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
- MAY 6, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in...
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in absentia for killing two people, from the capital's Gulshan area
- MARCH 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a young man to death...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a young man to death by hanging in absentia for violating a girl
- MARCH 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five young men were sentenced to death for raping and...
Five young men were sentenced to death for raping and stabbing to death a young woman in Bangladesh
- MARCH 13, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh, under pressure to clamp down on escalating...
Bangladesh, under pressure to clamp down on escalating violence against women, introduced a law making acid attacks punishable by death
- MARCH 8, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 50 Bangladeshi women, victims of acid attacks...
Nearly 50 Bangladeshi women, victims of acid attacks by jilted lovers or family foes, led a rally through the streets of Dhaka to mark International Women's Day, openly displaying their scars
- MARCH 7, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
[opposition] Awami League presidium member Abdul Jalil...
[opposition] Awami League presidium member Abdul Jalil urged the pro-independence forces to unite to resist those who were unleashing heinous crimes like killings, repression, rape, atrocities and looting of the people's property across the country
- MARCH 6, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Bangladeshi women took to the streets in...
Hundreds of Bangladeshi women took to the streets in Dhaka in a silent protest against spiralling numbers of sexual attacks, calling for rapists to be punished by death
- FEBRUARY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh gave the death penalty to a man...
A court in Bangladesh gave the death penalty to a man in absentia on a charge of killing his wife
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh, alarmed by the growing use of corrosive...
Bangladesh, alarmed by the growing use of corrosive acid to disfigure and sometimes kill young women, proposed tough new laws that set death as the maximum penalty
- JANUARY 31, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for...
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for killing his wife
- JANUARY 20, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed...
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed Ali and a life term to his accomplice Akramul Hossain on charges of rape and murder
- JANUARY 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dinajpur gave the death penalty to a man...
A court in Dinajpur gave the death penalty to a man for throwing acid on a teen-aged girl in Hakimpur upazila, which left the girl blind