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BDR to lose its name, uniform

Restructuring body to submit more proposals soon

Staff Correspondent
The committee formed to report on restructuring and renaming of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday submitted a brief initial proposal to the government for changing name and uniform of the paramilitary force.
The four- member body headed by BDR Director General Maj Gen Md Mainul Islam submitted the proposal to Commerce
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Minister Faruk Khan, assigned to coordinate the BDR-related activities between the Prime Minister's Office, home ministry and defence ministry' after the Pilkhana massacre.
"The name and uniform of BDR will be changed. The committee we formed with the BDR director general as its head is still working on it," Faruk Khan told The Daily Star yesterday.
"We have received a brief proposal from the director general. A final proposal will be prepared after fine-tuning the initial proposal," hesaid.
Replying to a query, the commerce minister said a new force will be constituted disbanding the BDR. Opinions have been sought from various forces and also civil society members for choosing a suitable name and uniform for the border guards.
Earlier, the BDR chief at the Zia International Airport told journalists about submission of the proposal before leaving tor New Delhi to meet the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) chief.
Asked about the fate of the BDR personnel after the disbandment of the existing
paramilitary force, Faruk said all the issues will come up before the formation of the new force and the final proposal will include everything.
The committee was formed on March 23 at the third coordination meeting of the members of three committees now probing the carnage and offences committed inside the BDR Pilkhana headquarters.
Our court correspondent adds: Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate's Court yesterday placed on remand eight more suspected BDR mutineers and another person detained in connection with the Pilkhana massacre for questioning.
Havildar Jalal Uddin Ahmed was placed on a seven-day remand and havildars Masud Iqbal, Yusuf Ali, lance nayek Anwarul Islam, nayek Abdul Qaiyum, sepoys Bazlur Rashid. Habibur Rahman and Alim Reza, and outsider Hafizur Rahman were taken on a three-day remand after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) investigating the mutiny case produced them before the court.
Meantime, the CID arrested five more suspected BDR mutineers but their identities were not divulged.