Indian SC turns down a final plea for reprieve by Yakub Memon, who was found guilty of financing the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings, clearing the way for his execution.

Hours after Supreme Court upheld death penalty of SQ Chy, BNP alleges that he has become a victim of political vengeance.

Prafulla Chandra Singha, son of Nutan Chandra Singha, who was murdered by Salauddin in 1971, said he is waiting for the execution of death penalty of his father’s killer.

Gonojagoron Mancha demands immediate execution of the death penalty pronounced to the BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for his crimes against humanity in 1971.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam expresses satisfaction with the apex court verdict that upheld death penalty for BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

The apex court of Bangladesh finally ensures the death penalty of war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

Gonojagoron Mancha’s demand for upholding death of war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is not contemptuous, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says.

The ruling Awami League today hails the Supreme Court verdict upholding the death penalty of Jamaat’s Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for war crimes charges while BNP, as usual, keep mum.

Supreme Court begins hearing on the appeal against death penalty handed to war criminal and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, who was executed at Dhaka Central Jail last night for his 1971 war crimes, is buried at his village home in Sherpur.

The man accused of bombing Boston Marathon in 2013 is found guilty of all 30 charges that he faced, many of which carry the death penalty.

The Supreme Court has completed drafting the verdict that upheld the death penalty of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman for his crimes committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

Supreme Court verdict upholding death penalty of war criminal Kamaruzzaman will be executed at the earliest possible time, law minister says.

The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict Monday on the review petition filed by convicted war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman against its verdict that upheld his death penalty.

Human rights group Amnesty International says there was an "alarming" increase in death sentences around the world in 2014.

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan challenges the death penalty awarded to him by a war crimes tribunal for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971

Pakistan has hanged 12 convicts, the largest number of people executed on the same day since the country overturned a ban on executions.

Pakistan is to resume executions for all death penalty offences, months after a moratorium was partially lifted to allow executions of terror convicts

Supreme Court gives time to both state and defence until March 31 for submitting concise statements on an appeal filed by convicted war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death penalty

Supreme Court fixes April 1 for hearing review plea filed by condemned war criminal Kamaruzzaman against its verdict that upheld his death penalty