Dhaka, Oct 3 (BDNEWS) – Mufti Mohammad Abdul Hannan, the mastermind of the assassination attempt on Sheikh Hasina and a key leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), an Islamist outfit, used to ...

NEW DELHI – Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld death sentences for the leader of a banned Islamic group and two of his associates found guilty in a 2004 grenade attack on a British envoy.

Locals in Gopalganj say top militant leader Mufti Abdul Hannan Munshi was radicalised while studying in India and Pakistan, and joined the Bangladesh chapter of ...

Sylhet, June 21(bdnews24.com) — A Sylhet court on Monday framed a charge sheet against six persons including the banned Islamist political outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami chief Mufti Hannan for their ...

Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh (HujiB) leader Mufti Hannan sought clemency from the president over his death sentence at 6:10pm on Monday. Md Monir Hossain, deputy jailer of Kashimpur Central ...

SYLHET, Bangladesh -- A court in northeast Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced three Islamic militants to death and two others to life in prison for a 2004 grenade attack that wounded a British diplomat ...

A Narayanganj court yesterday framed charges against six people, including Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Bangladesh (Huji-B) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, in a case filed over a bomb attack on an Awami ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed an appeal seeking the scrapping of a death sentence for the former head of a banned militant group over a 2004 grenade attack on Britain ...

NEW DELHI – Authorities in Bangladesh have executed a top leader of a banned militant group and two accomplices for their involvement in a grenade attack against a British diplomat at a popular ...

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Harkat-ul Jihad al Islami (Huji) leader Mufti Abdul Hannan on a 10-day remand in a case filed in connection with the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League ...

DHAKA (AFP) - A Bangladesh court was expected on Monday to deliver its verdict against 14 Islamic militants who face the death penalty for bomb blasts targeting Bengali New Year celebrations that ...

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