Dhaka, Feb 28 : Newly appointed Director General of the BDR, Brigadier General Moinul Hossain, visited the BDR headquarters on Saturday.

During his visit, he supervised the search and rescue opeartions at the (BDR) headquarters.

Brigadier General Hossain has taken charge after the killing of his predecessor Major General Shakil Ahmed.

Major General Shakil Ahmed''s corpse, which was recovered on Friday, was found pitted with bullet holes and marks of a bayonet charge. It had at least seven bullet wounds.

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: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has

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.