Bangladesh
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- December 16, 1972, suspended on March 24, 1982, restored on November 10, 1986, amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges appointed by the President)
RELIGIONS
83% Muslims, 16% Hindus, Buddhist, Catholic, and Protestant minorities
From the country
- JULY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahidul Islam handed down...
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahidul Islam handed down the death sentence to Mohammad Monir Hossain Liton, 21 and Mohammad Abu Sayeed, 20 who were on the dock, quiet and unnerved for killing Shihab, a schoolboy, in the city on February 7, 2001
- JULY 15, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In Bangladesh, BNP leaders demanded the execution of...
In Bangladesh, BNP leaders demanded the execution of Awami League MP Col (rtd) Shawkat Ali, the principal suspect in the murder of Kazi Delwar Hosain and seven others
- JULY 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A young man was sentenced to death by the District...
A young man was sentenced to death by the District and Sessions Judge's Court for poisoning to death his wife
- JULY 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted a man and sentenced...
A court in Bangladesh convicted a man and sentenced him to death in absentia for killing a woman
- JULY 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted a man and sentenced...
A court in Bangladesh convicted a man and sentenced him to death in absentia for killing a woman
- JULY 5, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special Bangladeshi court ordered two men to be hanged...
A special Bangladeshi court ordered two men to be hanged for the murder of a five-year-old girl, taking the number of people sentenced to death in one week to 10, officials said
- JUNE 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after...
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after being convicted of killing a Sri Lankan woman
- JUNE 18, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Six men were sentenced to death for murder of a young...
Six men were sentenced to death for murder of a young housewife about two years ago
- MAY 28, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In the Amnesty International annual report it was said...
In the Amnesty International annual report it was said that two men were hanged in February 2001, marking a resumption of executions after more than three years
- MAY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mofazzal Hossain, a man convicted of murdering two...
Mofazzal Hossain, a man convicted of murdering two close relatives, was executed in a prison in northern Bangladesh after his appeal against the death sentence was turned down by the Supreme Court
- MAY 11, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special tribunal in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A special tribunal in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death for violating a minor girl in an attack that led to her death
- MAY 8, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special tribunal convicted and sentenced 5 persons...
A special tribunal convicted and sentenced 5 persons to death and 7 persons to suffer imprisonment for life with a fine of Tk 5000 each, in default to undergo another one year RI for killing a 16-year-old girl after rape