Singapore on Wednesday hanged a Bangladeshi man for murder, police said, in the first execution this year in the city-state.
"The capital sentence of death imposed on Ahmed Salim was carried out on 28 February 2024," the Singapore Police Force said in a statement.
The 35-year-old was sentenced to death in December 2020 for the murder of his former fiancee in Singapore, the SPF said.
He "was accorded full due process under the law, and had access to legal counsel throughout the process", it added.
Ahmed appeals before the Court of Appeal and petition for clemency to Singapore president were dismissed, according to the police.
It was the first judicial execution in Singapore this year, local anti-death-penalty group Transformative Justice Collective (TJC) said.
Before that, at least 16 people were hanged after Singapore resumed executions in 2022, all convicted on drug trafficking charges.
There had been a two-year pause during the Covid-19 pandemic.
State Minister for power Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday said the government has decided to increase power tariff from March 01 to minimize government subsidy to the sector.
"Those who consume up to 50 units will see a price hike of 34 paisa per unit. For those consuming above 50 units, the increase will range from 34 to 70 paisa (per unit). The new power tariff will come into effect from next month (March)," he told journalists at his ministry conference room.
Nasrul Hamid said that price of electricity usually fluctuates depending on the fuel price globally, adding, "So we have to synchronize with that, there is no other way. We are going to adjust a very small amount of power tariff that is 34 paisa.... There are 1.40 crore life line customers. They pay bill at Tk. 4 (per unit), those who are above, are charged Tk. 7. But on average our production cost is Tk. 12 per unit."
Just a few hours prior to the entry tests of Arts, Law and Social Science faculties, the Dhaka University (DU) authority defended itself regarding the allegations of admission test question paper leakage, saying it just a rumour spread on social media including Facebook on Thursday morning.
The admission tests of the three faculties under a single unit are scheduled to be held between 11 am to 12.30 pm on Friday in the country eight divisional headquarters including Dhaka.
DU student suspected to be militant operative detained at Jagannath University
On Thursday morning, rumours spread on social media that the question paper of the entry test was available in exchange for money and the admission aspirants were asked to contact through Telegrams to have those.
The aspirants were asked to pay Tk 20, 000 in advance and the rest Tk 30, 000 will have to be paid post the examination.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin today asked judges and others concerned to be careful not to abuse their power as he addressed an international conference on the Bangladesh Supreme Court premises here.
"Power is inextricably linked with responsibility . . , Strict care should be taken to ensure that power is not misused," he told judges and other concerned.
The Head of the State said this at the opening ceremony of the two-day long conference titled "SOUTH ASIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY: LESSONS FROM BANGLADESH AND INDIA" at the SC Inner Court Yard here.