Jamaat-e-Islami

[WATCH NOW] Mojaheed: Fall of a war criminal

Al-Badr leader Mojaheed, who publicly insisted that there was no anti-liberation war element in the country, sees his plea to review his death penalty for war crimes turned down.
18 November 2015, 11:35 AM

Justice denied, says Mojaheed's son

Expressing disappointment over today’s Supreme Court verdict, son of war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed said his family has been deprived of justice.
18 November 2015, 08:47 AM

Jamaat calls hartal for Thursday

Jamaat-e-Islami calls a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) for tomorrow protesting Supreme Court’s rejection of party secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed’s plea to review its ruling upholding his death penalty for war crimes.
18 November 2015, 08:39 AM

Like father, like son

War crimes convict Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed followed in his father Maulana Abdul Ali’s footsteps all along.
18 November 2015, 07:15 AM

Security beefed up at chief justice’s village home

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha’s village home in Moulvibazar is put under beefed up security since this morning ahead of two war trial verdicts.
18 November 2015, 05:22 AM

Mojaheed, SQ Chy to hang for war crimes as SC upholds ICT verdict

Supreme Court maintains its previous ruling upholding death penalties for BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami's Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for crimes against humanity during the country's 1971 War of Independence.
18 November 2015, 04:23 AM

War trial: Order on Mojaheed’s review plea tomorrow

Supreme Court fixes tomorrow for passing an order on a petition filed by condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed seeking review of death penalty.
17 November 2015, 04:35 AM

Hearing on Mojaheed, SQ Chy review pleas tomorrow

The Supreme Court is set to hold hearing on two petitions tomorrow, seeking review of its judgments that upheld the death penalty for war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
16 November 2015, 12:25 PM

Jamaat leader held in Sylhet

Police arrest Jamaat-e-Islami district (South) unit general secretary Maulana Lokman Ahmad on various charges from his house in South Surma upazila.
12 November 2015, 06:05 AM

Hearing on Nizami plea not resumed

The Supreme Court can not resume the hearing on the appeal filed by condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami, challenging a verdict that sentenced him to death for his war crimes during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
3 November 2015, 06:45 AM

Law and order satisfactory, Kamal reiterates

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal reiterates his claim that the current law and order situation in the country is satisfactory.
3 November 2015, 06:41 AM

Mojaheed, SQ Chy’s review plea hearing deferred till Nov 17

The Supreme Court defers till Nov 17 the hearing on the petitions filed by condemned war criminals Mojaheed and Salauddin seeking review of its judgements that upheld death penalties for their crimes against humanity in 1971.
2 November 2015, 05:18 AM

Mojaheed war trial: Jamaat plans demo for tomorrow

Jamaat-e-Islami will hold demonstrations across the country tomorrow demanding release of condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.
30 October 2015, 08:26 AM

Foreigners’ killing: Orders came from London, says Hanif

There is no doubt that the instruction for killing the two foreigners in Bangladesh came from London, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says.
28 October 2015, 07:25 AM

Not IS, offshoots of Jamaat-Shibir: Home minister

There is no organisational structure of terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan reiterates, hours after SITE reiterated its reports on IS claim of two foreigners’ murder and Shia headquarters bomb attack.
28 October 2015, 06:00 AM

8 Jamalpur 'Al-Badr men' indicted

A tribunal in Dhaka frame five charges against eight Jamalpur “Al-Badr men” for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
26 October 2015, 06:33 AM

War crimes: Condemned Mojaheed, SQ Chy seek review

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and BNP’s Salauddin Quader Chowdhury have sought review of Supreme Court verdicts that upheld their death penalties for war crimes. Mojaheed has filed a 38-page review plea citing 32 grounds while the BNP leader has moved a 108-page petition.
14 October 2015, 04:43 AM

Cops claim 15 IS suspects' arrest

Since September last year, police claim to have arrested about 20 suspected Islamic State members, militants having contacts or trying to establish link with the terrorist outfit.
7 October 2015, 09:24 AM

16 Habiganj Jamaat-Shibir men ‘detained with bombs’

Sixteen leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir are detained in Habiganj over plotting subversive activities, police said today.
5 October 2015, 10:17 AM

Mojaheed to file review petition: Defence

War criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed will file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgement that had upheld his death penalty for killing intellectuals during the Liberation War in 1971, one of his counsels says.
3 October 2015, 04:34 AM