Period: 1-31 October 2009 Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan's comment on extrajudicial killings The banning of Hizbut Tahrir Torture of a journalist under RAB custody State inflicted persecution of Lamppost members Incidents of torture in remand continue Law Minister's comment on the trial of BDR members Incidents of rape under ‘political shelter' Condition of the workers of the readymade garments sector Odhikar stands to uphold the dignity and civil, political, economic,…

An Islamic association based in Mauritius, Hizb-ut-Tahrir, announced that a peaceful demonstration would be held Friday before Pakistan's High commissioner's residence in Mauritius, in a bid to call for the end of the war between Muslims in the Swat Valley, a source told PANA here on Wednesday."We are all concerned by the decision of the Pakistani government to send, on 8 May, its army to combat the Mujahideen in the…

Staff Correspondent Police last night arrested seven Hizb ut-Tahrir activists in the city's Badda area and seized leaflets containing 'provocative statements over Pilkhana carnage'. The arrestees are Abdur Rakib, 44, Sahadat Hossain, 23, Fakrul Hasan, 22, Abdullah-al-Mamun, 25, Noman Sikdar, 25, Arifuzzaman, 22, and Mir Salekin, 22. Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kazi Wazed Ali of Badda Police Station told The Daily Star that after a tip-off they raided a three-storey building at…