Capital Punishment

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Features

World Day Against the Death Penalty: How long till Bangladesh too drops the capital punishment?

From 2013 to 2023, Bangladesh carried out at least 30 executions, mostly in cases involving murder, terrorism, and war crimes related to the 1971 Liberation War

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Bangladesh

6 sentenced to death over murder of Cumilla college teacher

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Court

Chattogram court sentences 5 JMB militants to death

Execution rate increases by 60% in Bangladesh: Amnesty
Bangladesh

Execution rate increases by 60% in Bangladesh: Amnesty

Four JMB men to die for killing Humayun Azad
Crime

Four JMB men to die for killing Humayun Azad

13 sentenced to death for killing B’baria AL leader
Court

13 sentenced to death for killing B’baria AL leader

9 to walk the gallows, 22 jailed for life for killing Rajshahi BCL leader 
Court

9 to walk the gallows, 22 jailed for life for killing Rajshahi BCL leader 

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World+Biz

Japan death row inmates sue over 'inhumane' same-day notification

FILE PHOTO: Ruhollah Zam, a dissident journalist who was captured in what Tehran calls an intelligence operation, speaks during his trial in Tehran, Iran June 2, 2020. Mizan News Agency/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
World+Biz

Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam 

An US flag waves in the wind on a boat near the Statue of Liberty in New York August 31, 2011. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
World+Biz

US to carry out first federal execution of a woman in seven decades

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Law & order

Ordinance likely Tuesday on capital punishment for rape

Three of the ten accused, Rajib Gandhi, Alamgir Hossain and Ramjan Ali, of Hindu priest Jogeshwar Roy murder case were seen at the premises of Rajshahi court after they were awarded with capital punishment on March 03, 2020. TBS Photo
Court

4 to walk the gallows for killing a Hindu priest

Japan hangs two murderers, first executions in 2019
World+Biz

Japan hangs two murderers, first executions in 2019