkar said, "We will appeal against the High Court's verdict in the August 21 grenade attack case after receiving the full verdict. In the appeal, we will request that the trial court's verdict in the cases be upheld."

The defendants sentenced to death by the trial court were - Maulana Tajuddin, leader of the militant organization Harkatul Jihad, former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfazzaman Babar, former Director General of NSI Major General (retd.) Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury, Brigadier General (retd.) Abdur Rahim, Sheikh Abdus Salam, BNP leader and former Deputy Minister Abdul Salam Pintu, Abdul Majed Bhat alias Yusuf Bhat, Abdul Malek alias Golam Mostafa alias GM, Maulana Shawkat Osman alias Sheikh Farid, Mohib Ullah alias Mofizur Rahman alias Obi, Maulana Abu Sayeed alias Dr. Zafar, Abul Kalam Azad alias Bulbul, Jahangir Alam, Hafez Maulana Abu Taher, Hossain Ahmed Tamim, Moin Uddin Sheikh alias Mufti Moin Uddin alias Khwaja alias Abu Jandal alias Masum Billah, Rafiqul Islam alias Sabuj alias Khalid Saifullah alias Shamim alias Rashed, Md. Ujjal alias Ratan and Mohammad Hanif, owner of Hanif Paribahan.

The convicts who were sentenced to life imprisonment were Tarique Rahman, the eldest son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Haris Chowdhury (deceased), former political secretary to the BNP chairperson, Shahadat Ullah Jewel, Maulana Abdur Rouf alias Abu Omar alias Abu Humaiya alias Pir Saheb, Maulana Sabbir Ahmed alias Abdul Hannan Sabbir, Abid Hasan Sumon alias Abdur Razzak, Hafez Maulana Yahia, Maulana Abu Bakr alias Hafez Selim Howlader, former commissioner of Ward No. 53 of Dhaka Metropolitan City Ariful Islam Arif, Maulana Mohibul Muttakin, Anisul Mursalin alias Mursalin, Mohammad Khalil, Jahangir Alam Badar, former member of parliament Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad, Mufti Shafiqur Rahman, Mufti Abdul Hai and Ratul Ahmed Babu alias Ratul. Babu.

On August 21, 2004, a grenade attack was carried out at the rally of then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina. In this, 24 people, including party leaders and activists, were killed. Sheikh Hasina and hundreds of activists were injured. Two cases were filed under the Murder and Explosive Substances Acts in connection with the attack.

In 2018, the trial court gave its verdict in both cases. In the verdict, 19 people, including former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfuzzaman Babar, were sentenced to death. In addition, the court ordered life imprisonment for 19 people, including BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, and various terms of imprisonment and fines for 11 people.

In 2018, it was registered as a death reference case in the High Court to approve the death penalty. On the other hand, the convicted persons in prison filed separate jail appeals and regular appeals in the two cases through the prison authorities.

Benapole (Jashore): The immigration authorities have sent back 83 devotees of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) who were entering India through the Benapole check post in Jashore in the last two days.

On Sunday (December 1) at 10 am, nine devotees and 74 devotees were sent back after the immigration authorities objected to their travel to India. These ISKCON devotees from different districts of the country came to the Benapole immigration to go to India.

The ISKCON devotees who came to Benapole for the journey to India said that they wanted to go to India to perform religious ceremonies. But they could not enter India as the immigration police turned them back.

Imtiaz Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Benapole Immigration Check post, said that the current situation in the country is worrying. Objections were raised against their travel as their journey was considered suspicious. As a result, 83 people have returned in the last two days. If Indian immigration suspects any of them, many of them are being turned back every day, objecting to their travel. However, there is no restriction on the travel of ordinary passport holders, the OC said.

Recently, Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson of the Bangladesh Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested. After this, there has been a demand for his release from India. Moreover, extremist organizations in West Bengal, India, are pressuring the Indian government to stop visas, medical services and import-export trade between the two countries for Bangladeshis. However, so far, trade and travel between the two countries have been normal.

Assistant Director of Benapole Port, Kazi Ratan said, 386 trucks of various types of goods were imported from India through Benapole Port on Saturday and 162 trucks of goods were exported. 5,357 passport holders traveled between the two countries.