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Verdict on 2 Netrokona ‘Razakars’ tomorrow

A special tribunal will deliver its verdict on two alleged Razakars of Netrokona tomorrow over crimes committed against humanity during 1971. The two 'Razakars' are Obaidul Haque alias Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni.
1 February 2016, 04:50 AM

War crimes: 3 Noakhali accused denied bail

A war crimes tribunal in Dhaka rejects bail pleas for three war crimes accused who were allegedly involved in war crimes during 1971.
27 January 2016, 06:46 AM

War crimes: Body formed to collect info on Pak POWs

A five-member committee is formed to gather information about all Pakistani prisoners of war (POWs) who were allegedly involved in war crimes during the country’s 1971 War of Independence.
20 January 2016, 08:05 AM

War crimes: Sayedee files review against SC verdict

Convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee files a review plea against Supreme Court verdict that gave him jail until death for war crimes.
17 January 2016, 06:04 AM

War crimes: Verdict of 2 Netrakona ‘Razakars’ anytime

A special tribunal in Dhaka will deliver its verdict any day in a war crimes case against two alleged Razakars of Netrakona as the trial proceedings concluded.
10 January 2016, 05:42 AM

No mercy to Khaleda: PM

BNP Chief Khaleda Zia committed the same crime as war criminals did in 1971 through her destructive politics in early 2015, and there will be no mercy for such offences, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
8 January 2016, 09:33 AM

Charges against Nizami

The charges brought against condemned war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes committed against humanity in 1971:
6 January 2016, 03:40 AM

War trial: Jamaat calls hartal as SC upholds Nizami’s death penalty

Supreme Court upholds death penalty awarded to Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes committed against humanity in 1971. Protesting the ruling, Jamaat calls a countrywide daylong hartal for Thursday.
6 January 2016, 03:18 AM

Arrest warrants issued for 8 Mymensingh ‘war criminals’

A tribunal in Dhaka issued arrest warrants against eight war crimes suspects of Mymensingh for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
9 December 2015, 07:13 AM

Verdict on Nizami appeal Jan 6

The Supreme Court has fixed January 6 for delivering verdict on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging his death penalty for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971.
8 December 2015, 04:19 AM

Draft verdict leak: SQ Chy’s lawyer gets bail

The High Court grants bail to AKM Fakhrul Islam, a lawyer for executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, for one year in a case filed for leaking draft of Salauddin’s verdict a day before a tribunal delivered the judgment.
7 December 2015, 07:54 AM

‘Bangladesh reviewing ties with Pakistan’

Govt is assessing Bangladesh-Pakistan ties, considering measures need to be taken over Pak reaction after execution of 2 war criminals, says foreign minister.
6 December 2015, 12:22 PM

'Commute Nizami's death sentence if found guilty'

A lawyer of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami appeals to the Supreme Court to commute his client’s death sentence to life term imprisonment if he is found guilty for committing crimes during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
2 December 2015, 07:43 AM

Govt summons Pakistan envoy over execution reaction

Government summons Pakistan envoy to lodge formal protest as Pakistan expressed ‘anguish’ over execution of war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
22 November 2015, 15:17 PM

Nizami’s appeal hearing may end by Dec 15: AG

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam expresses hopes that the Supreme Court hearing on the appeal of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death penalty will be completed by Dec 15.
22 November 2015, 08:42 AM

Gonojagoron Mancha stages sit-in at Shahbagh until execution

Gonojagoron Mancha announces to stage sit-in in the capital’s Shahbagh area until execution of the death sentences of condemned war criminals Mojaheed and SQ Chy.
20 November 2015, 16:28 PM

Govt not bothered by HRW statement: State minister

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says the government is not bothered by today’s statement issued by HRW over the trial of death row convict war criminals Mojaheed and SQ Chy.
20 November 2015, 13:09 PM

Halt execution of Mojaheed, SQ Chy: HRW

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the government to halt the execution of death row war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
20 November 2015, 06:41 AM

Families meet Mojaheed, SQ Chy at Dhaka jail

Death row war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed met their families at Dhaka jail. The meetings took place a day after the Supreme Court turned down their pleas for review against death penalty for war crimes during 1971 Liberation War.
19 November 2015, 08:03 AM

War trial: SC full verdict on Mojaheed, SQ Chy at central jail

The full verdict of Supreme Court on death row war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury reaches the Dhaka central jail.
19 November 2015, 05:45 AM