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  Bangladesh SC commutes JeI leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee's death penalty

  World | September 17, 2014 13:45 IST

  Dhaka: 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 on the boil, 21 killed in fresh clashes

  World | March 03, 2013 22:02 IST

  Dhaka, Mar 3: Bangladesh today deployed army in its north as a fresh wave of violence claimed 21 lives, taking the death toll to about 80, in clashes that have rocked the nation since the

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  Four more killed in Bangladesh as war-crime protests continue

  World | March 02, 2013 19:38 IST

  Dhaka, Mar 2: At least four people, including two teenagers, were killed in violence that rocked Bangladesh for the third day today as the death toll rose to 50 in clashes over death sentence given