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Another Bangladesh Islamist leader sentenced to hang for war crimes

DHAKA, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — A Bangladesh court Sunday sentenced to death the leader of the country’s largest Islamist party for war crimes. The war crimes tribunal found Mir Quasem Ali, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party’s central executive committee member, guilty of mass murder, rape and looting during Bangladesh’s war of independence against Pakistan in 1971. He […]

Pakistan voices ‘serious concern’ over Bangladesh Jamaat chief’s sentence

Pakistan on Saturday finally voiced its ‘serious concern’ over the award of death sentence to Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Bangladesh chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, despite initially following the policy of non-interference over what it termed was Dhaka’s internal matter. “Though what happens in Bangladesh is that country’s internal matter, Pakistan cannot remain divorced from references to 1971 […]

Power supplies restored after Bangladesh ‘national grid tripped’

DHAKA, Nov. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Power supplies have been restored across Bangladesh after Saturday’s unprecedented breakdown of the national grid. A senior official of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh told NsNewsWire on Sunday morning that power supplies have already been restored to all over Bangladesh. Nearly nine hours after the grid failure, authorities managed […]

Joint Statement of the Third U.S. – Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue

Washington, Oct. 30 (NsNewsWire) — The governments of the United States and Bangladesh, led respectively by U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque, convened the third annual Partnership Dialogue on October 28-29, 2014 in Washington, DC. The two leaders highlighted the robust and growing bilateral ties […]

Growing China to contribute more to Asia development: Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said the prospect for Asian countries’ cooperation is promising and a growing China will make bigger contribution to Asian development. Xi made the comments in a meeting with the members of the board of directors of the Boao Forum for Asia(BFA), who gathered in Beijing for a working conference on […]

নিজামীকে মৃত্যুদণ্ডে দন্ডিত করায় বৃহস্পতিবার, রবি ও সোমবার জামায়াতরে ৭২ ঘন্টা হরতাল ঘোষণা

ঢাকা, ২৯ অক্টোবর, (এনএসনিউজওয়্যার) — বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর আমীর মাওলানা মতিউর রহমান নিজামীকে “হত্যার উদ্দেশ্যে তথাকথিত মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধের অভিযোগে মিথ্যা মামলা দায়ের করে” মৃত্যুদ-ে দ-িত করার তীব্র নিন্দা ও প্রতিবাদ জানিয়ে এবং ৩০ অক্টোবর ও ২ এবং ৩ নভেম্বর যথাক্রমে বৃহস্পতি, রবি ও সোমবার দেশব্যাপি ৭২ ঘন্টার হরতাল কর্মসূচিসহ নি¤েœাক্ত কর্মসূচি ঘোষণা করে বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে […]

Bangladesh Jamaat chief sentenced to death for war crimes

DHAKA, Oct. 29 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami was sentenced to death Wednesday for war crimes including mass killings. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 pronounced the verdict Wednesday in a capital Dhaka. Nizami, also a former Bangladesh Industries minister, is now behind the bar. The three-member panel of the ICT-1 led […]

India uncovers suspected plot to assassinate Bangladeshi PM – security officials

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has uncovered a suspected plot by banned Bangladeshi militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen to assassinate the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and carry out a coup, three senior Indian security officials told Reuters on Tuesday. India will hand over a dossier to Bangladesh with details of the plan by members of the […]

Bangladesh on Alert Ahead of War Crimes Verdict

Bangladesh has boosted security in the capital hours before a special tribunal is to deliver a verdict against the top leader of an Islamist party on war crimes charges. The charges facing Motiur Rahman Nizami, chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, stem from the nation’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971, reports AP. The prosecution says […]