Julhas Alam

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Bangladesh empowers parliament to impeach judges

Julhas Alam · September 18, 2014 3:53 am

A Bangladeshi campaigner for capital punishment for all war crime suspects involved in the 1971 war of independence holds a noose during a protest against a court ruling commuting the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Sayedee must remain in prison "for the rest of his natural life," Chief Justice Muzammel Hossain said. A war crimes tribunal convicted the Islamist political leader in February 2013 for eight counts involving mass killings, rape and atrocities committed during the nine-month war against Pakistan in 1971. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Bangladesh court reduces sentence of Islamist

Julhas Alam · September 17, 2014 12:56 pm

Bangladeshi people gather on the banks of the River Padma where a passenger ferry capsized Monday in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. More than 200 people were believed to be on board the M.V. Pinak when it capsized Monday. Families of scores of people presumed dead accused authorities on Tuesday of launching a feeble rescue effort and leaving their loved ones trapped inside the vessel for more than 24 hours. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)

Bangladesh ferry owner faces charges in sinking

Julhas Alam · August 6, 2014 5:19 am

A Bangladeshi boy cries for his mother, missing after a ferry they were travelling in capsized in the River Padma in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Rescuers were struggling Tuesday to locate a sunken ferry that was overloaded and carrying hundreds of passengers when it capsized in the river in central Bangladesh, leaving at least two people dead and probably many more. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

125 presumed dead in Bangladesh ferry sinking

Julhas Alam · August 5, 2014 1:23 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2005 file photo, Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami President and Industries Minister Motiur Rahman Nizami addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A Bangladesh court Tuesday, June 24, 2014, delayed a verdict against the top leader of the Islamist party charged with war crimes after the defendant in the politically charged trial become ill. A special tribunal was set to deliver the verdict for Nizami, who faces 16 charges, including genocide, murder, torture, rape and destruction of property during the nation's independence war against Pakistan in 1971. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman, File)

Defendant ill, Bangladesh war crimes trial delayed

Julhas Alam · June 24, 2014 10:08 am

Bangladesh ups security for war crimes verdict

Julhas Alam · June 24, 2014 3:48 am

FILE - In this Monday, June 16, 2014 file photo, Mufti Abdul Hannan, center, leader of banned radical group Harkatul Jihad al Islami, stands at a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The court on Monday, June 23 sentenced eight people, including the top leader of the banned Islamist group, to death for their roles in a bombing at a New Year's celebration concert 13 years ago. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladesh sentence 8 to death in bombing case

Julhas Alam · June 23, 2014 10:36 am

Relatives of the victims of the April 24 Rana Plaza building collapse, gathers at the site of Rana Plaza building collapse ahead of the first anniversary, the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry, in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. At least 1,136 people were killed when the illegally constructed, 8-storey building collapsed April 24, 2013, in a heap along with thousands of workers in the five garment factories in the building. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

1 year after factory collapse, Bangladeshis suffer

Julhas Alam · April 24, 2014 10:36 am

Bangladesh probe seeks ban of Islamist party

Julhas Alam · March 25, 2014 7:00 am

Bangladesh factory collapse victims want aid

Julhas Alam · March 24, 2014 11:49 am

Lawyer: Owners not liable for Bangladesh fire

Julhas Alam · February 10, 2014 7:45 am

Two owners of Tazreen Fashions Ltd., Delwar Hossain, center left, and his wife, Mahmuda Akter, right, are escorted by security personnel to a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. The owners of a Bangladesh garment factory where 112 workers died in a fire two years ago surrendered on Sunday and sought bail after they were charged with homicide. (AP Photo)

Owners surrender in deadly Bangladesh factory fire

Julhas Alam · February 9, 2014 3:22 pm