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BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman addresses a views-exchange meeting with retired armed forces personnel and family members of officers killed in the 2009 Pilkhana incident at Hotel Radisson Blu in Dhaka on 7 February 2026. Photo: BNP/Facebook

Tarique pledges to reinstate 'BDR' name, honour Pilkhana martyrs

The BNP chief has pledged that if his party forms the government, the military would not be used for political purposes

An army soldier cries as he carries the coffin of a Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) officer in Dhaka on March 2, 2009. Tens of thousands of mourners attended the state funeral for dozens of Bangladesh army officers killed in a mutiny on February 25-26, 2019/ Reuters

Did India benefit from BDR mutiny? What the probe commission says

The human chain was formed at 11:30am in front of the Raju Sculpture as part of a nationwide programme. Photo: UNB

Police bar dismissed BDR members from marching towards Jamuna over 3-point demand

Members and families of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) who were dismissed following the Pilkhana carnage started an indefinite sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar from 9am today (11 February), Photo: Focus Bangla

Dismissed BDR members stage sit-in at Shaheed Minar with 6-point demand

A moment, overflowing with joy and the weight of time, captured outside Kashimpur Jail as father and son reunite. Photo: TBS

'I had no stories of my father to tell': Daughter's 16-yr wait ends with BDR member's release

Family members of the victims and the dismissed members of the 2009 BDR massacre staged a protest at the Shahbagh intersection on 9 January. Photo: TBS

BDR carnage: Sacked members, victims' families stage demos demanding reinvestigation

Former members of BDR block Shahbagh, Dhaka, on 8 January 2025. Photo: Tahsin Samin/TBS

Pilkhana carnage: Sacked BDR members block Shahbagh for reinstatement

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Major Gen Fazlur Rahman to head 7-member commission for BDR carnage reinvestigation

Army soldiers cry as they carry the coffin of a Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) officer in Dhaka on 2 March 2009. Tens of thousands of mourners attended the state funeral for dozens of Bangladesh army officers killed in a mutiny on 25-26 February 2009. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Commission formed to investigate BDR carnage

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Govt halts plan for BDR mutiny commission amid pending appeals

Families of the victims of the 2009 BDR mutiny speak at a press conference at the National Press Club’s Zahur Hossain Chowdhury Hall on 13 December 2024. Photo: UNB

BDR families demand renaming of BGB, justice for mutiny victims

Members of erstwhile BDR at a press conference organised by “Dismissed BDR Members 2009 and BDR Kallyan Parishad” at the National Press Club in the capital on 29 August 2024. Photo: Prothom Alo

Ex-BDR members urge job reinstatement, independent probe into Pilkhana carnage  

Police produced the convict in the court during the pronouncement of the judgement. Photo: TBS

Ex-BDR member jailed for raping foster daughter