Jamaat-e-Islami
AG for upholding Nizami’s death penalty
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam prays to the Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation war in 1971.
7 December 2015, 05:58 AM
RU pro-Jamaat teacher sent to jail
A pro-Jamaat-e-Islami teacher of Rajshahi University is sent to jail for his alleged involvement in an attack on police during BNP-led 20-party alliance’s anti-government agitation this year.
4 December 2015, 07:12 AM
'Commute Nizami's death sentence if found guilty'
A lawyer of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami appeals to the Supreme Court to commute his client’s death sentence to life term imprisonment if he is found guilty for committing crimes during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
2 December 2015, 07:43 AM
7 Rangpur Shibir men jailed under explosives act
A Rangpur court today jailed seven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, for 20 years for possessing crude bombs.
1 December 2015, 08:05 AM
‘Don’t allow Jamaat men to run polls’
The Workers Party of Bangladesh urges the Election Commission not to allow any Jamaat-e-Islami activists to take part in the municipality election under the banner of BNP-led 20-party alliance.
30 November 2015, 10:48 AM
Arrest warrants for 10 war crimes suspects
A tribunal in Dhaka issues arrest warrants against 10 war crimes suspects of Gaibandha and Moulvibazar including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker for their alleged crimes against humanity during in 1971 war.
26 November 2015, 06:06 AM
SC may hear Nizami’s appeal 5 days more
The Supreme Court may have five more dates left to hear the appeal of Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging his death penalty for war crimes.
25 November 2015, 07:52 AM
No existence of IS in country: Home boss
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan reiterates there is no organisational existence of terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh.
24 November 2015, 13:02 PM
Another step towards justice
One of Bangladesh's many tragedies was the near reversal, within three and a half years of our birth as a country, of the gains of our Liberation War and the coming to power, later, of people who not only opposed the birth of Bangladesh but actively participated in the genocide and crimes against humanity that was the hallmark of the Pakistani forces and their Bengali collaborators.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM
BGB deployed in Dhaka ahead of Jamaat hartal
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel are deployed in Dhaka this evening ahead of tomorrow’s hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami.
22 November 2015, 12:28 PM
Nizami’s appeal hearing may end by Dec 15: AG
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam expresses hopes that the Supreme Court hearing on the appeal of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death penalty will be completed by Dec 15.
22 November 2015, 08:42 AM
SQ Chy, Mojaheed signed mercy petitions: Anisul
A day into the execution of war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, the law minister today reiterated that the two sought presidential clemency, which was contradicted yesterday by their families and lawyers.
22 November 2015, 07:52 AM
Mojaheed, SQ Chy buried
Top war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury have been buried after execution at the gallows of Dhaka jail.
22 November 2015, 04:05 AM
Jamaat calls hartal for Monday
Protesting execution of its leader Mojaheed for war crimes Jamaat-e-Islami calls countrywide hartal for Monday
21 November 2015, 20:10 PM
Mojaheed’s mercy seeking report ‘untrue’: Jamaat
Jamaat-e-Islami has claimed that information on its leader and death row war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed’s applying for presidential clemency is “absolutely untrue”.
21 November 2015, 12:06 PM
President rejects mercy petitions of Mojaheed, SQ Chy
Death row Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury sought clemency from the president days after the Supreme Court rejected their petitions to review their decision upholding death penalty awarded to them by a special tribunal.
21 November 2015, 05:47 AM
Jamaat calls nationwide protest tomorrow
Jamaat-e-Islami will stage a countrywide “peaceful” protest tomorrow demanding the release of its secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, a death row war criminal.
20 November 2015, 15:12 PM
Decision over ban on Jamaat likely by March: Hanif
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif hopes that the decision over banning Jamaat-e-Islami will be finalised by March next year.
19 November 2015, 10:51 AM
Families meet Mojaheed, SQ Chy at Dhaka jail
Death row war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed met their families at Dhaka jail. The meetings took place a day after the Supreme Court turned down their pleas for review against death penalty for war crimes during 1971 Liberation War.
19 November 2015, 08:03 AM
War trial: SC full verdict on Mojaheed, SQ Chy at central jail
The full verdict of Supreme Court on death row war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury reaches the Dhaka central jail.
19 November 2015, 05:45 AM