A tribunal in Pabna on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife over dowry in Sadar upazila of the district. The convict is Md Abdullah alias Okat of the district. Pabna Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mizanur Rahman delivered the judgment. The tribunal also fined him Tk 1 lakh. Read: Man to die for killing wife for dowry Besides, the tribunal acquitted three other accused from the case.  According to the prosecution, Abdullah used to torture his wife Rumana Parvin for dowry since their marriage in 2013. When Rumana denied bringing the dowry money, the convict shot dead Ruman on October 30 in 2014. Later, a case was filed against four people including the husband at Pabna Sadar police station. Police submitted a chargesheet against the four in March 10 in 2015.

A Sylhet tribunal on Sunday framed charges against all the eight accused in a case filed over the gang-rape of a newly-wed woman at Sylhet’s MC College hostel in September last year.

A Sylhet tribunal on Tuesday accepted chargesheet against eight men accused of gang-raping a woman at MC College.   Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mohammad Mohitul Haque Chowdhury took the chargesheet into cognisance in presence of all accused, said Public Prosecutor of the tribunal Rashida Syeda Khanam.   The plaintiff did not file any objection petition against the chargesheet.   On December 3, police pressed charges against eight accused in the gang rape case.

A Natore court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his wife for dowry, three months after getting married in 2017.

A tribunal here on Thursday convicted three people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment in a case filed over gang-rape of a young girl in 2008.