A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced a Peruvian national to life term imprisonment in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. The convict is Jaime Burgle Gomez. Judge Fatema Ferdous of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-5 handed down the judgment. The court also acquitted two other accused - Md Abdus Salam and Salah Uddin- as the charges brought against them were not proved, said state counsel Lawyer Rezaur Rahman. According to the case statement, Jaime was scheduled to fly to India on a flight of Emirates Airlines from Sao Paulo, Brazil. But the flight changed its route and landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on September 1 in 2015. Read more: Indian citizen gets life term in Chapainawabganj Airport customs officers searched Jaime on aninformation and found two kg of cocaine worth Tk 52 crore. A case was filed at Airport Police Station. Investigating the case, Inspector Mofazzal Hossain of the Directorate of Investigation submitted a chargesheet against three people on December 2 of the same year. On April 7, 2016, the court started the trial by framing charges against the accused. Read more: Indian citizen returns after serving jail term in Bangladesh

A Rajshahi court on Thursday sentenced nine people to death and 22 others to life imprisonment for killing a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in 2013. Rajshahi Metropolitan Sessions Judge OHM Elias Hossain handed down the judgment. Read: 20 to die for killing Buet student Abrar The condemned convicts are—former councillor Munsur Rahman, Hasanuzzaman Himel, 38, Toufiqul Islam, 45, Mohasin, 50, Sairul, 26, Rajab, 35, Momin, 30 and Ariful Islam, 26. Of them, Momin and Ariful were tried in absentia. The lifers are—Lal Mohamamd alias Lalu, 38, Mahabul Hossain, 42, Sattar, 45, Sazzad Hossain, 38, Bakhtier Alam, 35, Hasan Ali, 32, Masud, 35, Russel, 32, Raza, 32, Martuza, 30, Sumon, 30, Asadul, 22, Akhtarul, 25, Zaidur Rahman, 48, Farman Ali, 40, Joynal Abedin, 25, Raju ahmed, 28, Akbar Ali, 45, Samrat Hossain, 19, Tia Alam, 30, Azad Hossain, 35 and Masum, 26, Of them, Masum and Azad were tried in absentia. The court also fined the condemned convicts Tk one lakh each and the lifers Tk 50,000 each. Read: Narail: Gallows for one, life term for 3 in farmer's murder case According to the prosecution, Shahin Alam alias Shahin Shah, former general secretary of Rajshahi Court College unit Chhatra League was killed by the convicts on August 28, 2013.  Shahin was also the younger brother of No 1 ward councillor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) Rajab Ali. Nahid Akter Nahan, a Jubo League leader, lodged a complaint with Rajpara Police the following day. Police submitted chargesheet against 31 people including the then No 1 ward councillor of RCC Mansur Rahman.

A Khulna court on Thursday sentenced four people to death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2010.

A court here on Monday sentenced a man to death and five others to life term imprisonment in a case for killing a farmer nearly five years back.

A Rajshahi court on Sunday sentenced six people of the same family to life term imprisonment for killing a man over land dispute in 2005.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the duration of life term imprisonment will be considered as 30 years from now on.

Tangail court on Wednesday convicted two men and sentenced them to life term imprisonment in two separate rape cases.

A Khulna court on Tuesday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for killing a man in Phultala upazila of the district in 2016.

In the first verdict under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, a Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced three policemen to life term imprisonment and two police informants to seven years' jail in a case filed over the custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny in 2014.

A Khulna court on Wednesday sentenced five people including four brothers to life term imprisonment in a murder case filed in 2014.