Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced a man to death and three others to life in prison for the murder of pick-up driver Asadul Islam in Dhaka's Hazaribagh three years ago.

Dhaka's Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Nazmun Nahar Nipu delivered the verdict on Wednesday.

The death row convict was identified as Raju Howlader, while Anik Hasan alias Shanto, Sajal Mia, and Kausar were sentenced to life in prison.

State lawyer Khandaker Safi Newaz Nasir said that, in addition to the death sentence, Raju was fined Tk 50,000. The three other convicts were fined Tk 25,000 each.

Raju was in jail and was produced in court for the verdict hearing. After the verdict was delivered, another state lawyer - Mahmudur Rahman Sweet - said a ...