Death penalty

Chattogram naval base bomb blasts: Five awarded death sentence

According to the prosecution, 24 Muslim devotees sustained injuries when a number of bombs exploded at the two mosques inside the Isha Khan Base of the Bangladesh Navy on 18 December, 2015

US school shooter faces death penalty at sentencing trial

A young man who gunned down 17 people at his former high school in Parkland, Florida goes on trial Monday, with jurors set to hand down either the death penalty or a life sentence

Six JMB members sentenced to death for killing freedom fighter

Myanmar junta to carry out first judicial executions in decades

The junta has sentenced dozens of anti-coup activists to death as part of its crackdown on dissent after seizing power last year, but Myanmar has not carried out an execution for decades

Three in Moulvibazar awarded death for crimes against humanity

Three people including Abdul Aziz alias Habul from Barlekha in Moulvibazar have been awarded death for crimes committed against humanity

Four awarded death sentence for killing author Humayun Azad

A Dhaka court has awarded death penalty to four JMB militants for killing polymath author and teacher of Dhaka University, Professor Humayun Azad

Two executed for killing freedom fighter Shafiuddin Ahmed

Two men convicted of killing Chattogram railway official and freedom fighter Shafiuddin Ahmed in 2003, were executed at Cumilla Central Jail on Tuesday night

38 sentenced to death over 2008 Gujarat bombings

An Indian court sentenced 38 people to death on Friday over a string of bomb blasts in 2008 that killed dozens in the city of Ahmedabad, in one of the country's biggest mass death sentences

Sinha murder convicts Prodip, Liaqat appeal against conviction

Suspended police officials Pradip Kumar Das and Liaqat Ali, who have been sentenced to death in a case lodged over the brutal murder of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, have appealed with the High ...

Pakistani woman sentenced to death for 'blasphemous' WhatsApp status

A Muslim woman was sentenced to death in Pakistan on Wednesday after being convicted of sending a blasphemous text message and caricatures of Prophet Muhammad via WhatsApp

Abrar murder case Death-row convict seeks acquittal

SM Mahmud Setu, a death-row convict in BUET student Abrar Fahad murder case, filed a petition with the High Court (HC) seeking acquittal on Wednesday

Brahmanbaria AL leader murder: 13 to die, 8 get life term

A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced 13 people to death in a case over the murder of a local Awami League (AL) leader in Brahmanbaria in 2016. The court also sentenced eight other accused to life ...

Avijit murder case Two death-row convicts hiding abroad: Home minister

Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said sacked major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque and Akram Hossain alias Abir, two death-row convicts in blogger Avijit Roy murder case, are hiding in another ...

Two to die for killing farmer in Rajshahi

A court Monday sentenced two persons, including a woman, to death on charge of killing a farmer in the district around eight years back

Husband gets death for killing wife

A court Sunday sentenced a man to death and fined him Taka 100,000 in a case lodged over the murder of his wife in 2016