29 May 2024 :

A Dhaka court on May 27, 2024 awarded death penalty to Botswana national Lesedi Molapisi in a narcotics case filled over drug smuggling.
The order was passed by Additional Metropolitan Session Judge, Court Number-8, Dhaka Md Aminul Islam.
Assistant bench officer of the concerned court Milon confirmed it on May 28.
On January 23 in 2022, Lesedi Molapisi, 30, was arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport along with over 3.145kg of heroin.
She arrived at the airport on a flight of Qatar Airways from South Africa via Doha.
On the next day, a case was lodged against her with Airport Police Station.

07 March 2024 :

A Chittagong court on February 18, 2024 sentenced a madrasa teacher to death for raping four children of the institution.
Judge Zainal Abedin of the Third Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Chittagong delivered the verdict in the presence of Nasir Uddin, 47.
The convict was sent to jail after the verdict, the tribunal’s prosecutor, Ziku Barua, said.
According to the charge sheet, the four students of a madrasa at Rangunia in Chittagong were raped on October 12, 2020.
Later, the father of one of the children filed the case against Nasir Uddin.
The tribunal indicted the teacher on January 24, 2022, and started the trial. It recorded the statements of 11 witnesses before delivering the verdict.

14 February 2024 :

A court in Bangladesh on February 5, 2024 sentenced 10 people to death and another six to life sentences in prison for the gang rape of a woman in Noakhali’s Subarnachar on the day of the 11th national election.
Awami League leader Ruhul Amin is among the death row convicts.
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 Judge Fatema Ferdous delivered the verdict on February 5.
The court also ordered each of the convicts to pay a Tk 50,000 fine, said Assistant Public Prosecutor Saleh Ahmed Sohel.
Those granted a life sentence in prison will have to serve an additional two years if they fail to pay.
Expelled Subarnachar Awami League leaders Ruhul Amin and Md Hasan Ali Bulu directly influenced and took part in the incident, the judge said.
Ruhul Amin, Bulu, Md Sohel, Swapan, Ibrahim Khalil, Abul Hossain Abu, Md Salauddin, Md Jashim Uddin, Md Murad and Md Jamal aka Henju Majhi were sentenced to death.
Md Hanif, Md Chowdhury, Md Badshah Alam Basu, Mosharraf and Md Mintu aka Helal received life in prison.
Md Mintu aka Helal has been absconding since the start of the trial. The rest were brought to the court under heavy security on February 5 morning. Their families crowded the area near the dock. Several of them were in tears.
On Dec 30, 2018, a woman then in her forties, was gang raped at her home in Modhyabagya Village after her husband and children were tied up.
The woman, a mother of four, said the incident was a repercussion of her altercation with a few people in a polling centre.
Her husband filed a case with the Charjabbar Police Station the next day.
The Detective Branch of Police (DB) indicted 16 suspects, including Awami league leader Ruhul Amin, on Mar 27, 2019.

18 December 2024 :

A Bangladeshi High Court on December 18, 2024 commuted the death sentence of ULFA leader Paresh Barua to life imprisonment and acquitted a former junior minister and five others in a 2004 case of attempted smuggling of weapons to the separatist outfit in northeast India.
The seized weapons included over 27,000 grenades, 150 rocket launchers, over 11 lakh ammunition, 1,100 sub machine guns and 11.41 million bullets.
The two-member High Court bench commuted the punishment of ULFA leader Paresh Barua, who was sentenced to death after a trial in absentia --- now assumed to be living in China --- and sentenced him to life imprisonment, said a government attorney at the bench.
The High Court bench comprising Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasrin Akhtar acquitted former state minister for home Lutfuzzaman Babar and six others, who were handed down capital punishment following the death reference hearing, he added.
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is an armed militant organisation operating in the Northeast Indian state of Assam. It seeks to establish an independent sovereign nation state of Assam.
On January 30, 2014, a special tribunal in the northeastern port city of Chattogram handed down the death penalty to 14 people, including two former ministers of the past BNP government, two ex-army generals and a top ULFA leader in the arms haul case.
The trial or lower court verdict had come nearly a decade after the accidental seizure of 10 truck loads of smuggled-in weapons destined to the ULFA hideouts in northeastern India through Bangladesh territory.

28 November 2024 :

A Panchagarh court on November 26, 2024 sentenced a man to death for the brutal murder of his wife at Atwari upazila in the district. 
The verdict was delivered in the afternoon by Additional District and Sessions Judge SM Rezaul Bari.  
The convicted, Soleman Ali, 54, is a resident of South Sukhyati in the upazila, confirmed Public Prosecutor (PP) Adam Sufi.  
According to court and the case documents, Soleman Ali married Josna Begum nearly two decades ago, but their marriage was fraught with frequent disputes. Despite multiple attempts at reconciliation through arbitration, the conflicts persisted.
On May 17, 2018, when no one else was at home, Soleman brutally beat Josna to death using a cricket bat. He then locked her body inside the house and fled. 
Following the murder, Josna's brother, Shahidul Islam, filed a case with Atwari Police Station, naming Soleman as the sole accused.  
After completing the investigation, police submitted a charge sheet to the court on February 14, 2019. 
Evidence presented during the trial confirmed that Soleman had murdered Josna with the cricket bat. Based on the findings, the court handed down the death penalty. Soleman was present in the courtroom when the verdict was announced.  

26 November 2024 :

A court in Sylhet sentenced a father and his two sons to death on November 25, 2024 for the murder of a businessman in Balaganj upazila of Sylhet district.
The convicted individuals are Abdus Sabur Putul of Hasampur village and his sons Fahad Ahmed Rahi and Abdul Momin Roni. While Abdus Sabur Putul is currently in jail, his two sons are still absconding.
Judge Syeda Amina Farhin of the Sylhet District and Sessions Judge Third Court handed down the judgement.
The court also imposed a fine of Tk 50,000 on each of the convicted individuals, according to court bench assistant Md. Sohel Rana.
On the night of May 22, 2018, Hasan Mia, 28, son of the late Nazrul Islam of Hasampur village was stabbed to death. Following the incident, the victim's younger brother Hossain Ahmed Sahan, filed a murder case at Balaganj Police Station, naming four people and two unidentified others as accused.
According to the case statement, Hasan Mia regularly provided litchi juice to worshippers after Taraweeh prayers at the Baitun Nur Jame Mosque in Hasampur, with the cost being covered by the mosque's founder, Faruk Mia.
On the day of the incident, at 10:10 pm, Faruk Mia sent the payment for the litchi juice, along with an advance of Tk 2,500, to Hasan through the defendant Rahi.
Shortly thereafter, Rahi returned to take back the money, stating that the juice was no longer needed. However, Hasan insisted that Faruk Mia should contact him directly to return the money.
In response, Rahi verbally abused Hasan, and the other accused individuals joined in, physically assaulting him as well.
At one stage, Rahi stabbed Hasan in various parts of his body with a knife leaving him seriously injured.
Later, he was first taken to the Upazila Health Complex and later to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

20 November 2024 :

A Dhaka special court on November 19, 2024 sentenced three people to death in a case lodged over the abduction and murder of Mirpur Bangla College student Nurul Amin in 2022.
The convicts are Md Ariful Islam, Md Imran Hossain and Md Yamin Mollah.
Judge Masud Karim of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 pronounced the judgment in the presence of Ariful and Imran.
Yamin, who is at large after coming out of jail on bail, was tried in absentia.
The court also issued an arrest warrant for him.
On January 2, 2022, Nurul Amin Topu went missing, prompting his uncle to file a general diary at Darus Salam police station.
Shortly after, the abductors contacted the family, demanding a ransom of Tk1 crore for his release.
Acting on the case, the Detective Branch (DB) detained three suspects on January 4 of that year.
During primary interrogation, the three confessed to abducting and later murdering Topu at Imran's house in the Mirpur Beribadh area.
They subsequently provided confessional statements in court, admitting their involvement in the crime.

11 November 2024 :

A Kishoreganj court on November 6, 2024 sentenced a man to death and two others to life imprisonment for the murder of a teenager over a mobile phone at Pakundia upazila in 2008.
The verdict was delivered by Judge Fatema Jahan Swarno of the Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court-3.
The death sentence was handed to Faruk Mia, 36, of Barabar village in the upazila. The two others sentenced to life imprisonment are Riaz Uddin, and Nurul Islam, both from the same village. These two defendants remain at large.
According to the case details, on September 3, 2008, 14-year-old Abul Hossain was out with a friend when Faruk allegedly snatched a Nokia mobile phone from him. An argument ensued, during which Faruk fatally stabbed Abul to death. 
The victim's mother, Nasima Khatun, filed a case with Pakundia police station and the accused were later arrested and confessed to the crime before a magistrate.
After a lengthy trial, the court found Faruk guilty under sections 302/34 of the Penal Code, sentencing him to death along with a fine of Tk 10,000.
Riaz Uddin and Nurul Islam were sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Tk 5,000 each, with an additional three months of imprisonment if they fail to pay.
State Prosecutor Abdul Salam represented the prosecution while Advocates Shekhar Chandra Sarkar and ABM Lutfur Rashid Rana defended the absconding accused.

04 November 2024 :

A Habiganj court on October 29, 2024 sentenced three people to death in a case filed for killing a woman and her daughter in 2021.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Yeasir Arafat handed down the punishment.
The condemned convicts are Manir Mia, 22, son of Mahib Ullah, Amir Hossain, 35, son of Alamgir Mia and Abdul Hannan, son of Tenu Mia of Bahubal upazila of the district.
According to the prosecution, the convicts stormed into the house of Sanjit Chandra at Putijuri in Bahubal upazila in a bid to commit robbery on 17 March 2021.
Being resisted, they killed Anjalai Malakar, 35, wife of Sanjit, and her eight-year-old daughter, Puja Malakar and managed to flee the scene.
Sanjit filed a case with Bahubal Police Station the following day.
Meanwhile, Prajit Sarkar, investigating officer of the case submitted a chargesheet against the three accused.

29 October 2024 :

A Bangladeshi court has handed down the death penalty to five men over the 2016 murder of Jahid Hossain in Khulna.
Judge Md Jewel Rana delivered the verdict on October 28, 2024, according to state prosecutor Arifur Rahman Liton.
The convicts are Md Abbas Ansari, Md Noshu Farazi, Md Riaz, Md Nadim, and Md Jabbar.
In addition to the death penalty, each convict has been fined Tk 100,000.
The judge also acquitted seven others due to insufficient evidence.
The case dossier reveals that on the night of Dec 13, 2016, Jahid, the son of Sabbir Hossain from the Khalishpur Housing Estate area, went to Bongobashi Mor, where he was attacked and seriously injured by rivals due to a long-standing feud.
Locals subsequently rushed him to Khulna Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
The next day, Jahid's younger brother, Md Sumon, filed a murder case at Khalishpur Police Station against 12 suspects and 4-5 unidentified individuals.
Following an investigation, the police submitted a chargesheet against the 12 named suspects, leading to the trial.

28 October 2024 :

A court in Lalmonirhat on October 28, 2024 sentenced two persons to death in the much-discussed murder case filed in 2020 at Hatibandha Upazila in the district.
The condemned convicts were Osman Ali, 53, a resident of Dakshin Haldibarichar village under Hatibandha Upazila, and Rabiul Islam, 41, of Dakshin Parulia village.Lalmonirhat District and Sessions Court Judge Judge Adib Ali gave the verdict in the afternoon. Meanwhile, four other accused in the case were acquitted.
According to the court and case statement, a housewife Dipali Dev Singh of that area disappeared from her house on July 14, 2020. On 17 July 2020, three days after the disappearance, police recovered Dipali's body from the banks of the Teesta river in southern Haldibari area of the upazila.
Nirmal Dev Singh, brother-in-law of the woman, filed a murder case with Hatibandha Police Station on July 22 mentioning the names of six people in the incident.

11 July 2024 :

A Cumilla court has sentenced six people to death and 10 others to life term imprisonment for killing a man named Nurul Haque over land dispute in Brahmanpara upazila of the district in 2011.
Cumilla Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court Judge Jahangir Alam delivered the verdict in the presence of some of the convicts on June 26, 2024.
Seven of the convicts were tried in absentia. The court also fined each convict Tk 50,000. The court acquitted two individuals due to insufficient evidence.
The six death-row convicts are -- Md Masum, 35, Md Quaiyum, 28, Tajul Islam, 32, Md Mustafa, 24, Md Quaiyum, 25, and Md Tabdul Hossain, 40.
Ten people, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, are - Md Nanu Mia, 40, Matin Mia, 40, Saidul Islam, 24, Babul Mia, 25, Shafiqul Islam, 35, Md Shafiqul Islam, 28, Moslem Mia, 45, Helal Mia, 25, Billal Hossain, 30, and Abdul Awal, 30.
Mohammad Zakir Hossain, the assistant public prosecutor at the court, has informed the matter to newsmen. He said two of the accused in the case Phul Mia and Selim, died during the trial proceedings.
According to the prosecution story, the convicts beat Nurul Haque to death when he was returning home on the evening of 17 February 2011 in Brahmanpara Upazila over land dispute.
According to the prosecution, Farid Mia of Brahmanpara upazila and Md Masum had a conflict centering a land.
In 2011, village arbitration led by Nurul Haque was held to resolve the issue.
During the arbitration, Nurul Haque instructed Masum to vacate the land occupied by him, which led to a violent response.
On February 16, 2011, Masum and the other convicts attacked Nurul Haque, stabbing him to death on the spot.
A case was filed in connection with the incident. Later, police submitted charges against 20 individuals.

09 July 2024 :

A tribunal has sentenced four people to death and 10 to life in prison for the 2012 murder of Sarail Upazila Awami League leader Iqbal Azad in Brahmanbaria.
Chattogram Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Halim Ullah Chowdhury delivered the verdict on July 3, 2024 after finding the 14 accused guilty, said Public Prosecutor Ashok Kumar Das.
Those who got the death penalty are Rafiq Uddin Thakur, Mafuz Ali, Mokarom Ali Sohel and Ismat Ali.
Abdul Jabbar, Caesar, Idris Ali, Babu, Haris, Bakul, Limon, Abdullah, Sharif and Mizan were sentenced to life in prison.
All the convicts’ full names and ages were not available.
Iqbal was killed near Sarail Police Station on Oct 21, 2012.
His brother AKM Jahangir Azad filed a case against 22 people the next day.
The tribunal acquitted the other accused in the case, said prosecutor Ashok.

18 June 2024 :

A court in Narail on June 12, 2024 sentenced three people to death for killing a man in Lohagara upazila of the district in 2018.
The convicts are –  Anarul Molla, son of late Abul Khair Molla, resident of Makrail village of Lohagara upazila, Jinarul Islam alias Tara Mia, son of late Moktar Sardar of Morichpasha village and Md. Nazmul Shikder, son of Akubbar Shikder of Arpara village in Lohagara upazila of the district.
The judgment was handed down by Narail District and Sessions Court Judge Almas Hossain Mridha.
The court also fined them Tk 100,000 each.  
According to the prosecution, on June 23, 2018, the accused called victim Palash Molla, 25, from his house by tempting him to buy an easy bike for Tk40,000.
On June 26, 2018, police recovered an unidentified body from Jahangir's paddy field in Dhankhola village of Sadar Police Station in Magura district.
On July 8, 2018 victim Palash Molla’s family identified the body after receiving news from various media and seeing photos.
Later, a case was filed at Lohagara Police Station following the complaint lodged by the victim’s brother Ahad Ali.

12 June 2024 :

A Chattogram court on June 9, 2024 sentenced a youth to death for killing a five-year-old child at Mirsari upazila in the district in 2010.
The court also acquitted another accused and convict’s brother Kazi Iqbal Hossain Biplob in the case as no allegation was proved against him.
Robiul Awal, the judge of Chattogram First Additional District and Sessions Court, pronounced the verdict convicting Kazi Nahid Hossain Pollob, who hailed from Mogadia village under Mirsari upazila.
The court also fined him Tk 50,000, in default, he will have to suffer another six months jail.
According to the prosecution, the convicted person strangulated his neighbour, a five year old child Kazi Moshiur Rahman Washim, son of Kazi Mosharrf Hossain Bablu, to death over a land dispute on November 22, 2010 beside their residence.
Later, the victim’s uncle Kazi Enamul Hoque filed a murder case with Mirsarai Police Station accusing the convicted, his parents and a brother on November 23 in 2010.
Police submitted a charge sheet before the court on May 7, 2012 accusing four people after the investigation.
The court framed charges against two brothers as their parents died before framing the charges on February 3, 2013.
The court pronounced the verdict on June 9 after examining 21 prosecution witnesses and awarded the judgement convicting Kazi Nahid Hossain Pollob in presence of him.

10 June 2024 :

A court in Jamalpur on June 9, 2024 sentenced four people to death for the murder of an Easybike driver in the district's Sarishabari upazila.
The condemned convicts are Md Shohag, Md Moni Taheri alias Monir Hossain, Md Zakir Hossain, and Md Rubel Mia. Of them, Shohag and Zakir are on the run. 
Judge Md Anwar Sadat of Jamalpur Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-2 handed down the verdict on June 9.
The case documents said Laizu Mia, driver of a battery-run auto-rickshaw (locally known as Easybike), was strangulated to death and his vehicle was snatched in Mulbari area in the upazila on September 30, 2016.
Later, police arrested Rubel Mia and Md Moni Taheri in connection with the murder and they confessed to their crime in court.
Prosecution lawyer Shafiqul Islam Akkas said the court delivered in the case after taking the testimonies of 17 witnesses. 
Two accused were present on the dock during the pronouncement of the verdict and the remaining two are absconding, he added.

04 June 2024 :

A court in Jashore on May 20, 2024 sentenced five people to death for killing an easy-bike driver at Sadar upazila of the district in 2011.
Farzana Yeasmin, the judge of Jashore 3rd Additional Sessions Court, delivered the verdict on May 20 afternoon.
The convicts are Ikhtiar Bishwas, a resident of Hamidpur Bishwaspara area, Enamul, of Chanpara village, Kajal, of Hamidpur Dakshinpara, Gopal Gosh, Dhanghata village under the Sadar upazila, and Khorshed Alam, of Lakshyanpur village under Monirampur upazila. Of them, three were present at the court during the hearing as Ikhtiar and Gopal still on run.
Quoting the case statement, assistant public prosecutor (APP) of the court Asaduzzaman said that the victim Mafizur Rahman, an easy-bike driver of Sultanpur village of Fatepur union of the upazila, was killed in the night of June 22, 2011, on the suspicion of being involved in a murder of one Sumitra Ghosh, wife of the convict Gopal Ghosh.
Two days after the incident, Mafizur's body was found in a pond near Jhumjhumpur garbage dump area of the upazila in the morning of June 24, he said.
Later, the victim's wife Ayesha Begum filed a murder case with Kotwali Police Station accusing some unknown persons.
"Earlier on April 15 of 2010, Sumitra Ghosh, wife of the convict Gopal Ghosh, was murdered and Gopal used to believe that Mofizur killed his wife. Later, Mofizur was also made an accused in the murder case and served in jail for few days. But he secured bail soon after being arrested. Since then Gopal Ghosh was threatening him of his life," he said.
Following the Mafizur Rahman's murder case, police started investigation and arrested Ikhtiar and Khorshed on suspicion of involvement in the murder. During primary questioning, they confessed to their crime, said the advocate.
The duo told in their statement that the five make Mafizur to drink alcohol first and then, they strangled him to death and threw the body in the pond. Mofizur was killed to avenge the killing of Gopal Ghosh's wife, said the APP.
After completing investigation of the case, SI Nasir Uddin pressed the charge sheet before the court accusing the five.
Later, the court awarded them with death penalty after hearing witnesses and examining evidences, added the public prosecutor.

21 May 2024 :

A Rajshahi court on May 15, 2024 sentenced two persons to death for killing an employee of a mobile phone shop in the district in 2021.
Judge of Speedy Trial Tribunal Muhammad Mohiduzzaman handed down the verdict in presence of the convicts.
The court also sentenced another accused in the case to three years imprisonment.
The convicts are --Aminul Islam alias Shawn, 30, son of late Sanaullah, and Masud Rana, 26, son of Akmal Hossain, both of Kazipara village under Lalpur upazila in Natore district.
Mehedi Hassan Rockey, 25, son of Faruque Hossain of Jotchowki village under Bagha Upazila of the district, was sentenced to three years jail.
According to the prosecution, the victim Zahurul Islam, 23, son of Rafiqul Islam of Bagha Upazila, used to work as salesman in Telecom and Electronics at Panikumra Bazar owned by Mehedi Hassan Monir.
Aminul and Masud purchased three smart phones from Zahurul in debit for their use but didn't pay the money for long, creating an enmity between them.
On January 5, 2021, they took Zahurul to a nearby sugarcane field and hacked him to death. Locals found the blood-stained body and informed police the next day morning.
Elder brother of the victim filed a case with Bagha Police Station on the same day. After completion of investigation police pressed charges accusing the two persons.

14 May 2024 :

A Cumilla court on May 12, 2024 sentenced nine people to death for killing Jubo League leader Jamal Uddin alias Bakka Jamal in Chauddagram upazila on the district.
At the same time, nine people have been sentenced to life imprisonment while the judge acquitted five people as the charges were not proved against them.
Those sentenced to death in the case were - Ismail Hossain Bachchu, former chairman of Chauddagram's Alkara Union, Salauddin, Abdur Rahman, Mofizur Rahman Khandkar, Ziauddin Shimul, Zahid Bin Shuvo, Rezaul Karim Bablu of Alkra Union's Kulasar village, Riaz Uddin Miyaji, Mamata Amir Hossain.
The convicts who received life-term imprisonment were - Nurul Alam, Kofil Uddin, Nurunnabi Sujon, Iqbal Ahmed, Saiful Islam, Mahfuzur Rahman Khandkar, Mosharef Hossain, Alauddin and Mohammad Ali Hossain.
Cumilla Additional District and Sessions Court Judge Jahangir Hossain handed down the verdict in the afternoon.
According to the case statement, on January 8, 2016, Chauddagram's Alkara Union Jubo League President Jamal Uddin was killed.
It was learnt that a dispute arose between the Jubo League leader Jamal Uddin and the then local UP chairman Ismail Hossain Bachchu as Jamal protested the chaiman's various misdeeds including extortion. Following this, the chairman's men attacked Jamal Uddin. He was injured. In this regard, Jamal himself filed a case in court as a plaintiff.
After filing the case, chairman Ismail Hossain Bachchu planned to kill Jamal.
Later, on January 8, 2016 at 8 pm, Jubo League leader Jamal was shot and hacked to death by the convicts led by the Chairman Ismail Hossain Bachchu in Padua area under Chauddagram upazila on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway while Jamal was travelling to Dhaka from Cumilla.
In this regard, Jamal's elder sister Zohra Akter filed a case against 23 people as the plaintiff.

02 May 2024 :

A court in Habiganj has sentenced seven people to death and 10 others to life imprisonment on the charge of killing a man at Sadar upazila in 2003.
Habiganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-1 Judge Azizul Haque handed down the order on April 30, 2024.
The condemned convicts were Joynal Miah, Milon Ahmed, Abul Fazal, Kutub Uddin, Rafiq Miah, Zakir Hossain, and Abbas Uddin.
On the other hand, the lifers were Sayed Ali, Mizaz Ali, Motlib Miah, Kutub Uddin, Abul Kalam, Ziaur Rahman, Ayat Ali (absconding), Isak Ali, Jaj Miah, and Ibrahim.
The court also fined them Tk 1 lakh each, said Saleh Uddin Ahmed, additional public prosecutor of the court.
According to the prosecution, convict Milon Ahmed along with 40 to 50 of his associates struck Harun Ahemd and seven or eight people with sharp weapons on their way at Hurgaon village on February 14, 2003, over establishing supremacy in the area, leaving Harun dead on the spot.
After that, the victim's brother, Sumon Ahmed, filed a case with Habiganj Sadar Model Police Station accusing 47 people.
Police later submitted a charge-sheet against them to the court on August 18.
The court pronounced the verdict on April 30 after taking the testimony of 15 witnesses of the case.
Meanwhile, the court acquitted 22 accused as the allegations brought against them were not proved. eight other accused died during the trial.

24 April 2024 :

A tribunal has sentenced a man to death over the rape and murder of his niece, a student in 12th grade, in Natore’s Singra Upazila.
The district's Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim delivered the verdict around 11am on April 22, 2024, state counsel Md Anisur Rahman said.
The convict is 35-year-old Md Shahadat Hossain, a resident of Deogachha Uttarpara in Singra.
The judge fined him Tk 20,000 alongside the death sentence.
On Aug 4, 2019, the family of Reshmi Akter, a 16-year-old twelfth grader at Rahmat Iqbal College in Shingra’s Bamihal, went to her father-in-law’s funeral prayer service in the neighbouring village of Deogachha Uttarpara.
Upon returning from school around 3pm, one of her younger brothers found the entrance of the house closed. He forced the door open and found her sister’s hanged body on the second floor of the house, Rahman said, citing the case dossier.
The convict, Hossain, quickly stormed into Reshmi's house when her brother went outside to seek help. Hossain freed Reshmi’s body and tried to flee when the victim’s family arrived and caught him with help from locals.
Hossain later admitted that he had raped Reshmi and strangled her to death. The victim’s mother, Sonabhan Bibi, filed a case with Singra Police Station over the incident, Rahman said.

23 April 2024 :

A Chattogram court on April 18, 2024 awarded death penalty to two men for killing three members of a family in city's Biyazid Bostami Thana area 19 years ago. 
The First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Kamal Hossain Sikdar delivered the verdict on April 18 in presence of the convicted persons.
The convicts are Abul Kashem alias Jamai Kashem and Yousuf alias Biatta.
Yousuf hailed from Baluchara area under Biyazid Bostami Thana in the city. 
According to the prosecution, the convicted persons shot to kill their neighbor Manowara Begum and her two brothers Alamgir and Saiful Islam over previous enmity for land dispute at night of city's Baluchara area, under Bayazid Thana on June 29 in 2004. 
On June 30 in 2004, victim Saiful's wife Aysha Akter Shilpi filed a murder case with Biyazid Thana against four persons.
Later, the accused Gittu Nasir and Foiz Munna were killed by cross fire.
Police submitted charge sheet on February 7 in 2005 against two persons while the court framed charges against them on July 5 in 2007. 
The court pronounced the verdict after examining 13 prosecution witnesses out of 22 in presence of the convicted persons.
The court also imposed penalty Taka two lakh as fine to them.

03 April 2024 :

A court in Cumilla on April 1, 2024 sentenced two brothers to death in a case filed over the murder of a man in Titas upazila of the district in 2020.
The convicted were identified as Shamim Mia, 24 and his brother Md. Dulal, 26, residents of Rajnagar village of Homna upazila of the district.
The court also fined them Taka 10,000 each.
Judge of Cumilla Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-4 Md. Jahangir Hossain pronounced the verdict in the afternoon.
According to prosecution, Md Faisal had a love affair with a college student of the same area. Due to the affair, Shamin and Dulal, cousins of the college girl, killed Faisal on June 5, 2020.
 Salma Akhtar, elder sister of the victim, filed a general diary in Homna police station.
Police investigated the matter and arrested the accused and the accused gave confessional statements to the court.
After 12 days, the police recovered Faisal's body from the place shown by the accused.
The investigating officer of the case submitted charge-sheet against them in the court on March 16, 2021.
After examining the record and witnesses, the court found them guilty.
Additional Public Prosecutor Advocate Nurul Islam confirmed the matter.

01 April 2024 :

A Cumilla court on March 27, 2024 sentenced a woman and three other people to death for killing her husband over an extramarital affair in Cumilla's Homna upazil.
The convicts are: the deceased's wife Shahanaj Begum, Md Kuddus Mia, 32, Abdul Khalek, 28, and Md Rajib, 26. All of them are currently absconding.
Jahangir Hossain of Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court-4 handed down the verdict in the absence of the accused. During the pronouncement of the judgement, acquitted defendant Md Shahjahan was present in the courtroom.
According to the case, Shahanaj Begum, the spouse of the Saudi expatriate Abdul Jalil, 45, was involved in an extramarital relationship with Shahjahan. Abdul Jalil went missing on June 9, 2013, after leaving his home in Homna on his way to Dhaka.
Jalil's mutilated body was recovered from the roadside in the Baher Khola area the next day.
His brother Tajul Islam, 35, filed a case with Homna Police Station against unidentified miscreants.
Later, the investigating officer of the case submitted the charge sheet to the court accusing five people - Abdul Jalil's wife Shahnaz Begum, Md Shahjahan, Md Kuddus Mia, Abdul Khalek and Md Rajib.
The court sentenced four people to death as the charges against them were proved after the prosecution examined 14 witnesses.

28 March 2024 :

A Faridpur court has sentenced three people to death and three others to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of a student in Nagarkanda upazila of the district.
Faridpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Hafizur Rahman passed the verdict on March 27, 2024 in presence of all convicts except Azizul.
The death-row convicts are-- Mahabub Alam, Kamal Matubbor and Khokon Matubbor.
The convicts who got life term imprisonment are Ashraf Sheikh, Azizul Sheikh and Suzon Matubbor.
According to the prosecution, on June 7, 2018, Alauddin alias Antar, a student of class eight, of Char Manikdi area under Talma union in the upazila, was kidnapped for ransom and strangled to death.
Later, the convicts dumped the body.

26 March 2024 :

A Chattogram court on March 9, 2024 sentenced two men to death for the murder of an elderly woman during a robbery in the city’s Sadarghat area.
The verdict in the case was delivered by Chattogram Sixth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Begum Sirajam Munira.
The death row convicts have been identified as Md Rubel, 27, and Md Abbas, 30. Rubel is absconding, but Abbas was present in court to hear the verdict and was sent to jail afterwards.
Rubel lived in the Karnaphuli Colony in Chattoram’s Abhimitra Ghat area, while Abbas lived in the Belal Colony area of the Sadarghat Thana.
“The court sentenced the two suspects to death under Section 302 of the Penal Code. Both of the convicts have also been fined Tk 20,000,” said the court’s Additional Public Prosecutor Dirghatama Barua.
The two suspects also received a three-year prison sentence under Section 201 for hiding the body.
The court acquitted Farhad Hossain, who bought the gold ornaments stolen in the robbery as he was not found to be involved in the killing.
On May 25, 2018, Sen was on a walk in the Naval-2 area of the Sadarghat when she was killed. Her son filed a case over her murder.
APP Barua said that Sen used to go for regular walks in the area and had gone to pick flowers for a puja.
“As she was on her way to pick flowers in the Naval-2 area, Rubel and Abbas grabbed her, took her to an abandoned Pacific Group building, strangled her and hit her on the head, killing her.“
They wrapped her body in a blanket and hid it in the bushes.
The suspects gave confessional statements to the court regarding their involvement.”
Sen, whose husband had passed away, lived with her family in a rented home in the Shib Bari Lane area of the port city’s Firingi Bazar.
According to the case documents, Sen left for her morning walk at 6am as she did every day. She usually returned at 8am. When she did not return, her family called her phone at 9am, but found it switched off.

20 March 2024 :

A court in Narayanganj on March 5, 2024 sentenced four people to death for killing a schoolboy at Rupganj in the district in 2018.
At the same time, the court also fined them Tk one lakh each.
Narayanganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Court Judge Umme Saraban Tahura announced the verdict in the afternoon.
The condemned convicts are Shaheen, 35, a resident of Mangalkali area of Rupganj, Alamgir, 27, of Balainagar area, Anik Chandra Das, 27, of Baniyadi area, and Ashik Chandra Das, 30, of the same area.
The court public prosecutor Abdur Rahim, confirming the verdict, said one convict was present in the court when the verdict was announced. The rest are absconding.
According to the case statement, on June 5, 2018, the convicted kidnapped child Jayanta and demanded ransom. Later, they killed the child as they did not get the ransom money.

12 March 2024 :

A court in Bagerhat on February 28, 2024 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.
The condemned convict is Basudeb alias Bappy Karmaker, a resident of Gazalia village in Kachua upazila. 
The district Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Judge SM Saiful Islam delivered the verdict.
The court also fined him Tk 50,000, defence lawyer Siddiqur Rahman confirmed. 
However, four accused were acquitted from charges.
The case statement said Basudeb tortured his wife Setu Rani on August 6, 2006, for Tk 8 lakh dowry, leaving her injured.
Later, she was taken to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared her dead.
The victim's father lodged a case in this connection.

26 February 2024 :

A court in Joypurhat on January 31, 2024 sentenced 11 people to death for killing a ninth grader in Sadar upazila 21 years ago.
The verdict was handed down by Additional Sessions Court-2 Judge Abbas Uddin. The court also fined the convicts Tk 50,000 each.
Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) Uday Singh acknowledged the matter.
The convicts were identified as Bedarul Islam Bedin, Sarwar Hossain Sumon, Mashiur Rahman Ershad, Monowar Hossain Mansur, Nazrul Islam and Rana, Shahi, Tutul, Sujon, Rahim and Dablu – all are the residents of different areas of the district. 
According to the case documents, on June 28, 2002, Moazzem Hossain, 16, the son of Fazlur Rahman of Pramanikpara, left home.
The convicts then kidnapped Moazzem from outside a cinema hall, took him to an area near the local graveyard and injured him with sharp weapons and sticks.
They then left him unconscious beside the Jamalganj road. Moazzem died in hospital that night.
The next day, Moazzem’s father as a plaintiff filed a murder case with Sadar Police Station.
On October 29, 2003, investigating officer Mahbub Alam submit a report in the case. After a 21-year long trial, the court finally delivered the verdict on January 31.

05 February 2024 :

A Natore court on January 12, 2024 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Singra Upazila of the district 13 years ago.
The Judge Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Muhammad Abdur Rahim passed the verdict in absence of the convict.
The court also fined the convict Tk 30,000.
The convict was identified as Farhad Hossain Mondal of Bashbaria village of the upazila.
According to the prosecution, Farhad Hossain used to torture his wife Fatema Khatun frequently for dowry since their marriage.
In the night of December 7, 2011, he beat his wife indiscriminately, leaving her death on the same night.
Later, he went into hiding.
Nur Islam, father of the deceased, filed a case with Singra Police Station on the following day. 
Upon completion of investigation, police pressed charges accusing Farhad Hossain.

22 January 2024 :

A court sentenced five persons to death in Bangladesh for killing a woman after gang-raping her in Damudya upazila of Shariatpur in 2019.
Shariatpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Sohel Ahmed announced the verdict on January 16, 2024 afternoon.
The convicts are Nizam Bali, 45, Mohammad Ali, 35, Omar Faruk Bepari, 24, Al Amin Bepari, 20, and Ibrahim Molla, 21, residents of the Dakshin Shitalakathi area.
The court also fined them Tk1,00,000 each.
Two of them were present in the court. They were sent to the district jail on the order of the court. Three more accused are absconding.
According to the case statement, the victim, Feroza Begum, 55, hailing from the Bhuiyan Bazar area under the Dhankathi union of Damudya upazila, disappeared from her home on April 18, 2019, around 5pm. On April 21, police recovered her body from an abandoned pond in the Baro Naogaon area, 10 kilometres from her house.
The day after the incident, the victim's younger brother, Lal Miah Sardar, filed a murder case in the Shariatpur court naming 13 people and two to three other unnamed people.
Police submitted a charge sheet against five of them. The rest of the accused were acquitted of the charges.
After examining the records and witnesses, the court found them guilty.
Public Prosecutor (PP) Advocate Feroz Ahmed confirmed the matter.

16 May 2024 :

A Bangladesh court ruled on May 13, 2024 that death row prisoners could not be held in solitary confinement until their appeals had been exhausted, in what lawyers called a major rights victory for inmates.
More than 2,500 convicts in the South Asian nation have been sentenced to death, with most kept in solitary "condemned cells" for years on end. Rights activists say the practice is severely detrimental to the mental health of prisoners, who can spend up to 20 years in the cells while appealing their sentences through the country's glacial legal system.
The High Court ruled that death row prisoners could only be kept in solitary once they had worked through all their avenues for legal appeals. "It is a landmark verdict," Mohammad Shishir Manir, a lawyer for three prisoners who challenged the practice, told AFP. "It means from now on no prisoner can be kept in a condemned cell in solitary confinement just after a trial court verdict."
Manir said that around half of Bangladesh's death row prisoners have historically been exonerated on appeal. "By the time these prisoners are released, they no longer behave like a normal human being. Many suffer from mental problems. Some have major health issues," he said.
The court gave Bangladesh's chronically overcrowded prisons two years to shift all death row inmates to general wards. The number of death row prisoners has spiked in recent years as hundreds of convicted Islamist extremists have been handed capital sentences in the Muslim-majority nation.
Executions remain relatively rare given the size of Bangladesh's death row population, with 20 people hanged since 2018, according to the country's leading rights group Odhikar. "For years we have raised voice over the plight of these death row convicts, whose rights were heavily compromised in the prisons," independent rights activist Rezaur Rahman Lenin told AFP. "This is just one step in the right direction," he added. "The best thing would be to abolish the death penalty or declare a moratorium on all executions.