A man was sentenced to death for killing a third grader after rape in Barishal town in 2018.

The report on the 'Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2020', seeking death penalty for rape, was submitted to Parliament on Monday.

The much-talked-about 'Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2020' was introduced in Parliament on Sunday, stipulating the death penalty as the maximum punishment in rape cases.

Describing rapists as 'beasts', Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government has to induct the death sentence in the relevant law to save girls from these beasts.