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Ghulam Azam, Kamaruzzaman appeal for exemption

Former Jamaat-e Islami ameer Ghulam Azam, and its assistant secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman yesterday appealed to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to exempt them from the crimes against humanity charges.

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Hit lists and Blogger Murders: SAARC countries in a state of fear and turmoil

It is with good reason that the “blogger murders” are the most fervently debated and discussed topics in Bangladesh today and who knows, perhaps maybe even in the world. These

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Awami League goons stop burial of prominent journalist

Celebrated journalist Mr Chowdhury Mohammad Farouque has tragically passed away this past November 1st of 2014. Mr Farouque, 63, who served twice as vice president for the Bangladesh council of editors

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Disappearance Haunting Sylhet: The Case of Sundar Mia

It seems as if Sylhet is slowly earning the unwanted tag of being a “hotbed” for criminal activities such as murder, kidnappings, extortion etc. For since the 10th of December

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Witness narrates killing ‘on orders from Sayedee’

A prosecution witness yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal that Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee had ordered the killing of Bisha Bali in Parerhaat of Pirojpur in 1971. After consulting

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10-year jail for making, distributing pornography

The cabinet yesterday approved a draft law with a provision of maximum 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment or Tk 5 lakh fine or both for pornography-related offences. The draft of ‘Pornography

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Eighth PW gives false statement

Counsels of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee yesterday said eighth prosecution witness in the case filed against the Jamaat leader in connection with war crimes gave false statements out of

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