Bangladesh has executed an opposition leader convicted of war crimes hours after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute appeal, officials said.

India's Supreme Court has struck down a 2009 lower court decision to decriminalise homosexuality, dealing a blow to gay activists who have fought for years for the chance to live openly in India's deeply conservative society.

Some of the more than 6000 propaganda posters printed between 1940 and 1990, which are on display at this private museum.

High-rise future looks forward, but Communist-era posters tells a fascinating tale, writes Duncan Gillies.