Dhaka, May 21 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced a man to death for the killing his wife in Ashulia's Jirabo a decade ago.

Rezaul Karim Madbar was convicted in a verdict declared by Dhaka Additional Sessions Judge Md Abdullah Al Masud on Thursday.

State lawyer Ziaul Haque said, "In addition to the sentence, the accused Rezaul has been fined Tk 10,000. The suspect is absconding on bail. An arrest warrant has been issued against him along with a sentence warrant."

According to the case details, Rezaul and Sima Akhter lived near Jirabo with their 8-year-old daughter. Sima worked in a garment factory, while Rezaul was unemployed.

When Sima urged her husband to find work, he would beat her.

Rezaul killed Sima by hitting her on the head and sl...