International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)Early life and educationSheikh FamilyAssassination of the familyParties and AlliancesAwami LeagueGrand AllianceElectoral history198619881991February 1996June 199620012008201420182024MinistriesFirst ministrySecond ministryThird ministryFourth ministryFifth ministryFirst Premiership (1996–2001)Sharing the water of the GangesChittagong Hill Tracts Peace AccordBangladesh Telecommunication Act, 1996Repeal of the Indemnity ActAshrayan-1D-8 Organization for Economic CooperationBIMSTEC2001 Bangladesh–India border clashesOpposition Leader (2001–2009)2004 Dhaka grenade attack2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisisLogi Boitha MovementSecond Premiership (2009–2024)Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009Cyber Security Act, 2023Fifteenth constitutional amendmentInternational Crimes Tribunal2013 Shahbag protestsEnforced disappearances (Aynaghar)Bangladesh Rifles revoltAbolition of Caretaker Government2015 Rohingya crisis2013 Bangladesh violencePadma Bridge graft scandalYoung BanglaAttacks by Islamic extremistsJuly 2016 Dhaka attackBangladesh Bank robbery2021 anti-Hindu violencePersecution of journalists2015 political crisisSuppressed freedom of expressionIndo-Bangla land boundary agreement, 2015COVID-19 pandemic2024 State visit to ChinaResignation and Exile (2024-present)Quota reform movementJuly RevolutionNon-cooperation movementJuly massacreResignation2024 Bangladesh constitutional crisis2025 Awami League ban protestsDemolition of Dhanmondi 32Legal proceedingsNational ProjectsVision 2021Delta PlanJamuna BridgeForces Goal 2030Digital BangladeshPadma BridgeDhaka–Jessore lineKarnaphuli TunnelRampal Power StationGanges Barrage ProjectPort of PayraRooppur Nuclear Power PlantPurbachal New TownAshrayan-2Bangladesh Satellite-1Metro RailMatarbari PortDhaka Elevated ExpresswayChittagong Elevated ExpresswayFilms and DocumentariesHasina: A Daughter's TaleAll the Prime Minister's MenHasina: 36 Days in JulyThe Battle for BangladeshThe Assassin Next DoorOthersState visitsControversiesSudha SadanGanabhabanAssassination attemptEntities titled afterGallery: Picture, Sound, VideoThe International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh), abbreviated as ICT (Bangladesh), is a domestic war crimestribunal in Bangladesh set up in 2009 to investigate and prosecute suspects for the genocide committed in 1971 by the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators the Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Shams during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Mukti BahiniThe Mukti Bahini, also known as the Bangladesh Liberation Forces, was a big tent armed guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the East Pakistani military personnel, paramilitary personnel and civilians during the Bangladesh Liberation War that turned East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971. On 7 March 1971, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the undisputed leader of then East Pakistan, issued a call to the people of East Pakistan to prepare themselves for an all-out struggle.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-IslamiPolitical party in BangladeshBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is a major right-wing to far-rightpolitical party in Bangladesh. It emerged from the East Pakistani wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) in 1979. A part of the Islamist movement Jamaat-e-Islami, it is the largest Islamist political party in the country, as well as one of the two contemporary mainstream parties, alongside the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Bangladesh Liberation War1971 Bangladesh–Pakistan armed conflictBelligerents BangladeshIndia (after 3 Dec)PakistanCommanders and leadersPolitical:Sheikh Mujibur RahmanSyed Nazrul IslamTajuddin AhmadIndira GandhiMilitary:M. A. G. OsmaniM. A. RabA. K. KhandkerZiaur RahmanK. M. ShafiullahKhaled MosharrafSam ManekshawJagjit Singh AuroraPolitical: Yahya KhanTikka KhanNurul AminAbdul Motaleb MalikTridev RoyMilitary: Abdul Hamid KhanA.Al-Badr (East Pakistan)The Al-Badr (Bengali: আল-বদর, romanised: āl-badara; Urdu: البدر, romanised: al-badar, lit. 'The Full moon') was an East Pakistani militia composed mainly of pro-Pakistan militants (mostly Muslim Biharis and Muhajirs), which operated in East Pakistan against the Bengali nationalist movement during the Bangladesh War of Independence, under the patronage of the Government of Pakistan.Razakars (Pakistan)The Razakars (Urdu: رضا کار Bengali: রাজাকার, lit. 'Volunteer') were a far-right, fascist gendarmerie and paramilitary force in East Pakistan organised by General Tikka Khan in 1971. They were organised as a counter-insurgency force to fight Mukti Bahini members in the Bangladesh War of Independence, and played an infamous role in the 1971 Bangladesh genocide.
Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says that it has more than ten million members and supporters around the world.
Bangladesh genocide1971 genocide of Bengalis in East Pakistan
Human Rights WatchHuman Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental watchdog organization, headquartered in New York City. HRW investigates and reports on human rights abuses, pressuring governments to respect human rights, and is active in nearly 100 countries. The organization was founded in 1978 as Helsinki Watch, whose purpose was to monitor the Soviet Union's compliance with the 1975 Helsinki Accords. Its separate global divisions merged into Human Rights Watch in 1988.
Capital punishmentLegal killing of a person as punishmentExecution of Louis XVICapital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is called a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is an execution.
MilitiaA militia ( mil-ISH-ə) is a military or paramilitary force that comprises civilian members, as opposed to a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel. Militias may be raised in times of need to support regular troops or serve as a pool of available manpower for regular forces to draw from. When acting independently, militias are generally unable to hold ground against regular forces.
BangladeshBangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world with a population of almost 177.8 million people within an area of 148,461 square kilometres (57,321 sq mi). Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.