13th March, 2013
Hindu temples, homes attacked across Bangladesh
Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad, a group which looks after Hindu temples, said 47 temples and at least 700 Hindu houses had either been torched or vandalised.
7th March, 2013
Strike continues in Bangladesh
Hundreds of activists were injured as police opened fire and charged tear gas during a demonstration by main opposition BNP and its allies Jamaat-e-Islami in a protest.
28th February, 2013
Twenty-one killed in Bangladesh after Jamaat leader ordered hanged
The latest clashes brought the overall death toll to 37 since the first of three verdicts against the leaders of main opposition party was delivered on Jan 21.
4th December, 2012
One killed as Bangladesh opposition protests against 1971 war crime trials
The Jamaat-e-Islami called a nationwide strike to demand a halt to trials of its top leaders on charges of crimes against humanity during the 1971 independence war.
11th January, 2012
Bangladesh jails former JI chief over war crime charges
A Bangladeshi tribunal sent on Wednesday Golam Azam, former chief of Jamaat-e-Islami party, to jail to await trial on charges of war crimes, his attorneys and court officials said.
13th July, 2011
Group urges Bangladesh on 1971 war crimes proceedings
DHAKA: An international rights group is urging Bangladesh to bring its proceedings related to alleged war crimes committed during the country’s 1971 war for independence…