The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Thursday sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to death as he was found guilty of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. The three-member tribunal, comprising its chairman justice Obaidul Hassan, justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and judge Md Shahinur Islam,
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Human traffickers to get death
Cabinet okays max punishment in draft bill The cabinet yesterday approved the draft bill on human trafficking with the provision of capital punishment for the heinous offence. The weekly cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the secretariat also okayed a list of 124 foreign nationals including politicians, artists and intellectuals, and institutions
Death penalty for OC Rafiq
Rafiqul Islam who was suspended as the officer-in-charge of the Motijheeel police and two others were on Wednesday sentenced to death on charge of killing college student Kamrul Islam Momin in 2005. Dhaka speedy trial tribunal judge Mohammad Rezaul Islam convicted Rafiqul, Tareq alias Zia and Shakhawat Hossain Jewel to death
Death penalty for human traffickers
In a bid to clamp down on cheats defrauding thousands on the pretext of arranging for jobs overseas, as well as, to stop human trafficking across the Indo-Bangladesh border, the cabinet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday approved a new draft law that has provided for death sentence to traffickers. The law is titled ... Read more