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BANGLADESH: TERRORISM Bang, Whimper Bangladesh's war on terror begins in earnest with the execution of six top militants Julfikar Ali Manik B angladesh's military-backed interim government may have moved swiftly to execute six top Islamic militants, including Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) supremo Abdur Rahman and his deputy Bangla Bhai, yet the country reels under threats of retaliatory terrorist attacks from an estimated 20,000 JMB followers. Security has been tightened countrywide even as authorities continue to arrest Islamic militants either belonging to the JMB or other groups, most of them with links to the Afghan war. The government has vowed to bring to justice those who backed such elements. Already a number of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders, including ministers and lawmakers, face charges of patronising militants. "We have tentatively identified the JMB's patrons," said Nur Mohamad, the Bangladesh police chief, adding, "W

http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/04/13/d7041301085.htm   Bomb like the one used in killing of Jhalakathi judges recovered Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is on top of the law enforcers' list of suspected killers of Jhalakathi district court Public Prosecutor Hyder Hossain although investigators did not find any clue to the murder as of last evening. Meanwhile, the joint forces yesterday recovered a powerful live bomb--identical to the one used for killing the two Jhalakathi judges on November 14, 2005--around half a kilometre off the scene of Hyder's murder. "Hyder Hossain's conducting of the Jhalakathi judges killing case against the militant kingpins might have triggered the murder," said Lt Col Shamim in the district. "Possibility of any third party's involvement has also been taken into consideration and the investigation is being conducted carefully," he added. Unknown assailants on Wednesday night shot dead Hyder wh

http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/04/12/d7041201044.htm   Unknown assailants last night shot dead the public prosecutor (PP) of Jhalakathi District Judge's Court and chief counsel of the case filed against Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants for killing two Jhalakathi judges. The gunmen shot in the head of PP Advocate Hyder Hossain at 8:30pm soon after he came out of a mosque in the district town after Esha prayers. The attackers could not be identified as of 10:00pm yesterday. Hyder had recently said at different meetings that some people identifying themselves as JMB members were threatening him over telephone following the execution of the six top JMB militants. Police had been apprehending JMB retaliation since all legal bars were removed for the execution of the six JMB leaders, including its chief Abdur Rahman and his second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai. The six militants were executed at different jails on March 29. Devotees

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/future+2050/SIG=13f364ed2/*http%3A//www.bangladesh-web.com/news/view.php?hidDate=2007-04-13&hidType=TOP&hidRecord=0000000000000000157273   Friday April 13 2007 12:05:33 PM BDT If the increasing temperature and extreme weather patterns continue to persist, production of rice may fall by 10 per cent and wheat by one third in Bangladesh by the year 2050, reports BSS. By that time total population of Bangladesh, one of the most seven populous countries in the world, is projected to increase by 130 million, posing a grave environmental, social and human disaster to the country. The caution was raised in the 'Climate Change 2007 Report' of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a research organization established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific and technical information on climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. The report said food and wa