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Crimes Against Humanity in 1971: 5 Patuakhali men get death penalty
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday found five Patuakhali men guilty of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971 and sentenced them to death.
Pakistani war criminals must be tried
Contrary to what some people believe, the Simla Agreement signed on July 2, 1972 had nothing to do with the Pakistani POW that Bangladesh wanted to prosecute because it was an issue between Dhaka and Islamabad. But Bhutto played his devilish card by making the 400,000 Bangladeshis who lived in West Pakistan hostage.
War trial: Appeal hearing of condemned trio Nov 21
The Supreme Court defers the hearing on the appeals filed by three convicted war criminals to November 21, against death sentence awarded by a war trial tribunal.
Kashimpur in photos
The photos are taken at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 premises where death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali is being held, awaiting his execution.
Govt scraps plots allotted to war criminals
The government cancels the plots allotted by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha to war crimes accused.
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.
OHCHR urges halting all executions
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged the Bangladesh government to halt all executions and institute a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
Specific time period needed for concluding war crimes trials: Dr Kamal
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain says the trials of war criminals should be completed within a specific time.
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.
Nation observes Martyred Intellectuals Day
The nation is observing the Martyred Intellectuals Day today paying tributes to the intellectuals killed systematically by the Pakistan occupation army and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the country's Liberation War in 1971.
4 war crimes accused held
Police arrest four war crimes accused from different districts for their alleged involvement in crimes committed in Mymensingh and Jamalpur during the 1971 Liberation War.
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.
‘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.
Of war criminals and hypocrites
The death penalty is inhuman and inhumane. What I don't understand, however, is how the UN can call for its abolition in Bangladesh while it [the death penalty]thrives around the world – from neighboring India to the land of the free (the US).
Confiscate properties of war criminals: Nirmul Committee
Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee demands the government to confiscate properties of condemned war criminals and enact new law to compensate the victims of war crimes.
Opinion: Facebook, Viber, WhatsApp ban: Cutting the head to cure headache?
It’s been a week since the government has blocked public access to several social media and Internet applications...
‘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.
SCF condemns Pak statement on war criminals' executions
Sector Commanders Forum -Muktijuddho '71 has condemned Pakistan’s interference in the internal affairs of Bangladesh.
Pakistan's statement on hanging of war criminals
We are outraged by Pakistan foreign ministry's statement expressing 'deep concern and anguish' over the execution of two war criminals who...
