Jamaat-e-Islami

Amid rising unrest, we must give unity a chance

Frequent disruptive events preventing Bangladesh from achieving desired progress

Jamaat delegation in meeting with Yunus

Earlier yesterday, a five-member delegation of BNP met with Yunus at Jamuna

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.

Will apologise if ’71 crimes are proven beyond doubt: Shafiqur

Jamaat-e-Islami will own up to crimes committed during the Liberation War if they are proven beyond doubt.

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.

Violence prevails yet again

The ruling party should stop organising parallel programmes and fuelling confrontation.

‘Letting jamaat return’: Will be suicidal for the nation

The government’s decision to allow Jamaat-e-Islami back in active politics, instead of bringing it to book for its 1971 role, will be suicidal for the ruling Awami League and above all, the country, said freedom fighters, families of the martyrs and war crimes researchers.

Rights activists slam US report’s claims about Jamaat

Anti war crimes campaigners and rights activists have criticised the latest US human rights report on Bangladesh that advocated for the "freedom of assembly" of Jamaat-e-Islami – which strongly opposed the independence of Bangladesh and with the Pakistan army committed crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

Alliances with smaller parties: A game of numbers

The ruling Awami League and the BNP have once again started rallying lesser and sometimes even completely unknown political parties to form alliances.

March 18, 2015
March 18, 2015

80 Ctg ‘Shibir men’ held with huge firearms cache

Detectives detain 80 Shibir activists and recover 14 firearms with ammunition in overnight raid at Chittagong Government College

March 13, 2015
March 13, 2015

‘Basherkella chief’ held

Detectives today claimed to have detained the prime administrator of pro-Jamaat-e-Islami Facebook page Basherkella from Comilla

March 9, 2015
March 9, 2015

Mithapukur arson accused found dead

Police recovers the body of an accused in an arson case from Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur this morning.

March 9, 2015
March 9, 2015

SC to hear Kamaruzzaman’s review plea Apr 1

Supreme Court fixes April 1 for hearing review plea filed by condemned war criminal Kamaruzzaman against its verdict that upheld his death penalty

March 8, 2015
March 8, 2015

3 Shibir men held with bombs, bullets in Ctg

Police detain three Shibir activists with 130 handmade bombs and a huge cache of arms at Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong

March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015

12 BNP, Jamaat men held in Dhaka

Police detain at least 12 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in 24-hour raids through Dhaka

February 28, 2015
February 28, 2015

‘Bomb maker’ loses wrist in Gazipur

A man has his wrist blown off in a blast while allegedly making crude bombs inside his residence in Gazipur

February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015

People defy hartal

City dwellers in Dhaka came out to the streets and are performing their daily activities even though BNP-led 20-party alliance is observing the fifth day of its 120-hour hartal

February 24, 2015
February 24, 2015

SC seeks concise statements on Nizami verdict

Bangladesh Supreme Court asks both state and defence counsels to submit in two weeks the concise statements on an appeal filed by convicted war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death penalty

February 24, 2015
February 24, 2015

SC dismisses appeals on Ghulam Azam verdict

Bangladesh Supreme Court dismisses two appeals filed by convicted war criminal Ghulam Azam and the government against his verdict and seeking a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami respectively