Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused Myanmar authorities of laying landmines on the border to prevent the Rohingya from returning.
The men, who were sentenced to death by firing squad, were part of a failed plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her first speech as prime minister in the year 2000.
The removal of the statue from the front plaza of Bangladesh's Supreme Court triggered violent clashes between police and secular groups.
A militant leader and two of his aides were hanged for a grenade attack on the British ambassador in 2004.
Executions, kangaroo courts and state-led disappearances: A chorus of international condemnation from human rights groups has focused on the regime's track record.
Bangladesh executes a member of Jamaat-e-Islami for atrocities he allegedly committed during the country's independence war in 1971.
Authorities say at least 4 people were killed as armed men attacked police guarding an Eid prayer congregation in Kishoreganj, one of the biggest in the country.
Gunmen launched an assault on a cafe packed with customers in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka late on Friday.
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