The legal battle in the war crimes case against Motiur Rahman Nizami has finally drawn to a close after 69 long months. The man, who led the ruthless militia Al-Badr in the massacre of Bangalees including intellectuals and professionals during the 1971 Liberation War, has now only one option left -- seeking presidential clemency by confessing to the crimes he committed during the nine-month war.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged the Bangladesh government to halt all executions and institute a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.

Jamaat-e-Islami withdraws countrywide hartal after the High Court rejects a writ that challenged legality of Islam as state religion of Bangladesh.

All eyes are on the Supreme Court which is set to deliver verdict tomorrow on an appeal challenging the death penalty of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.

Law enforcers detain five persons including a central leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami with around Tk 1.5 crore in Banasri area of Dhaka.

Police arrest a Jamaat-e-Islami-backed councilor candidate for Sreepur municipality in Gazipur.

Mass graves and killing fields of Liberation War in Dhaka are hard to find now as they are almost lost owing to lack of efforts to preserve these sites where many martyrs were buried or thrown in the marshes, canals and rivers after being killed, or were burnt alive.

Police open fire to disperse a procession brought out by Islami Chhatra Shibir activists in Sylhet city during the Jamaat-e-Islami-enforced countrywide daylong hartal.

Police detains 41 suspected leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from a Farmgate hotel in Dhaka.

A Dhaka court places 13 Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists including two former lawmakers on a three-day remand in a case filed over bomb recovery.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) expels three students permanently from their dormitories for their alleged involvement in militancy.

The government will move a review with the apex court seeking death for convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says.

The Supreme Court will start hearing tomorrow on an appeal challenging the death penalty and other sentences awarded to war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami for his war time crimes.

BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon claims there is no idealistic relation between BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

In a surprising development, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which is well-known for its anti-Indian political stand, welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming Dhaka visit.