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Death penalty proposed for hoarding
The food ministry is going to be tougher on hoarding as it proposes capital punishment or life imprisonment against the offenders.
4 get death penalty for Kamrangirchar murder
Speedy Trial tribunal-1 has awarded death penalty to four people for killing one Monir Hossain and cutting the dead body into seven pieces in 2013.
Death penalty for 4 war criminals
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday found four Moulvibazar men guilty of committing genocide during the Liberation War and handed down death penalties to all of them.
3 gets death for killing RMG worker after rape
A Narayanganj court today sentences three persons to death for killing a garment worker after rape.
Govt files appeal seeking death penalty for Oishee Rahman
The government has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking death penalty for Oishee Rahman in the much-talked-about sensational case filed over killing her parents in 2013.
12 get death for killing student
A court here yesterday sentenced 12 people to death for murdering a college student Robiul Islam Rajan, 24, over a land dispute in
War crimes: Quasem seeks deferral of review hearing
Convicted war criminal Mir Quasem Ali files a petition with the Supreme Court seeking two-month deferment on his review hearing against the judgement that upheld his death penalty.
Philippines' Duterte wants death penalty for revenge
Incoming Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte yesterday hit out at "stupid" human rights campaigners, as he defended his imminent war on crime and emphasised the death penalty was for retribution.
Philippine president backs death penalty
Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte says he will seek to return the death penalty, in his first comments to reporters since last week's election.
Nizami’s appeal hearing may end by Dec 15: AG
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam expresses hopes that the Supreme Court hearing on the appeal of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death penalty will be completed by Dec 15.
Lawyers yet to get permission to meet Mojaheed, SQ Chy
The lawyers for death row war criminals SQ Chy and Mojaheed are yet to get permission from Dhaka Central Jail authorities to meet their clients.
Mojaheed, SQ Chy yet to decide on mercy seeking
The death row war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury do not give their decision over seeking presidential clemency.
Families meet Mojaheed, SQ Chy at Dhaka jail
Death row war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed met their families at Dhaka jail. The meetings took place a day after the Supreme Court turned down their pleas for review against death penalty for war crimes during 1971 Liberation War.
War trial: SC full verdict on Mojaheed, SQ Chy at central jail
The full verdict of Supreme Court on death row war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury reaches the Dhaka central jail.
BNP silent on SQ Chy’s death verdict
BNP is yet to give any reaction on the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding death penalty for its standing committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
Jamaat calls hartal for Thursday
Jamaat-e-Islami calls a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) for tomorrow protesting Supreme Court’s rejection of party secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed’s plea to review its ruling upholding his death penalty for war crimes.
No legal bar for execution now: Attorney General
Now that Supreme Court has disposed of the review petitions of war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, there is no legal barrier now for execution of the verdict awarding them death penalty, the attorney general says.
Hearing on Mojaheed, SQ Chy review pleas tomorrow
The Supreme Court is set to hold hearing on two petitions tomorrow, seeking review of its judgments that upheld the death penalty for war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
6 to die for killing 8yr-old boy in Mymensingh
A Mymensingh court awards death penalty to six persons in connection with killing an eight-year-old boy in Muktagacha upazila of Mymensingh in 2010.
