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.

February 21, 2015
February 21, 2015

Kamaruzzaman asks defence for filing review petition

Death row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman asks his counsels to file a review petition with the Supreme Court challenging its verdict that upheld the Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s death penalty in war crimes case

February 18, 2015
February 18, 2015

Jamaat leader Subhan gets death in 3 war crimes charges

Dhaka tribunal hands death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan on three charges for crimes against humanity in Liberation War in 1971

February 18, 2015
February 18, 2015

2 local Jubo league leaders, BCL activist hurt in 'Shibir' attack at Binodpur Bazar in Rajshahi city

Two local Jubo league leaders and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) are injured in an attack allegedly by members of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, in Rajshahi city

February 17, 2015
February 17, 2015

War crimes verdict of Jamaat leader Subhan tomorrow

A tribunal in Dhaka is set to deliver its verdict tomorrow on Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan on war crimes trial

February 11, 2015
February 11, 2015

5 crude bombs blasted at RU amid strike, 3 held

Five crude bombs blasted at Rajshahi University today, triggering panic among students during the first day of a campus strike sponsored by Islami Chhtra Shibir

October 30, 2014
October 30, 2014

Operated like Gestapo

Few of them returned home. Many of their bodies could not even be traced. Most of the corpses that were found at different killing sites in Dhaka were mutilated beyond recognition. They were among the brightest sons and daughters of the soil -- all pro-liberation people including professors, journalists, litterateurs and doctors.

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