Abdul Quader Mollah

• Ten killed in Bangladesh violence after Jamaat leader's hanging

  The death toll in violence across Bangladesh triggered by the execution of a top Jamaat-e-Islami leader today rose to 10.

• Protests in Pakistan over Abdul Mollah's execution

  Pakistani activists of the Jamaat-i-Islami held protests in various Sindh towns giving vent to their anger over the execution of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader and war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah.

• Bangladesh Islamist leader's hanging 'saddens' Pakistan minister

  Pakistan Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has expressed "deep grief" and concern over the execution of war criminal and leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Abdul Quader Mollah in Bangladesh.

• Four killed in Bangladesh clashes after Islamist leader executed

  At least four people were killed in Bangladesh on Friday when supporters of Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah vented their fury at his execution.

• Bangladesh executes Islamist leader, deadly clashes on streets

  Bangladesh executed Islamist opposition leader Abdul Quader Mollah on Thursday for war crimes he committed in 1971.

• Bangladesh court puts on hold execution of 'Butcher of Mirpur'

  Bangladesh's top court on Wednesday stayed Abdul Quader Mollah's execution which was dramatically put on hold in a last-minute reprieve, as the hearing of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leader's review petition was adjourned till Thursday.

• Bangladesh to hang Islamist opposition leader, says jail head

  Bangladesh will hang an Islamist opposition leader within hours, his chief jailer said on Tuesday, heightening the risk of violent protests less than a month before elections are due.

• Bangladesh moves Supreme Court demanding death penalty to Abdul Quader Mollah

  Bangladesh government today moved the Supreme Court seeking death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah, who escaped with life imprisonment from a court here for committing "crimes against humanity" during the country's independence war in 1971.

• Bangladeshis demand death for war crimes convict Abdul Quader Mollah

  For many in Bangladesh, the "V'' for victory sign was more than they could bear. They had waited more than four decades for justice in the mass killings and rapes during their independence war. But there was a smiling Abdul Quader Mollah apparently celebrating his life sentence - given in place of an expected death sentence - for his role in the k...

• Bangladeshi war crimes protesters turn anger towards feuding politicians

  About 100,000 people rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Friday to vent their anger at the country's feuding politicians, the fourth day of protests after an Islamist leader convicted of war crimes was spared execution.