Tuesday

Dhaka: A top leader of Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami is sentenced to life by a special tribunal for "crime against humanity" committed during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan, sparking riots that claimed at least one life. Beijing: Amidst military tensions with its neighbours, a top Chinese General has warned countries in conflict with China not to underestimate its will to safeguard its sovereignty or its "military's staunch power" to protect Beijing's core national interests. Wednesday Lahore: Pakistan Peoples Party is a "private organistion" and does not indulge in politics. This is the line that a government lawyer took while arguing against a petition challenging the holding of a political office by the President Asif Ali Zardari. Thursday Islamabad: Backing Pakistan, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation asked India to allow a OIC fact-finding mission, international rights groups and humanitarian organisations to visit Jammu and Kashmir to assess the rights situation. Beijing: Defending its takeover of Pakistan's strategic Gwadar port as part of friendly cooperation, China kept mum on whether it has any plans to build a naval base there and concerns expressed by India. Friday Kathmandu: Prachanda, the powerful Maoist leader who became prime minister after toppling the 239-year-old monarchy in Nepal, is re-elected as president of the ruling UCPN-Maoist party. Dhaka: Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi youngsters stage a nationwide protest demanding death penalty to 1971 war criminals and a ban on fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party as their mass sit-in continued for the fourth consecutive day.