Bangladesh's court sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to six months' imprisonment in absentia for contempt of ...

A tribunal has sentenced Bangladesh’s former leader Sheikh Hasina to six months in jail after she was found in contempt of ...

A controversial tribunal in Bangladesh has been investigating war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. BBC News profiles the main defendants.

Bangladesh's execution last week of Abdul Quader Mollah, the assistant secretary general of right-wing Islamist party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, for crimes against humanity committed during its 1971 ...

Bangladesh’s foreign minister on Friday asked his Pakistani counterpart to apologise for “war crimes” committed by the army during the 1971 war, a ministry official said. Dipu Moni made the ...

Protests over a war-crimes trial verdict in Bangladesh have resulted in at least 6 deaths in the capital of Dhaka and in the city of Cox’s Bazar, police say.

Bangladesh observed its Victory Day on Wednesday to mark the defeat of Pakistan in 1971, when the country became independent after a nine-month war, against the backdrop of calls for Dhaka to cut ...

Dhaka, Apr 06 (bdnews24.com) — Pakistan will not interfere in Bangladesh's move towards bringing the suspected war criminals to justice, Pakistan high commissioner said Tuesday. Ashraf Qureshi ...

The chief of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party and one of his deputies were indicted Monday for alleged crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan.