A Rajshahi court on Monday sentenced three people to death for killing Rajshahi University professor AKM Shafiul Islam in 2014.
Earlier on 6 April, Rajshahi speedy trial tribunal set 15 April for delivering the verdict in the murder case.
On 15 November 2014, sociology department teacher Shafiul Islam, known as a progressive and a Lalon songs enthusiast, was stabbed by some unknown assailants at Chouddapai near the RU campus on his way home.
He succumbed to his injures at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital.
On 30 November 2015, inspector Rezaus Sadik of Detective Branch submitted a charge sheet against 11 people and ruled out any militant outfit's involvement in the murder.