Jamaat

Not at the cost of Muktijuddho, no way

Neither Jamaat, nor its student wing has ever come clean regarding its role in 1971.

Anti-fascist forces must unite

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman today called for unity among all anti-fascist political parties to build a “new Bangladesh” inspired by the aspirations of the youth.

Column by Mahfuz Anam / Election in first half of ’26 is not unreasonable, but Dec ’25 is doable

Whatever the differing stances of various political parties may be, people in general would prefer to exercise their franchise.

EC registration: SC restores Jamaat’s appeal against scrapping

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday restored an appeal that challenged a High Court verdict scrapping the Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration with the Election Commission as a political party.

Star Interview / ‘Jamaat to end cycle of revenge’

Bangladesh’s vicious cycle of political retribution stops with Jamaat-e-Islami, said its Ameer Shafiqur Rahman.

Compromise, not violence, must be the way out

Saturday’s violence may only be a premonition of much worse days to come

Jamaat-Shibir men attack cops from procession in Sylhet; OC, SI injured

Two policemen, including Sylhet Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge, were injured after activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir attacked them in Sylhet city this afternoon.

Jamaat should apologise for '71 role

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday said Jamaat-e-Islami should apologise to the nation for its anti-liberation role in the 1971 Liberation war.

Govt can't do anything until court verdict

The government has nothing to do about banning the Jamaat-e-Islami right now as a case in this regard is pending before a court, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday.

January 8, 2016
January 8, 2016

An unrepentant Jamaat

The Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty awarded to Matiur Rahman Nizami by International Crimes Tribunal-1 in 2014.

January 7, 2016
January 7, 2016

Jamaat hartal: Normal life in Dhaka, elsewhere

Jamaat’s dawn-to-dusk hartal protesting death penalty of its chief and war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami is underway across the country without any difference. There is no report of any untoward incident anywhere in Dhaka or other parts of the country when this report was last filed.

January 6, 2016
January 6, 2016

‘Execution after disposal of review, if Nizami files’

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami’s execution will be carried out after the disposal of review, if he files it, says Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.

January 2, 2016
January 2, 2016

5 ‘Jamaat men’ held in Dhaka with Tk 1.5 crore

Law enforcers detain five persons including a central leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami with around Tk 1.5 crore in Banasri area of Dhaka.

January 1, 2016
January 1, 2016

It's not enough

It was a long battle of a father.

December 7, 2015
December 7, 2015

AG for upholding Nizami’s death penalty

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam prays to the Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation war in 1971.

December 4, 2015
December 4, 2015

RU pro-Jamaat teacher sent to jail

A pro-Jamaat-e-Islami teacher of Rajshahi University is sent to jail for his alleged involvement in an attack on police during BNP-led 20-party alliance’s anti-government agitation this year.

December 2, 2015
December 2, 2015

'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.

November 26, 2015
November 26, 2015

‘Pakistan will summon Bangladesh envoy’

Pakistan has decided to summon Bangladesh’s envoy to lodge a protest and convey Islamabad’s concerns over the recent executions of two war criminals – Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

November 25, 2015
November 25, 2015

‘Jamaat’ man held for threatening intellectuals

Detectives says they arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami man for threatening eminent personalities including Prof Anisuzzaman and Muntassir Mamoon with death.