death penalty

Some concerns about the proposed changes in international crimes tribunals

The trials to prosecute those responsible for upholding and promoting a fascist regime must meet international standards of transparency.

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.

November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015

UN calls on Dhaka to abolish death penalty

The United Nations has renewed its call on the Bangladesh government to immediately institute a moratorium on the death penalty and abolish this inhuman practice altogether.

November 22, 2015
November 22, 2015

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.

November 20, 2015
November 20, 2015

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.

November 20, 2015
November 20, 2015

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.

November 19, 2015
November 19, 2015

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.

November 19, 2015
November 19, 2015

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.

November 18, 2015
November 18, 2015

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.

November 18, 2015
November 18, 2015

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.

November 18, 2015
November 18, 2015

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.

November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015

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.