BANGLADESH: HILLS DISTRICT COURT GIVES FIRST DEATH SENTENCE

a Bandarban court in Bangladesh sentenced Chittagong Hill Tracts resident Belal Hossain, 25, to death for murdering his wife. District judge Rishikesh Saha gave him seven days to appeal to the High Court. Hossain allegedly hacked Henoara Begum, 20, to death on May 13, 2008, in Lombaghona.