War Crimes
Cops link major killings to hanging of war criminals
Police say they see a link between some major murders with the execution of some convicted war criminals. Blames have been put on a group "who were of anti-liberation spirit and are against the war trials."
16 May 2016, 07:49 AM
One issue shouldn't cloud ties with Dhaka: Islamabad
Apparently showing their affection for war criminals being tried in Bangladesh for their crimes against humanity, Pakistan has said the relations between the two countries 'should not be clouded' with a single issue.
14 May 2016, 07:58 AM
Pakistan’s criticism met with Dhaka’s protest
Bangladesh has summoned Pakistan envoy in Dhaka in a quick response to the condemnation note Islamabad handed over for the execution of a top war criminal, Motiur Rahman Niazami. While Pakistan envoy insists that bilateral relations won't be harmed, Dhaka hands another strong protest.
12 May 2016, 09:50 AM
War crimes: Verdict on 3 Habiganj men any day
A tribunal in Dhaka will deliver its verdict any day in the case against three Habiganj men who are facing four charges of crimes against humanity they allegedly committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
11 May 2016, 08:23 AM
Nizami buried in Pabna
Executed Jamaat ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami is buried at his village home in Santhia upazila in Pabna. Relatives and a few locals attended his namaz-e-janaza held at a madrasa at Monmothpur before he was buried around 7:15am.
11 May 2016, 04:32 AM
Nizami’s profile
War criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami's appointment as a minister by the BNP-led government was a slap in the face to our Liberation
10 May 2016, 18:00 PM
'Nizami didn’t ask mercy, order to hang given'
Dhaka Central Jail authorities have been given the order to execute death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami as he did not seek presidential mercy, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said.
10 May 2016, 15:03 PM
Family meets Nizami, goes without talking
Family of Motiur Rahman Nizami has met the death row war criminal at Dhaka Central Jail. After around one-and-half hours of meeting, they left without talking to the meida.
10 May 2016, 12:57 PM
[WATCH] Justice finally for the death designer’s victims
The nation had to wait for 69 months to witness a long overdue justice is being carried out for the mass murders and rape in 1971 led by war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.
The legal battle in the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Nizami has drawn to a conclusion as the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed his petition for reviewing its verdict that upheld his death penalty.
10 May 2016, 06:23 AM
War crimes: Verdict read out to Nizami at Dhaka jail
Hours after Supreme Court released its full verdict dismissing condemned war criminal Nizami’s review plea, authorities of Dhaka jail, where he had been kept, reads out the verdict to him.
9 May 2016, 08:28 AM
ICT indicts 2 Kishoreganj men
A tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two persons of Kishoreganj for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
9 May 2016, 06:23 AM
Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail
Family members meet condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur. Seven members of Nizami’s family entered into the jail around 11:30am, says Nasir Ahmed, jailor of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail part-2.
6 May 2016, 06:12 AM
SC scraps Nizami’s review plea, upholds death
Supreme Court upholds death penalty awarded to war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for his wartime crimes, dismissing his review plea against the gallows.
5 May 2016, 05:41 AM
Security beefed on SC premises ahead of Nizami’s review plea verdict
The government beefed up security in the Supreme Court area this morning ahead of the verdict on war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami’s petition seeking review of the SC judgement that upheld his death penalty for wartime crimes.
5 May 2016, 05:33 AM
Baseless, BNP’s Faruk says on anti-liberation allegations
BNP chairperson’s adviser Osman Faruk has denied allegations of anti-liberation role, terming those “totally false and baseless”.
4 May 2016, 07:12 AM
Charges pressed against 2 ‘war criminals’
The prosecution presses seven specific charges against two men including a former leader of Habiganj Awami League for their alleged involved in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.
3 May 2016, 11:40 AM
Prosecution dedicates Kishoreganj Razakars’ verdict to Jahanara Imam
The prosecution has dedicates a war crimes tribunal’s verdict, which handed death to four Kishoreganj Razakars, to Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam.
3 May 2016, 08:49 AM
War crimes: Charges framed against 2 Shariatpur men
A special tribunal has framed 4 charges against two Shariatpur men for allegedly committing crimes during the Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.
2 May 2016, 05:55 AM
Verdict on 5 Kishoreganj ‘Razakars’ tomorrow
A special tribunal will deliver the verdict tomorrow in a case against five Kishoreganj persons, accused of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
2 May 2016, 05:27 AM
War crimes: 4 Netrokona men sent to jail
A special war crimes tribunal sends 4 Netrokona men to jail, a day after police arrested them in a war crimes case following the court’s arrest warrant.
13 April 2016, 06:09 AM