Liberation War 1971

War criminal SQ Chy to seek review of SC verdict

Condemned war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is to file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgement that had upheld his death penalty for war crimes.
6 October 2015, 11:42 AM

Arrest warrant for 5 Noakhali ‘Razakars’

A tribunal in Dhaka issues arrest warrant against five suspected war criminals of Noakhali for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 Liberation War.
5 October 2015, 06:02 AM

War crimes: Mymensingh MP, 3 others sent to jail

A Dhaka court sends four war crimes accused including Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan and his son Rafique Sajjad to jail.
2 October 2015, 13:10 PM

Jatiya Party MP, son held over war crimes

Police arrest Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan and his son after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued an arrest warrant against them along with six others over alleged involvement in crimes committed in Mymensingh during the Liberation War in 1971.
1 October 2015, 11:26 AM

War crimes: SQ Chy, Mojaheed’s full verdict released

Condemned war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed can seek review of SC verdict in 15 days.
30 September 2015, 10:09 AM

ICT order on Zafrullah’s contempt deferred

A tribunal in Dhaka defers the date of passing order on contempt of court proceedings against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury to September 1.
30 August 2015, 07:27 AM

Rayerbazar memorial

The Rayerbazar momorial is the site we go to pay our respects every year to intellectuals massacred on the eve of victory on December 14, 1971.
11 August 2015, 18:00 PM

War trial: Death for Siraj, Akram jailed until death

A special tribunal finds two Bagerhat Razakars guilty of war crimes during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
11 August 2015, 04:48 AM

"Martyrs’ souls will now rest in peace" (video)

Abdul Hamid Mia remembers Salauddin Quader Chowdhury “very well,” back from the days of the battlefield of Bangladesh’s Liberation War.
30 July 2015, 08:40 AM

SC upholds death penalty of BNP leader SQ Chy

Supreme Court upholds the death penalty of war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for his crimes against humanity during Liberation War.
29 July 2015, 03:08 AM

Advertise asking 6 Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr' men to surrender: ICT

A tribunal today ordered authorities concerned to advertise in newspapers asking six Jamalpur war crimes accused to surrender before it.
22 July 2015, 07:08 AM

Forkan Mallik gets death for war crimes

ICT-2 finds Patuakhali war criminal Forkan Mollik guilty in 3 out of 5 charges of war crimes during 1971, awards death for two of the charges.
16 July 2015, 04:53 AM

SQ Chy was in Bangladesh in 1971, AG tells SC

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam today placed before the Supreme Court a report of the Daily Pakistan, which indicates that war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was in Bangladesh during the Liberation War in 1971.
8 July 2015, 05:23 AM

Mojaheed decides to seek review of SC verdict

War criminal Mojaheed decides to see review of Supreme Court ruling that upheld his death penalty, his lawyers say.
20 June 2015, 06:54 AM

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

Bangladesh’s apex court upholds capital punishment for Jamaat leader

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the death penalty of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for planning and instigating the killing of intellectuals and professionals at the fag end of the country's Liberation War.
16 June 2015, 18:00 PM

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

‘War criminal’ held in Shariatpur

Shariatpur police arrested a war crimes suspect, hours after a war crimes tribunal issued arrest warrant against him for his alleged involvement in war-times crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.
14 June 2015, 17:13 PM

Fugitive Kishoreganj Razakar to die

A Razakar commander in 1971, fugitive Syed Hasan Ali has been handed capital punishment for war crimes during Bangladesh’s Liberation War. The infamous Razakar of Kishoreganj can be hanged from the gallows or be gunned down, the court said on his manner of execution – an order that is unique to this verdict.
9 June 2015, 04:54 AM

Verdict today in Kishoreganj war crimes suspect Hasan Ali case

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver the verdict in a case against fugitive war crimes accused Syed Hasan Ali for his alleged crimes committed during the Liberation War.
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM