A specialised police unit arrested Majed, one of the fugitive convicted Bangabandhu assassins, as he returned home after hiding for nearly two and half decades in India. He was not only involved in Bangabandhu s assassination but also took part in the subsequent killing of four national leaders in high security Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975.
‘The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance’ wrote Aristotle to emphasise the significance of art. Abstract values like freedom are different to express but art can give them an image that touches our heart.
After damaging two canals by building dams and extracting their sands, a local syndicate linked to the ruling party is now tearing apart a wildlife sanctuary by scooping out sand from it and topsoil from adjacent arable land in Dulahazara union of Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.