Bangla Mutiny Over

Mutinous members of the Bangladesh Rifles in Dhaka surrendered their weapons on Thursday night as tanks surrounded their headquarters after a second day of gunfire in a mutiny that killed about 50 people. The mutiny had spread to other districts before petering out.

Government officials and police said the mutiny in Dhaka was under control and urged members of the BDR border guards who had mutinied elsewhere in the country over pay and command issues to lay down their arms.

After the mutiny over a pay rise had spread beyond Dhaka to other cantonment areas in the country, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanded that the mutineers in the BDR, a paramilitary force deployed on the border with India, should lay down their arms or face tough action.

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Bangladesh Cricket Board hands 10 year ban to Indian Cricket League rebels

Bangladesh cricket chiefs said on Wednesday that 13 players who opted to compete in the unauthorised Indian Twenty20 league will be banned for 10 years.

The Indian Cricket League unveiled late on Tuesday its new Dhaka Warriors team in New Delhi, which comprises 11 Bangladesh internationals reportedly earning $200,000 each over a three year period.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board held an emergency meeting on Wednesday and decided to ban the players for joining the unapproved league for 10 years, BCB spokesman Rabeed Imam said.

“We don’t have full reports of who have joined the ICL. But today, the board has decided that whoever has joined the unapproved league would be automatically banned for 10 years,” he said.

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