Liberation War 1971

Kamaruzzaman seeks adjournment of review hearing

Muhammad Kamaruzzaman has sought a four-week adjournment of hearing on his review petition against his death penalty upheld by the Supreme Court.
8 March 2015, 08:41 AM

March 7, 1971: The beginning of the end

MARCH of 1971 was a month that will go down in history because, beginning on March 1, the course of history of one Pakistan changed very fast.
6 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Home Rule for Bengal

As West Pakistanis, we are shocked and shamed by the recent developments in our country. We decry the denial by West Pakistani leaders of East Pakistan's right to self-determination. We condemn the current policy of brutally suppressing the home-rule movement in Bengal.
4 March 2015, 18:00 PM

''The people of Bangla Desh are united in the fight for their just demands.''

Here is Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's interview with Ramesh Chandra, Secretary-General, World Peace Council, published on August 30, 1971.
3 March 2015, 18:00 PM

2 Netrakona ‘Razakars’ indicted

A special tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two war crimes suspect of Netrakona for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971
2 March 2015, 10:14 AM

Jabbar gets jail until death

A tribunal in Dhaka sentences former Jatiya Party lawmaker Abdul Jabbar to jail until death on four charges of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971
24 February 2015, 06:20 AM

SC seeks concise statements on Nizami verdict

Bangladesh Supreme Court asks both state and defence counsels to submit in two weeks the concise statements on an appeal filed by convicted war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death penalty
24 February 2015, 05:47 AM

SC dismisses appeals on Ghulam Azam verdict

Bangladesh Supreme Court dismisses two appeals filed by convicted war criminal Ghulam Azam and the government against his verdict and seeking a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami respectively
24 February 2015, 05:01 AM

Statement on Bergman verdict: Tribunal exonerates 14 dignitaries

A tribunal in Dhaka exonerates 14 dignitaries of contempt proceedings after they apologised for their statements on the Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman’s punishment
23 February 2015, 08:54 AM

War Trial: Jabbar verdict tomorrow

A tribunal in Dhaka to deliver its verdict tomorrow in the case against fugitive accused Abdul Jabbar for his alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971
23 February 2015, 06:33 AM

Kamaruzzaman asks defence for filing review petition

Death row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman asks his counsels to file a review petition with the Supreme Court challenging its verdict that upheld the Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s death penalty in war crimes case
21 February 2015, 07:10 AM

Dhaka tribunal issues death warrant against Jamaat leader Kamaruzzaman in war crimes case

Tribunal in Dhaka issues death warrant against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman in war crimes case
19 February 2015, 06:57 AM

Jamaat leader Subhan gets death in 3 war crimes charges

Dhaka tribunal hands death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan on three charges for crimes against humanity in Liberation War in 1971
18 February 2015, 06:16 AM

Bangladesh Genocide: Dhaka University Massacre

Ron Nessen, reporter of NBC News, reports on massacre at Dhaka University on March 26, 1971.
13 December 2014, 11:40 AM

Interview: War crimes researcher Shahriar

Writer, historian and war crimes researcher Shahriar Kabir talks about...
27 November 2014, 18:00 PM

Operated like Gestapo

Few of them returned home. Many of their bodies could not even be traced. Most of the corpses that were found at different killing sites in Dhaka were mutilated beyond recognition. They were among the brightest sons and daughters of the soil -- all pro-liberation people including professors, journalists, litterateurs and doctors.
29 October 2014, 18:01 PM

Another war around corner, 37 years after

These four political parties are Muslim League and all its factions, Pakistan Democratic Party, Nezam-e-Islam and Jamat-e-Islami. In addition to these the government has also banned the Pakistan People's Party. The announcement was made by the Bangla Desh government in a radio broadcast.
15 December 2008, 18:00 PM