Three to die for UK envoy attack

A court in north-east Bangladesh has sentenced three men to death for a 2004 grenade attack which killed three people and wounded a British diplomat.

Prosecutors said the men were all members of the banned Islamic militant group Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami (Huji).

Two others were given life terms by the court in the city of Sylhet.

British High Commissioner Anwar Chowdhury was visiting a shrine in the city when the blast occurred. As well as those killed more than 50 were hurt.