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Asserting its power implicit the authorities machinery, the caller authorities of Bangladesh, led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, carried retired changes successful the equipped forces arsenic good arsenic the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).
The changes that were announced connected Sunday (February 22) - Monday (February 23) are being viewed arsenic portion of sweeping subject and bureaucratic changes that are being planned arsenic PM Tarique Rahman’s government stabilises.
These changes person taken spot astir simultaneously with the announcement that the caller authorities volition analyse each the ineligible cases that person been filed against journalists and concern persons aft the uprising of August 5, 2024.
In an bid issued by the Army Headquarters, the serving Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces, Lt. General S.M. Kamrul Hasan, has been sent connected deputation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wherever helium is expected to beryllium appointed arsenic an ambassador astatine a ngo of Bangladesh abroad.
Maj. Gen Mir Mushfiqur Rahman took complaint arsenic the caller Principal Staff Officer (PSO) successful a ceremonial connected Monday (February 23) erstwhile helium was handed implicit the work jointly by Prime Minister Rahman and Army Chief General Waker uz Zaman.
That apart, Brig. General Mohammed Hafizur Rahman, who is the existent Defence Attache astatine the Bangladesh High Commission successful New Delhi, has been promoted to the fertile of Major General and has been transferred backmost to Dhaka. Lt. General S.M.Kamrul Hasan led a six-member subject delegation to Pakistan successful January 2025 that was wide interpreted arsenic the “strategic rehabilitation” of the Pakistani subject successful the twenty-first-century Bangladesh.
The Daily Star has reported that Lt Gen Mainur Rahman, wide serviceman commanding (GOC) of the Army Training and Doctrine Command (ARTDOC), has been made the Army’s CGS (Chief of General Staff).
The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs appointed Mohammed Aminul Islam arsenic the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), ending the tenure of Tajul Islam, who served arsenic the Chief Prosecutor erstwhile the ICT delivered a decease condemnation to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and erstwhile Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal connected November 17, 2025.
Tajul Islam, who was appointed Chief Prosecutor of the ICT connected September 7, 2024, gained prominence from 2011 to 2016 erstwhile helium served arsenic defence lawyer for respective starring figures of the Jamaat-e-Islami who received beingness and decease sentences for crimes committed during the crackdown connected civilians by the Pakistan subject successful 1971.
The changes successful the equipped forces and the ICT person coincided with the announcement by Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, who instructed constabulary to reappraisal cases that were filed aft the autumn of the Sheikh Hasina government.
Mr. Ahmed told the media that determination were doubts astir the cases and that it was felt that galore of the cases were filed by “opportunistic individuals” who wanted to settee scores with radical belonging to the media and concern communities. The orders were issued aft Mr. Ahmed held a marathon gathering with the instrumentality enforcement officials.
He further announced that the BDR mutiny lawsuit of 2009 volition besides beryllium reinvestigated. On February 25-26 successful 2009, a radical of officers and soldiers rebelled astatine the BDR office successful Pilkhana, office successful Dhaka. The mutineers killed 74 persons, including the past DG of BDR, his woman and 57 different officers.
Mr. Ahmed announced that a caller committee volition beryllium constituted to look into the case.
