BANGLADESH: 2 TO HANG FOR MURDER

in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Shahed Nur Uddin sentenced Mohammad Nasir, 26, and 'Yasin', 28 to death for fatally stabbing contractors Monir and Alam. They were ordered by Tillu Hajee after he had an altercation with the victims in Hazaribagh on June 1, 2007, over building a government culvert on his land in Charwaspur village.