Bangladesh 2003
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News on Bangladesh in 2003
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and sentenced him to death by hanging for killing his colleague
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shamsul Alam was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Shamsul Alam was sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in Bangladesh for killing his wife
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Jahangir Hossain Bhuiyan was sentenced to death in...
Jahangir Hossain Bhuiyan was sentenced to death in absentia by the District and Sessions Court in Chandpur, Bangladesh, for killing his two sisters by throwing them into the Meghna river
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rajab Ali, 22, and Abdus Salam, 23, were sentenced...
Rajab Ali, 22, and Abdus Salam, 23, were sentenced to death by hanging for the rape of an eight year old girl which resulted in her death
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions in Bangladesh convicted...
An Additional District and Sessions in Bangladesh convicted four people, sentencing Abdul Malek to death and his brother Shahadat and nephews Bakul and Mukul to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing a member of their family
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal,...
The Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal, Bangladesh, convicted Lokman Sarder of killing his wife for dowry and sentenced him to death by hanging
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shubhash Rajbanshi, 27, and Bimal Rajbanshi, 26, of...
Shubhash Rajbanshi, 27, and Bimal Rajbanshi, 26, of Katigram village in Sadar were sentenced them to death for killing a schoolboy
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Special Tribunal on Women and Children Repression...
The Special Tribunal on Women and Children Repression in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced six people, including two women, to death by hanging for the April 23, 1998, rape and murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman
- AUGUST 31, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Abdus Salam, 27, Nazrul...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Abdus Salam, 27, Nazrul Islam, 25, and Selim, 25, in absentia and condemned them to death for murder
- AUGUST 25, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hafizur Rahman, a 36 year old Bangladeshi man convicted...
Hafizur Rahman, a 36 year old Bangladeshi man convicted of killing his wife and two sons, was condemned to death for the triple-murder
- AUGUST 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A District and Sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced...
A District and Sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced to death Ali Hossain, 22 and his younger brother Babu, for murder
- AUGUST 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death, including three brothers, after convicting them of killing a 42-year-old man
- AUGUST 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two brothers, Sagar and Swapan, were sentenced to death...
Two brothers, Sagar and Swapan, were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, the latter in absentia, for shooting dead a man inside mosque
- AUGUST 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh...
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for killing his cousin
- AUGUST 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Deepak Chakrawarty, a 30 year old Bangladeshi, was...
Deepak Chakrawarty, a 30 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing his younger brother, Ripon Chakrawarty, 24, with an axe on 2 February 2002 following an argument
- AUGUST 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mollah Mamun, a young Bangladeshi man, was sentenced...
Mollah Mamun, a young Bangladeshi man, was sentenced to death by the Additional Metropolitan Session Court and three others were awarded life-term imprisonment yesterday for stabbing to death Masum on 31 July 2000
- AUGUST 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four young men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh...
Four young men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for the rape and murder of Hasina Banu, 15, in 1999
- AUGUST 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Mofizuddin, 53, and...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Mofizuddin, 53, and Abdus Samad Dewan, 45, and sentenced them to death for killing an aborigine man
- JULY 31, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A district court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to...
A district court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to death and two others to life imprisonment in absentia for the kidnap and murder of a boy at Dhamrai in 1995
- JULY 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Bahauddin Sikder, "a young man",...
It was reported that Bahauddin Sikder, "a young man", was awarded capital punishment for torturing his wife to death at Bhonga in Mehendiganj, Bangladesh, "about three years ago"
- JULY 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Swapan Gazi, a 24 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced...
Swapan Gazi, a 24 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced to death by hanging for hurling acid on his nine-year-old wife, leaving her partially deaf and blind
- JULY 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Faisal Alam Ansari, 42, his brother Saiful Alam Ansari...
Faisal Alam Ansari, 42, his brother Saiful Alam Ansari and Rana Ahmed were sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for murdering business partner Humayun Kabir at Dhanmondi in 1999
- JULY 18, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of...
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering a Saudi national, was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca
- JULY 17, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh sentenced to death...
A Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia Shafiqur Rahman Tuhin for poisoning to death his mother-in-law and five other members of the family on 25 June 2002
- JULY 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Haji Giasuddin, 58, and Jamaluddin, 48, two Bangladeshi...
Haji Giasuddin, 58, and Jamaluddin, 48, two Bangladeshi men sentenced to death in 1994, were executed in the early hours of the day
- JULY 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Speedy Tribunal judge Sheikh Jahangir Hossain sentenced...
Speedy Tribunal judge Sheikh Jahangir Hossain sentenced Kamruzzaman Faruk to death for stabbing to death his wife Kamrun Nahar Laila in a Dhaka suburb in 2002, private Channel-I TV network reported
- JULY 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judge Shahed Noor Uddin of the Speedy Trial Tribunal...
Judge Shahed Noor Uddin of the Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced to death five men and also sentenced a man accused of abetting the murder to life in prison
- JULY 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi court ordered Kamal Pasha to be hanged...
A Bangladeshi court ordered Kamal Pasha to be hanged for gunning down two brothers
- JULY 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ripon, 20, was sentenced to death by the a Speedy Trial...
Ripon, 20, was sentenced to death by the a Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh for the murder of his brother-in-law at Demra
- JUNE 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A young Bangladeshi, Shaju Mia, was sentenced to death...
A young Bangladeshi, Shaju Mia, was sentenced to death for murdering and raping a girl of nine