Bangladesh 2021
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News on Bangladesh in 2021
DECEMBER 27, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 13 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF BRAHMANBARIA AWAMI LEAGUE LEADER
A Dhaka court on 26 December 2021 sentenced 13 people to death in a case filed over the murder of a local Awami League leader in 2016.
DECEMBER 15, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 8 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF SOLDIER IN JHENAIDAH
A Khulna tribunal on 15 december 2021 sentenced eight people to death for the murder of a soldier in Jhenaidah.
- DECEMBER 13, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SATKHIRA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A Satkhira court on 12 December 2021 awarded the death penalty to a man for murdering his wife eleven years ago.
DECEMBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 20 STUDENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Bangladesh sentenced 20 university students to death on 8 December 2021 for the brutal 2019 murder of a young man who criticised the government on social media.
DECEMBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: RAJSHAHI COURT SENTENCES 9 TO DEATH, 22 TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER OF CHHATRA LEAGUE LEADER
A Rajshahi court has sentenced nine people, including a former Rajshahi city councillor, to death and 22 others to life in prison for the murder of Chhatra League leader and apprentice lawyer Shahin Alam aka Shahin Shah.
DECEMBER 2, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 13 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING SIX STUDENTS AT AMINBAZAR
A Dhaka court on 2 December 2021 awarded death sentence to 13 people and life imprisonment to 19 others on charges of killing six students at Aminbazar on the outskirts of capital Dhaka 10 years ago.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER OF TEEN EASY BIKE DRIVER IN GOPALGANJ
A Gopalganj court on 25 November 2021 sentenced five people to death for the murder of 16-year-old Easy Bike driver Jahidul Islam Babu in 2013.
NOVEMBER 24, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: APEX COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF JMB MILITANT SALEHIN
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 23 November 2021 upheld the death penalty of Salauddin Salehin, a dreaded militant from the banned JMB, who was convicted in the killing of Goni Gomez of Jamalpur 17 years ago.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SISTER IN NARAIL
A Narail court on 15 November 2021 sentenced a man to death for killing his sister in 2019.
NOVEMBER 2, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN KHULNA
A court in Khulna on 31 October 2021 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2020.
- OCTOBER 27, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE GET DEATH IN BUSINESSMAN MURDER CASE
A court in Gopalganj on 26 October 2021 convicted five people and sentenced them to death in a businessman murder case.
OCTOBER 21, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A policeman has been sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing his wife, Nepalnews reported on 6 October 2021.
- OCTOBER 20, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MYMENSINGH MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MOTHER’S MURDER
A Mymensingh court on 11 October 2021 sentenced 50-year-old Md Mustafa to death for the murder of his mother, 70-year-old Mariam Begum.
OCTOBER 12, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF COLLEGE STUDENT
A court in Bangladesh on 12 October 2021 sentenced five people to death and acquitted nine others in a case filed for killing of college student Raju Ahmmed in Rajshahi.
- OCTOBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH OVER 2017 COCAINE HAUL IN KHULNA
A Khulna court on 8 October 2021 awarded the death penalty unto a man in a 2017 narcotics case filed over the recovery of contraband cocaine worth around Tk22 crore.
OCTOBER 6, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: RAPE, MURDER CONVICTS EXECUTED AT JESSORE CENTRAL JAIL
Two death-row convicts in a case filed for killing two women after raping them in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district were executed on 4 October 2001 night.
OCTOBER 5, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MIZAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CTG COURT BOMBING
Chattogram Anti-Terrorism Tribunal on 3 October 2021 awarded death sentence to Zahidul Islam Mizan alias "Boma Mizan" in a case filed over killing two people in a suicide bombing on a police check-post on the premises of a Chattogram court in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: BUS SUPERVISOR GETS DEATH PENALTY IN DRUG CASE IN GAIBANDHA
A Gaibandha court on 17 August 2021 morning sentenced a man to death in a case over his involvement in smuggling heroin.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF TWO FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF A CHILD
The Supreme Court on 21 September 2021 upheld the death sentence of two persons convicted for the abduction, rape and murder of Tania, a child from Patuakhali.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
A court in Bangladesh on 31 August 2021 sentenced six members of a banned group to death and acquitted two others in connection with the murder of two LGBTQ rights activists five years ago.
JULY 17, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ISLAMIST EXTREMIST EXECUTED FOR 2005 BOMB ATTACK
Bangladesh has executed a hardline Islamist for a 2005 bomb attack in which eight people died.
JUNE 23, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING HIS WIFE 17 YEARS AGO
A 55-year-old man was executed on 17 June 2021 for the killing of his wife over a family feud 17 years ago, jail authorities said.
- MARCH 27, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 14 ISLAMIST MILITANTS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR ATTEMPTING TO KILL PM HASINA
A Bangladeshi court on 23 March 2021 handed down the death sentence to 14 Islamist militants for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her southwestern constituency in 2000.
- MARCH 20, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILD IN CHAPAINAWABGANJ
Two people on 18 March 2021 were sentenced to death for killing a seven-year-old child, Baitul, in Chapainawabganj.
- MARCH 18, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING BUSINESSMAN IN KHULNA
A Khulna court on 18 March 2021 sentenced four people to death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2010.
MARCH 15, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING KHULNA COLLEGE TEACHER
A Khulna court sentenced two accused to death on 15 March 2021 for killing a teacher of Shahid Abul Kashem Degree College in 2017.
MARCH 11, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 9 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MAN IN CTG
A Chattogram (Chittagong) court on 8 March 2021 sentenced nine people to death in a case filed over killing a man at Fatikchhari upazila 17 years ago.
- MARCH 4, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN AFTER RAPE IN CHITTAGONG
A Chittagong court on 3 March 2021 sentenced four people to death in a case filed for killing a woman after rape in 2016.
MARCH 1, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR QUADRUPLE MURDER
A Narayanganj court on 28 February 2021 sentenced two accused to death after 13 years of the four sensational murders in Fatullah of Narayanganj.
FEBRUARY 23, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DISABLED WIFE, SON
A Kishoreganj court on 8 February 2021 awarded the death sentence to a man for killing his disabled wife and son. Additionally he was fined Tk 2 lakh.