BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF SISTER

a man was sentenced to death for killing his minor sister following a quarrel with his mother at Pachoi village in Hajiganj, Bangladesh.
A District and Sessions Court in Chandpur handed down the verdict to Nazrul Islam, 25, in a crowded court. The prosecution said Nazrul had a quarrel with his mother on July 9, 2004 when she refused to give him Tk 20,000. In his anger he murdered his five-year old sister Rehana.