Jamaat-e-Islami

People defy Jamaat hartal

Despite a 24-hour countrywide hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami across the country, Dhaka city dwellers came out in streets and performed their daily jobs as usual today.
17 June 2015, 05:29 AM

AL hails Mojaheeds death penalty, BNP mum

The ruling Awami League today hails the Supreme Court verdict upholding the death penalty of Jamaat’s Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for war crimes charges while BNP, as usual, keep mum.
16 June 2015, 15:26 PM

Internet keeps Jamaat leaders in touch

Now in hiding to avoid arrest, top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami are using different Internet-based messaging and telecommunications applications to communicate with party colleagues, according to the party insiders.
16 June 2015, 09:58 AM

Evidence leading to Mojaheed’s punishment

The International Crimes Tribunal cited several evidences in the death verdict it handed down to Ali Ahsan Mojaheed, the notorious al-Badr chief of 1971.
16 June 2015, 09:17 AM

Justice comes after she goes

“I want them to be punished. My heart wants it.” This was possibly her only wish after she lost her husband during the Liberation War in 1971.
16 June 2015, 06:58 AM

They can now rest in peace

It was a phone call that gave words to a long endured pain and wait. Perhaps that is why Saif Imam Jami called back from a different time zone, taking time out of his busy office hours.
16 June 2015, 06:46 AM

Jamaat hartal tomorrow against Mojaheed's verdict

Appalled by the Supreme Court verdict against war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Jamaat-e-Islami calls a 24-hour hartal from tomorrow.
16 June 2015, 06:35 AM

Mojaheed to seek review, defence says

Death row convict Mojaheed will file review petition with SC against its verdict that upheld the Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s death penalty for wartime offences, a defence lawyer says.
16 June 2015, 05:07 AM

Mojaheed's execution process starts after release of SC verdict: AG

War criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed's execution process will start after release of SC’s full verdict, the attorney general says.
16 June 2015, 04:40 AM

SC upholds Mojaheed death penalty

Supreme Court upholds death penalty to war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mojaheed for killing intellectuals in 1971.
16 June 2015, 03:25 AM

Govt tried to thwart my meeting with Modiji: Khaleda

BNP chief Khaleda Zia alleges that Awami League government tried to thwart her meeting with Narendra Modi in Dhaka.
14 June 2015, 10:58 AM

Opinion: Khaleda follows Zia’s footsteps in loving Jamaat

Is Khaleda Zia doing politics against the philosophy of BNP founder General Ziaur Rahman by maintaining electoral alliance with anti-liberation and fundamentalist force Jamaat-e-Islami?
14 June 2015, 10:10 AM

Ctg city Jamaat ameer rearrested at jail gate

Police detain Chittagong city unit Jamaat-e-Islami ameer ANM Shamsul Islam.
3 June 2015, 07:19 AM

Jamaat welcomes Modi’s Dhaka visit

In a surprising development, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which is well-known for its anti-Indian political stand, welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming Dhaka visit.
1 June 2015, 15:47 PM

Verdict on Mojaheed appeal June 16

Supreme Court will deliver verdict on June 16 on appeal filed by war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed challenging his death penalty.
27 May 2015, 05:19 AM

Abbas, Khoka charged with Shibir leader killing

Rampura police press charges against 37 BNP leaders and activists, including Mirza Abbas, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and Sadeque Hossain Khoka, in connection with the killing of Chhatra Shibir leader Mansur Pradhania.
7 May 2015, 13:17 PM

Mojaheed verdict: SC starts hearing on appeal

The Supreme Court starts hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed challenging his death sentence for his crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
29 April 2015, 04:57 AM

Police blame Ashulia robbery on Jamaat sabotage

Police blames Jamaat-e-Islami for the daring Ashulia bank robbery that left eight people dead and says the incident was an act of sabotage.
22 April 2015, 07:52 AM

SC seeks concise statement on Mir Quasem verdict

Supreme Court asks defence to submit a concise statement before it by May 20 on an appeal filed by convicted war criminal Mir Quasem Ali against his death penalty.
22 April 2015, 04:19 AM

Jamaat man shot dead in Pabna

A Jamaat-e-Islami activist is stabbed and shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pabna Sadar upazila.
20 April 2015, 05:05 AM