At least two people were sentenced to death for murders in Kurigram and Bhola on Tuesday.
In Kurigram, Abdus Sattar, 55, was convicted by the Kurigram District Magistrate Court, reports our Kurigram correspondent Ariful Islam citing Public Prosecutor Abraham Lincon.
Laili Khatun, 45, wife of Shamsul Haque, died in Rowmari upazila on November 8, of 2010, after Sattar hit her with a shovel, according to the case details.
Sattar and his men were hijacking a shallow-engine run irrigation pump belonging to Laili's family over a previous rivalry. As Laili protested the incident, Sattar hit her with a shovel and she died later that night at the upazila hospital.
In Bhola, a court sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and minor daughter in Daulatkhan upazila in 2017, reports UNB.
The convict is Md Bellal Hossain.
According to the prosecution, Bellal chopped his wife to death on June 2, 2017 and burned the body after wrapping it with a blanket. The fire also burned his minor daughter to death.
After examining all the records and witnesses, Bhola district and sessions judge ABM Mahmudul Haque handed down the verdict.