Supreme Court concludes hearing and sets March 8 for delivering verdict on appeal filed by convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem challenging his death penalty. Prosecution prays court to uphold death for Quasem, while defense seeks acquittal in conclusion hearing.

Counsel for war criminal Mir Quasem Ali concludes arguments on an appeal filed with the Supreme Court by Quasem challenging his death penalty for wartime offences.

The US intelligence chief has said efforts by Bangladesh's prime minister to undermine the political opposition will probably provide openings for transnational terrorist groups to expand their presence in the South Asian country.

Supreme Court today starts hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quashem Ali challenging his death sentence for his crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War in 1971.

Convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee files a review plea against Supreme Court verdict that gave him jail until death for war crimes.

War criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee is going to file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict that commuted his death penalty to jail unto death.

Jamaat-e-Islami founder Maududi's takfiri ideology that permits use of “extreme violence” for establishing Islam in the society was adopted and followed by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, a UK review reveals.

Food Minister Kamrul Islam says Jamaat-e-Islami will be banned through legal process by 2016, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo.

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami’s execution will be carried out after the disposal of review, if he files it, says Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.

Jamaat-e-Islami calls countrywide hartal for tomorrow after the apex court upheld death penalty for its chief Motiur Rahman Nizami.

After the Supreme Court upheld death for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami, his lawyer says they will go for a review.

Supreme Court upholds death penalty awarded to Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes committed against humanity in 1971. Protesting the ruling, Jamaat calls a countrywide daylong hartal for Thursday.

A Dhaka court placed five Jamaat-e-Islami men on a 10-day remand each in two separate cases filed over creating anarchy and laundering money.

A war crimes tribunal frames charges against former BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Shakhawat Hossain and eight others over alleged wartime offenses.

Police claim arrest of six activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, and recover one kilogramme of gunpowder from their possession at Rampura in the capital.

Law enforcers arrest the Sylhet city unit assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj.

Three people including two leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, sustain bullet injuries in a “gunfight” with police in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat.

Authorities close the dormitories of Chittagong College for an indefinite period following a clash between the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Chhatra League.

A local Jamaat-e-Islami leader is shot dead during a police drive in Chittagong’s Sitakunda upazila.

The Supreme Court has fixed January 6 for delivering verdict on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging his death penalty for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971.