A Habiganj tribunal on Thursday convicted five people and sentenced them to death for killing a pregnant woman in 2016. Read : Rab arrest death row convict in Habiganj The convicts are: Russel Mia, 25; his elder brother Kawsar Mia, 32; their mother, Tahera Begum, 50; their sisters Hasna Begum, 20, and Rozy Begum, 27. All of them are from Sadekpur village under Chunarughat upazila. Among them, Kawsar was tried in absentia. Read : 2 murdered, 25 wounded over land dispute in Habiganj Habiganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Zahidul Islam handed down the punishment. According to the prosecution, Tahera Khatun alias Ayesha, the seven months pregnant wife of Russel Mia, was beaten to death by her husband and her in-laws over Tk one lakh dowry on September 15, 2016. Read : 2 killed in lightning strike in Habiganj Abdus Sattar, Ayesha's father, filed a case with Chunarughat Police Station.

A Natore tribunal today sentenced six people to death and four to life imprisonment in a case filed over gang-rape of a college student in 2012. Those sentenced to death are: Sabbir Ahmed, Rezaul alias Rabbi, Nazmul Haque, Rajibul Hasan, Ripon and Shahidul. Those who got life imprisonment are: Manirul Islam, Khairul Islam, Ataul Islam and Rezaul Karim. Natore Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim handed down the punishment. The court also fined them Tk one lakh each which would be provided to the rape survivor. According to the prosecution, Sabbir Ahmed was in a relationship with a college student of Chandai village in Baraigram upazila of the district. On October 19, 2012, Sabbir took the girl to Kalam Mirzapur village. Later, he along with his friends raped the girl near Mirzapur Eidgah field. Also read: Fugitive cop sentenced to 15 years in prison surrenders in court The victim lodged a complaint in this connection and police registered a case with Baraigram Police Station. Police also submitted chargesheet against 11 people. After examining records and witnesses, Judge of Natore Women and Children Repression Tribunal handed down the punishment and acquitted one chargesheeted accused, Nasir, as allegation brought against him could not be proven. END/UNB/Corr/MAS/KW

A tribunal in Cumilla on Tuesday sentenced two men to death for killing a 10-year-old girl after rape in Monohargonj upazila in 2018. The death-row convicts are Bacchu Mia and Amir Hamza, residents of the upazila. Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Abdullah Al Mamun delivered the judgment. Read more: Unspeakable: Parents tied up before daughter gang-raped by vandals in Subarnachar The court also fined the convicts Tk 1 lakh each. According to the case, the minor girl was raped and hacked to death by the convicts in the upazila on March 5 in 2018. Later, police recovered the body and sent it to Cumilla Medical College and Hospital for autopsy. Read more: Sunamganj: 5 get life in prison in attempted rape, rape cases A case was filed at Monohargonj police station in this regard. On February 12 in 2019, a chargesheet against the convicts was submitted to the court.

A Gopalganj court on Sunday sentenced two people to death for killing a man in 2008. The condemned convicts are—Sumon Molla, 36, son of Jalal Molla and Nuru Farazi, 38, son of Mannan Faraji of Madaripur district. Gopalganj Additional District and Session Judge Abbas Uddin handed down the punishment and fined them Tk one lakh each. Both of them were tried in absentia. Also read: Man sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing 16-month-old sister According to the prosecution, Ali Akbar, son of Quader Sheikh of Bagan Uttarpar in Kotalipara upazila was killed by the convicts on April 13, 2008. A complaint was lodged in this connection. Police registered a case. Also read: Husband who killed wife for dowry in Pabna sentenced to death On January 14, 2009, police submitted chargesheet against the duo.

A court in Sylhet on Sunday sentenced a youth to death for killing a mason at Sylhet’s Beanibazar upazila in 2019. The convict is Abdul Mubin Limon, 18, of the upazila. Sylhet Additional District and Session Judge and Third Court Judge Md Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan handed down the sentence. Also read: 4 of family killed in Sylhet landslide On December 28 in 2019, Mason Nazrul Islam was hacked to death at Nandirfal village of the upazila after being called through a phone call. Later, police recovered his body and a case was filed in this regard. Later, the investigating officer (IO) of the case, Sub-inspector (SI) Shah Alam Bhuiyan, arrested Abdul Mubin Limon on December 5 of the same year following the call list of the deceased’s mobile phone. Limon later confessed his involvement in the murder before Sylhet’s first class magistrate Noreen Karim. On June 29 in 2020, IO submitted a chargesheet against the convict in the court.

Two British citizens and a Moroccan were sentenced to death Thursday for fighting on Ukraine's side, in a punishment handed down by the country's pro-Moscow rebels. The proceedings against the three captured fighters were denounced by Ukraine and the West as a sham and a violation of the rules of war. Meanwhile, as the Kremlin’s forces continued a grinding war of attrition in the east, Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to liken his actions to those of Peter the Great in the 18th century and said the country needs to “take back” historic Russian lands. A court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in Ukraine found the three fighters guilty of seeking the violent overthrow of power, an offense punishable by death in the unrecognized eastern republic. The men were also convicted of mercenary activities and terrorism. Also read: Russian soldier sentenced to life at Kyiv war crimes trial Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported that the defendants — identified as Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Brahim Saadoun — will face a firing squad. They have a month to appeal. The separatist side argued that the three were “mercenaries” not entitled to the usual protections accorded prisoners of war. They are the first foreign fighters sentenced by Ukraine’s Russian-backed rebels. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko condemned the proceedings as legally invalid, saying, “Such show trials put the interests of propaganda above the law and morality.” He said that all foreign citizens fighting as part of Ukraine’s armed forces should be considered Ukrainian military personnel and protected as such. British Foreign Secretary Luz Truss pronounced the sentencing a "sham judgment with absolutely no legitimacy.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman Jamie Davies said that under the Geneva Conventions, POWs are entitled to immunity as combatants. Saadoun's father, Taher Saadoun, told the Moroccan online Arab-language newspaper Madar 21 that his son is not a mercenary and that he holds Ukrainian citizenship. Aslin’s and Pinner’s families have said that the two men were long-serving members of the Ukrainian military. Both are said to have lived in Ukraine since 2018. The three men fought alongside Ukrainian troops before Pinner and Aslin surrendered to pro-Russian forces in the southern port of Mariupol in mid-April and Saadoun was captured in mid-March in the eastern city of Volnovakha. Another British fighter taken prisoner by the pro-Russian forces, Andrew Hill, is awaiting trial. The Russian military has argued that foreign mercenaries fighting on Ukraine’s side are not combatants and should expect long prison terms, at best, if captured. In other developments, Putin drew parallels between Peter the Great's founding of St. Petersburg and modern-day Russia's ambitions. When the czar founded the new capital, “no European country recognized it as Russia. Everybody recognized it as Sweden,” Putin said. He added: “What was (Peter) doing? Taking back and reinforcing. That’s what he did. And it looks like it fell on us to take back and reinforce as well.” Putin also appeared to leave the door open for further Russian territorial expansion. Also read: Russian missiles strike Kyiv, shattering sense of calm “It’s impossible — Do you understand? — impossible to build a fence around a country like Russia. And we do not intend to build that fence,” the Russian leader said. In other developments, French President Emmanuel Macron told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that France was ready to send more “heavy weapons” to Ukraine, according to Macron’s office. French officials did not elaborate on the weaponry. The phone conversation came after Macron angered Ukrainian officials by saying world powers should not “humiliate” Putin.” Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian army continued to push Russian forces back from Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city, which lies to the north of the Donbas. The transmission of Ukrainian television was restored after a TV tower was shelled. “Hitting television centers, destroying communication channels, leaving people isolated – this is the tactic of the occupiers that they cannot do without, for openness and honesty also are weapons against all that the Russian state does,” he said late Thursday in his evening address.

A tribunal here on Tuesday sentenced two people to death for killing an eighth grader after kidnapping him in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur district in 2020. The condemned convicts were Imran Morol and Sakib Babu. Also read:Bhola double murder: 2 sentenced to death The tribunal also acquitted four accused -Aktar Madbor, Sajib Majhi, Mohsin Hawlader, and Swapa Hawlader. Shariatpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Abdus Salam Khan pronounced the judgment with the convicts in the dock. Both the defense and prosecution have expressed dissatisfaction over the judgment saying they will move to the higher court to get justice.   According to the case statement, local youths kidnapped  Shakil Madbor and demanded Tk 5 lakh as ransom money. They later killed him on June 25, 2020 and buried the body near a pillar of Padma Bridge at Jajira end. The victim’s father, Salam Madbor, lodged a complaint with Jajira police station. Also read: Blogger Ananta killing: 4 sentenced to death Later police arrested Sakib who took Shakil to play in a local field. Based on Sakib’s information, police recovered the body of Shakil and a murder case was filed at Jajira Police Station accusing seven people.

A Gaibandha court on Sunday sentenced a man to death for selling drugs in 2019. The convict was Zahirul Islam, of Gobindaganj upazila of the district. Read:3 ‘drug traders’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’ According to the prosecution, police arrested Zahirul along with 250 grams of heroin while selling drugs at Gobindaganj municipality bazar on June 2, 2019. A case was filed in this regard.  After examining the records and witnesses, Gaibandha District and s Judge Dilip Kumar Bhoumik handed down the judgment.

A Cox’s Bazar court on Monday sentenced former OC Pradeep Kumar Das and police inspector Liakat Ali to death and six others to life term imprisonment in the Maj (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case. The six lifers are constable Sagar Dev, sub-inspector Nandolal Rakkhit, constable Rubel Sharma, Nurul Amin, Md Nizamuddin and Ayaz Uddin. District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Ismail pronounced the judgment in presence of all the 15 accused, said Public Prosecutor Faridul Alam. The court, however, acquitted seven other accused. Also read: Sinha murder case verdict being read out The 15 accused were brought to the court from Cox's Bazar district jail at 2 pm. Of the 15 accused, 12 had given confessional statements before court except Pradeep, Sagar Dev and Rubel.

A special court in Dhaka on Tuesday sentenced six people to death for killing journalist Xulhaz Mannan and his theatre-activist friend Mahbub Tonoy in 2016. Judge Mojibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal, also imposed a fine of Tk 50,000 on the convicts. However, the court acquitted two other accused in the case. Read: Xulhaz-Tanoy murder: Charges pressed against 8 The convicts sentenced to death are Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque alias Major Zia, Mozammel Hossain alias Simon, Arafat Rahman, Sheikh Abdullah, Md Asadullah, and Akram Hossain alias Abir. They are suspected to be members of the banned militant outfit Ansar-Al-Islam. Zia and Akram are currently on the run.