Dhaka, Feb 28: The funeral or the Namaz-e-janaza of the 33 Bangladesh army officers, whose bodies were found during a rescue operation at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters, was postponed today.
The funeral was scheduled to take place at the Army Stadium in Banani at 3:00 p. m.
The funeral of Major General Shakil Ahmed, the head of the BDR, was also scheduled to be held today. Major General Shakil Ahmed''s corpse was pitted with bullet holes and marks of a bayonet charge. It had at least seven bullet wounds.
Dhaka, Feb 28 : Expressing deep shock over the death of army officers and civilians in the mutiny at the BDR headquarters, Speaker Abdul Hamid and Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali today said the incident has caused an irreparable loss to the country.
Terming the killing as ''sorrowful'', both prayed for the salvation of those killed and conveyed their sympathies to their family members.
A state of national mourning is being observed on Saturday.
Dhaka - Rescue workers discovered another mass grave inside the headquarters of Bangladesh's border guards Saturday, two days after the rebel paramilitary soldiers surrendered, officials said.
The search teams retrieved 10 more mutilated bodies of army officers and their relatives from the second mass grave, raising death toll in the Wednesday's mutiny to 72.
"The second mass grave is discovered beside the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) training centre," said an officer of the fire service and civil defence department.
Dhaka, Feb 28 : The funeral or the Namaz-e-janaza of the 33 Bangladesh army officers, whose bodies were found during a rescue operation at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters, will take place at the Army Stadium in Banani at 3:00 p. m today.
The funeral of Major General Shakil Ahmed, the head of the BDR, will also be held today. Major General Shakil Ahmed''s corpse was pitted with bullet holes and marks of a bayonet charge. It had at least seven bullet wounds.
Last evening, the funeral of seven army officers'' was held at the Dhaka Cantonment Central mosque.
Dhaka, Feb 28: Ten more bodies have been found after two more mass graves were opened during a rescue operation at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters on Saturday.
On Friday, thirty-eight more bodies were found at the headquarters, including Major General Shakil Ahmed.
Ahmed ''s corpse was pitted with bullet holes and marks of bayonet charge. It had at least seven bullet wounds.