A special tribunal in Bangladesh found British journalist David Bergman guilty of contempt for challenging the official death toll of the 1971 independence war with Pakistan.
The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal convicted opposition politician MA Zahid Hossain Khokon to death for crimes committed during the 1971 war with Pakistan.
A special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami to death for crimes committed during the 1971 war with Pakistan.
A former Bangladeshi Islamist party leader, Ghulam Azam, who was imprisoned for war crimes last year, died of a heart attack in a prison hospital.
Ayman al-Zawahri's announcement of "al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent" comes amid growing attacks on Muslims in Northeast India as well as Burma and Bangladesh.
Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf died at age 87 while awaiting trial on charges of crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
Another leader in Bangladesh's main Islamist party was charged with crimes related to the 1971 war, in what the opposition calls a plan to eradicate its leaders.
Protests swept through Bangladesh after the government executed Abdul Quader Mollah of Jamaat-e-Islami party for crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
A general strike called by the Islamist opposition has shut down much of Bangladesh—weeks after garment workers walked off the job and burned factories.
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh sentenced Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, a lawmaker for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to death for war crimes.
Street clashes erupted as Islamist leader Ghulam Azam was sentenced to 90 years by the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal for crimes against humanity in the 1971 war.
In Dhaka, Bangladesh, an angry May Day march descended on the city center with drums, red flags, and chants of “Hang the killers, Hang the Factory Owners!”
