BANGLADESH: MAN GOES TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE IN SHERPUR

at a court in Sherpur, Bangladesh, District Additional and Sessions Judge Ratneshwar Bhattacharya convicted a man and sentenced him to death in absentia for killing his wife for dowry. Ruhul Amin, 55, of Rajnagar village in Nalitabari upazila allegedly killed Shaymola Khatun by hitting her on the head with a sharp weapon on January 6, 2003.