Hang Nizami

Editorial / Nizami's end

Nizami was the highest ranking Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader to be hanged for crimes against humanity in 1971. With his execution, the stigma that we had been carrying for the last 45 years has been removed.

Nizami buried in Pabna

Executed Jamaat ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami is buried at his village home in Santhia upazila in Pabna. Relatives and a few locals attended his namaz-e-janaza held at a madrasa at Monmothpur before he was buried around 7:15am.

'Nizami didn’t ask mercy, order to hang given'

Dhaka Central Jail authorities have been given the order to execute death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami as he did not seek presidential mercy, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said.

LIVE: NIZAMI'S EXECUTION TIMELINE

Find the latest update from Dhaka Central Jail centreing the execution of death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.

Family meets Nizami, goes without talking

Family of Motiur Rahman Nizami has met the death row war criminal at Dhaka Central Jail. After around one-and-half hours of meeting, they left without talking to the meida.

May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016

Nizami's end

Nizami was the highest ranking Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader to be hanged for crimes against humanity in 1971. With his execution, the stigma that we had been carrying for the last 45 years has been removed.

May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016

Nizami buried in Pabna

Executed Jamaat ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami is buried at his village home in Santhia upazila in Pabna. Relatives and a few locals attended his namaz-e-janaza held at a madrasa at Monmothpur before he was buried around 7:15am.

May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016

'Nizami didn’t ask mercy, order to hang given'

Dhaka Central Jail authorities have been given the order to execute death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami as he did not seek presidential mercy, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said.

May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016

LIVE: NIZAMI'S EXECUTION TIMELINE

Find the latest update from Dhaka Central Jail centreing the execution of death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.

May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016

Family meets Nizami, goes without talking

Family of Motiur Rahman Nizami has met the death row war criminal at Dhaka Central Jail. After around one-and-half hours of meeting, they left without talking to the meida.