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Bangladesh: Another case filed against Sheikh Hasina, accused of kidnapping Supreme Court lawyer
World | Aug 14, 2024, 04:23 PM ISTSheikh Hasina and several former members of her cabinet are accused of kidnapping and torturing a Supreme Court lawyer in 2015. This is the second charge against her after a murder case was filed against the deposed PM on Tuesday.
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Bangladesh: Chief Justice resigns after fresh protests erupt at Supreme Court over 'judiciary coup'
World | Aug 10, 2024, 03:01 PM ISTThe new protests were sparked by a full-court meeting called by the Chief Justice without consulting the newly formed interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. One of the advisers of the caretaker setup also called for Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan's resignation.
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Bangladesh SC upholds death sentence of Jamaat stalwart
World | Nov 03, 2014, 10:46 AM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh's Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence handed down to a fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart for committing mass murder and crimes against humanity during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.The four-member Appellate Division of
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Bangladesh SC to hear appeal on verdict against 1971 war criminal
World | Oct 22, 2014, 03:05 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh Supreme Court today accepted appeals against a verdict sentencing fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami's former chief Ghulam Azam to 90 years in prison for committing crimes against humanity during 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.The five-member apex
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Bangladesh SC commutes JeI leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee's death penalty
World | Sep 17, 2014, 01:45 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a key 1971 war criminal and fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leader, saying he would now have to serve in prison ‘until his
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Bangladesh apex court clears way for Jamaat leader's execution
World | Dec 05, 2013, 07:58 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh's Supreme Court today cleared the way for the execution of a senior leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, three months after it overturned a tribunal's ruling that sentenced him to life for genocide during