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. In accordance to his last wish Jamaluddin was given to eat jackfruit and a coconut. They had been sentenced to death for killing a neighbour in broad daylight, Kashem Member, in April 1990. The Supreme Court upheld the verdict and the President turned down the plea for clemency. Their bodies were handed over to close relatives at the jail gate later on in the morning.