Bangladesh, July 31 -- A Naogaon court has sentenced two people to death for the kidnapping and murder of a teenage boy in Badalgachi Upazila, while handing life sentences to two others for the rape of a woman in Manda Upazila.

Judge Mehedi Hasan Talukder of the Naogaon Women and Child Abuse Prevention Tribunal-2 delivered the verdicts in two separate cases on Thursday afternoon in the presence of the accused, said state lawyer Rezaul Karim.

The two sentenced to death in the murder case are Mishu, 19, and Pinki, 30, both residents of Khadail village in Badalgachi.

In the rape case, Morshed, 35, and Rabiul, 38, of Manda Upazila received life in prison.

According to the murder case dossier, on Nov 7, 2020, 14-year-old Nazmul Hossain was...