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Tunisia calls for ban on radical Islamist party

Tunisia's government has asked a military court to outlaw the radical Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir movement, which has been regularly accused of undermining public order since its legalisation in 2012, an official said Wednesday.

Sep 07, 2016, 17:22 PM IST

Bangladesh hangs top financier of largest Islamist party

The 63-year-old was hanged at the Kashimpur high security jail in Gazipur, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Dhaka. 

Sep 03, 2016, 23:09 PM IST

Bangladesh executes top Islamist leader for war crimes: Minister

Bangladesh executed the leader of the country`s largest Islamist party Tuesday for war crimes, just days after he lost a final appeal to overturn the death sentence, a government minister said.

May 11, 2016, 00:20 AM IST

Bangladesh upholds death sentence for top Islamist leader

Bangladesh`s highest court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence against the leader of the country`s largest Islamist party for crimes during its 1971 independence struggle.

Jan 06, 2016, 09:28 AM IST