Motiur Rahman Nizami

Turkey's president strongly condemned the execution of an Islamist party leader in Bangladesh.

Clashes erupted in Bangladesh today after the execution of a top Islamist leader, heightening tension in a country reeling from a string of killings of secular and liberal activists.

Bangladesh on Tuesday executed the chief of its main Islamist party for atrocities committed during the country's 1971 independence war with Pakistan.

Bangladesh on Tuesday executed the leader of the country's largest Islamist party for war crimes, officials said, a move set to exacerbate tensions in the volatile Muslim-majority nation.

Bangladesh is set to hang fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.

Bangladesh's highest court today upheld the death sentence for the leader of the country's largest Islamist party for crimes during its 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his execution within months.

Bangladesh's largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called for a country-wide shut-down after its chief Motiur Rahman Nizami was handed down the death sentence for wartime atrocities allegedly committed during the country's 1971 Liberation War, media reports said.

Bangladesh's war crimes court is set to deliver a verdict Tuesday against the leader of the country's largest Islamist party, who could face the death penalty for his alleged crimes during the 1971 independence struggle.

Turkey's president strongly condemned the execution of an Islamist party leader in Bangladesh.

Clashes erupted in Bangladesh today after the execution of a top Islamist leader, heightening tension in a country reeling from a string of killings of secular and liberal activists.

Bangladesh on Tuesday executed the chief of its main Islamist party for atrocities committed during the country's 1971 independence war with Pakistan.

Bangladesh on Tuesday executed the leader of the country's largest Islamist party for war crimes, officials said, a move set to exacerbate tensions in the volatile Muslim-majority nation.

Bangladesh is set to hang fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.

Bangladesh's highest court today upheld the death sentence for the leader of the country's largest Islamist party for crimes during its 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his execution within months.

Bangladesh's largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called for a country-wide shut-down after its chief Motiur Rahman Nizami was handed down the death sentence for wartime atrocities allegedly committed during the country's 1971 Liberation War, media reports said.

Bangladesh's war crimes court is set to deliver a verdict Tuesday against the leader of the country's largest Islamist party, who could face the death penalty for his alleged crimes during the 1971 independence struggle.