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DHAKA, Aug 18, 2026 (BSS) - A court here today convicted and sentenced one 
Asif Shikder to death in a case filed over the stabbing death of his friend, 
Manarat International University student Nasim Ahmed in 2017.

Judge Tawhida Akter of Dhaka Seventh Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge 
Court pronounced the judgment in absence of Asif as he is still at large and 
was tried in absentia.

According to the case documents, on November 6, 2017, Asif stabbed Nasim in 
front of his home following an altercation between the two the previous 
night. Nasim ran for his life but collapsed in front of his house. His family 
members rushed him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), where 
doctors on duty declared him dead.

Nasim's father filed the case with the Badda Police Station against Asif and 
two others. Police on September 30, 2018, filed a charge-sheet against Asif. 
The court on January 19, 2022, framed charges against him in his absence. 

The court today came up with the judgment after examining 14 of the 20 
witnesses.