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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released after death sentence overturned

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was released from prison on Dec. 1 after completing a one-year sentence for speaking out against the Iranian regime, the Iranian judiciary's Mizan news agency reported early on Monday.

'Death Sentence' art exhibition explores link between death and aesthetics

The opening ceremony of the art exhibition “Death Sentence” took place yesterday (February 15) at the Bengal Shilpalay. Curated by Jewel A Rob, under the Bengal Foundation’s Subir Choudhury Curatorial Practice Grant, works by five artists namely Anisuzzaman Sohel, Emran Sohel, Promotesh Das Pulak, Najmun Nahar Keya, and Shimul Datta, are currently being featured in the show.

Iran issues first death sentence over Mahsa Amini protests

Iran on Sunday issued its first death sentence over the protests that have shaken the country's clerical leadership, the judiciary said, with a rights group warning other convicts risked being "hastily" executed.

Naval base mosque attack: 5 JMB men get death sentence

A Chattogram tribunal today sentenced five members of the banned militant group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for the bomb attack on a naval base in Chattogram.

2 cops to die for killing 2 college girls after rape

A Kishoreganj court sentences two persons including a police constable to death and five others to four-year jail term in connection with killing of two college girls in 2008.

Husband, 5 others handed death for killing housewife

A Dhaka court sentences six persons to death for killing a housewife by setting her on fire over dowry in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka in 2005.

Youth gets death for killing child after rape in Kishoreganj

A youth has been awarded death penalty by Kishoreganj Women and Children Repression Prevention court today for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl.

2 to die for killing girl after rape in Natore

A Natore court sentences two people to death for killing an eleven-year-old schoolgirl after rape in Naldanga upazila in the district in 2015.

4 to walk gallows for killing schoolboy in Gazipur

A court in Gazipur today convicts four people, including two siblings, and sentences them to death for killing a schoolboy at Pubail in the city in August 2004.

December 2, 2024
December 2, 2024

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released after death sentence overturned

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was released from prison on Dec. 1 after completing a one-year sentence for speaking out against the Iranian regime, the Iranian judiciary's Mizan news agency reported early on Monday.

February 16, 2024
February 16, 2024

'Death Sentence' art exhibition explores link between death and aesthetics

The opening ceremony of the art exhibition “Death Sentence” took place yesterday (February 15) at the Bengal Shilpalay. Curated by Jewel A Rob, under the Bengal Foundation’s Subir Choudhury Curatorial Practice Grant, works by five artists namely Anisuzzaman Sohel, Emran Sohel, Promotesh Das Pulak, Najmun Nahar Keya, and Shimul Datta, are currently being featured in the show.

November 14, 2022
November 14, 2022

Iran issues first death sentence over Mahsa Amini protests

Iran on Sunday issued its first death sentence over the protests that have shaken the country's clerical leadership, the judiciary said, with a rights group warning other convicts risked being "hastily" executed.

August 17, 2022
August 17, 2022

Naval base mosque attack: 5 JMB men get death sentence

A Chattogram tribunal today sentenced five members of the banned militant group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for the bomb attack on a naval base in Chattogram.

February 17, 2019
February 17, 2019

2 cops to die for killing 2 college girls after rape

A Kishoreganj court sentences two persons including a police constable to death and five others to four-year jail term in connection with killing of two college girls in 2008.

July 5, 2018
July 5, 2018

Husband, 5 others handed death for killing housewife

A Dhaka court sentences six persons to death for killing a housewife by setting her on fire over dowry in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka in 2005.

May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018

Youth gets death for killing child after rape in Kishoreganj

A youth has been awarded death penalty by Kishoreganj Women and Children Repression Prevention court today for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl.

April 18, 2018
April 18, 2018

2 to die for killing girl after rape in Natore

A Natore court sentences two people to death for killing an eleven-year-old schoolgirl after rape in Naldanga upazila in the district in 2015.

April 21, 2016
April 21, 2016

4 to walk gallows for killing schoolboy in Gazipur

A court in Gazipur today convicts four people, including two siblings, and sentences them to death for killing a schoolboy at Pubail in the city in August 2004.

March 9, 2016
March 9, 2016

Death penalty of JMB man commuted

Supreme Court commutes the death sentence of a member of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to jail until death for the bomb attack on Sylhet judge in 2005.