Jail Killing Day

Blood on the Barred Walls: The 1975 Jail Killing Revisited

In 1975, Bangladesh’s political landscape was irrevocably altered by the brutal assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and almost his entire family (except for his two daughters, who were abroad) at their Dhanmondi 32 residence.

Jail Killing Day today

The nation will observe Jail Killing Day today by paying rich tributes to four national leaders and Liberation War heroes who were brutally murdered inside the Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975.

Jail Killing Day: PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu, 4 national leaders

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders, marking the Jail Killing Day.

Recalling our four national heroes

Wearing Khaki uniforms and carrying Sten guns and SLRs (self-loading rifles), five army personnel arrived at the erstwhile Dhaka central jail around 4:00am on November 3, 1975.

Jail Killing Day / Nation pays homage

The nation solemnly commemorated the 43rd anniversary of the killing of four national leaders inside old Dhaka Central Jail yesterday.

Any attempt to create anarchy over polls will be foiled: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the law enforcers will foil any attempt to create anarchy in the country centring the upcoming national elections.

Justice for 4 National Leaders: As elusive as ever

More than 14 years have passed since a trial court handed punishment to 11 perpetrators for the killing of four national leaders inside the erstwhile Dhaka central jail, but their sentence is yet be implemented.

Jail Killing Day Today: Wait for justice far from over

It has been 42 years after the killing of the four national leaders at the erstwhile Dhaka central jail, but the authorities

Editorial / Jail Killing Day

The nation mourns the brutal killings of Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain (Rtd.) Mansur Ali and AHM Qamaruzzaman this day forty-two years ago. It is an infamy that added the second blot in our history following the killing of the Father of the Nation along with almost all the close members of his family on August 15.

November 3, 2024
November 3, 2024

Blood on the Barred Walls: The 1975 Jail Killing Revisited

In 1975, Bangladesh’s political landscape was irrevocably altered by the brutal assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and almost his entire family (except for his two daughters, who were abroad) at their Dhanmondi 32 residence.

November 3, 2022
November 3, 2022

Jail Killing Day today

The nation will observe Jail Killing Day today by paying rich tributes to four national leaders and Liberation War heroes who were brutally murdered inside the Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975.

November 3, 2019
November 3, 2019

Jail Killing Day: PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu, 4 national leaders

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders, marking the Jail Killing Day.

November 3, 2019
November 3, 2019

Recalling our four national heroes

Wearing Khaki uniforms and carrying Sten guns and SLRs (self-loading rifles), five army personnel arrived at the erstwhile Dhaka central jail around 4:00am on November 3, 1975.

November 4, 2018
November 4, 2018

Nation pays homage

The nation solemnly commemorated the 43rd anniversary of the killing of four national leaders inside old Dhaka Central Jail yesterday.

November 3, 2018
November 3, 2018

Any attempt to create anarchy over polls will be foiled: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the law enforcers will foil any attempt to create anarchy in the country centring the upcoming national elections.

November 3, 2018
November 3, 2018

Justice for 4 National Leaders: As elusive as ever

More than 14 years have passed since a trial court handed punishment to 11 perpetrators for the killing of four national leaders inside the erstwhile Dhaka central jail, but their sentence is yet be implemented.

November 3, 2017
November 3, 2017

Jail Killing Day

The nation mourns the brutal killings of Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain (Rtd.) Mansur Ali and AHM Qamaruzzaman this day forty-two years ago. It is an infamy that added the second blot in our history following the killing of the Father of the Nation along with almost all the close members of his family on August 15.

November 3, 2017
November 3, 2017

Jail Killing Day Today: Wait for justice far from over

It has been 42 years after the killing of the four national leaders at the erstwhile Dhaka central jail, but the authorities

November 3, 2015
November 3, 2015

Jail Killing Day

We join the nation in mourning the death of Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain (Rtd.) Monsur Ali and AHM Quamruzzaman, the four ...