DHAKA: Immediately after party leader Kamaruzzaman had been executed for war crimes, Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday night called countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Monday.
War criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was hanged earlier on Saturday night for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
He was executed around 10:30pm in Dhaka Central Jail amid beefed up security.
BDST: 1133 HRS, APR 11, 2015
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