Bangladesh has hanged an opposition party leader convicted of war crimes. Mir Quasem Ali, a media tycoon and key financier of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was executed for murder, confinement, torture and incitement to religious hatred during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. Ali did not ask for presidential clemency, paving the way for his…… Read More
A machete-wielding mob has hacked to death a blogger in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Avijit Roy, A US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, was an atheist who advocated secularism in the Muslim-majority nation. Witnesses say he and his wife were set up while returning from a book fair. School teacher Kazi Shawkat said: “I saw someone…… Read More
Islamist protesters demanding Bangladesh have a blasphemy law clashed with secularists and students, who organised their own protest in response. The initial rally, attended by hundreds of thousands of people, was organised by Hifazat-e Islam activists, who demanded atheist bloggers who insult Islam be hanged. Secularists tried to disrupt the protesters reaching the capital Dakar…… Read More
Bangladeshi police say they have killed three militants – including the alleged plotter of a terror attack which left 22 people dead last month. The suspects were killed after a shootout near the capital Dhaka. Police say one of the men included Bangladeshi-born Canadian Tamin Chowdhury, who was wanted in connection for the attack in…… Read More
In Bangladesh, 152 soldiers have been sentenced to death by a special court for their role in a… euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe for your daily dose of international news, curated and explained:http://eurone.ws/10ZCK4a Euronews is available in 13 other languages: http://eurone.ws/17moBCU http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/05/bangladesh-court-sentences-152-to-death-for-2009-mutiny In Bangladesh, 152 soldiers have been sentenced to death…… Read More
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims are escaping the violence in Myanmar by crossing the border to Bangladesh as security forces open fire in northwestern Rakhine state, according to the government. The death toll from the violence that began on Friday has climbed to 98. The clashes, the worst since at least October, have prompted the government…… Read More