A man convicted of raping his own daughter has been sentenced to life in prison.

A Khagrachhari court on Thursday sentenced a woman and four others to death for killing her husband in 2016.

A Bhola court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and minor daughter in Daulatkhan upazila in 2017.

A Barishal court on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in Hijla upazila in 2013 over dowry.

Bangladesh has urged Canada to send back Bangabandhu's killer Noor Chowdhury to execute the court verdict at home.    Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen raised the issue during a telephone conversation with his Canadian counterpart François-Philippe Champagne on Wednesday evening.    Dr Momen said it will be a big achievement for the people of Bangladesh if the killer of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is brought back to Bangladesh and the verdict is executed in the year of Bangabandhu's birth centenary.   Minister Champagne reiterated Canada’s support to Bangladesh in responding to the health and economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.    Canada and Bangladesh enjoy a long-standing relationship, strengthened by development cooperation, growing trade, people-to-people links and Canada’s commitment to support the Rohingya crisis.   The Canadian Minister proposed to form an alliance to face the post-COVID-19 challenges. 

 Terming premeditated and politically motivated a Chattogram court’s verdict sentencing its Vice-chairman Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury to three years’ imprisonment, BNP on Thursday said the criticism of the government has now considered as a crime.