DHAKA, Bangladesh—Bangladesh on Saturday executed a senior Islamist politician who was convicted of committing crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971. Mir Quasem Ali, 63 years old, was hanged Saturday night at a maximum-security prison about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Dhaka, authorities said. Mr. Ali, who was a senior leader of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, is the sixth opposition...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 03, 2016 19:00 UTC