Delwar Hossain Sayeedi was found guilty of genocide, killing and rape, as Akbar Hossein reports Bangladesh's Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence given to Islamist leader Delwar Hossain ...

People attend a mass candlelight vigil as they demand execution of all war criminals at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Feb. 14. Reuters Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal Thursday sentenced Islamist ...

On June 24, Sayeedi, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami, filed the petition explaining that he had received division, a special privilege, while he was a prisoner on trial. Sayeedi urged the HC to order ...

A tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced Islamist leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi to death for crimes committed during the country’s 1971 war of independence, BBC reports. The Jamaat-e-Islami chief was ...

Dhaka, Aug 12 (bdnews24.com)—The appeals court on Wednesday upheld a travel bar on Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, just two hours after the High Court declared the government's refusal ...

War crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayeedi on Monday filed a review petition with the High Court (HC) seeking cancellation of charge framing in a case filed against him over zakat fund embezzlement.

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s apex court on Monday upheld the life sentence given to a war criminal for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War while siding with Pakistani troops.

Bangladesh today began the controversial war crimes trial with a top Islamist party leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi being the first suspect to go on trial for allegations of genocide, rape, murder and ...

DHAKA, Sept 14: The High Court on Sunday unseated Delwar Hossain Sayeedi of Jamaat-e-Islami from Parliament by declaring his election from a Perojpur constituency void for giving false statement of ...

Bangladesh's Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence given to Islamist leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi to life imprisonment. The country's war crimes tribunal sentenced Sayeedi, a Jamaat-e-Islami ...

Bangladesh's Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence given to Islamist leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi to life imprisonment. The country's war crimes tribunal sentenced Sayeedi to death in ...