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
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mahbub Hashem Jewel, 24, a nephew of Capt (retd) Kismat...
Mahbub Hashem Jewel, 24, a nephew of Capt (retd) Kismat Hashem, a fugitive from the death sentence in the Bangabandhu murder Case, was sentenced to death for killing an engineer
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named Alamgir was sentenced to death by the district...
A man named Alamgir was sentenced to death by the district court for raping and then poisoning to death his sister-in-law aged 9 years
- AUGUST 29, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladeshi authorities asked Pakistan to ascertain...
Bangladeshi authorities asked Pakistan to ascertain the whereabouts of two of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- AUGUST 17, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Bangladesh Chhatra League began its fast unto death...
The Bangladesh Chhatra League began its fast unto death program at the Central Shaheed Minar demanding the execution of the verdict in the Bangabandhu murder case
- AUGUST 15, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of people paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Thousands of people paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the 25th anniversary of his death
- AUGUST 1, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra...
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra League formed a 30-minute human chain on the Dhaka-Aricha highway demanding the execution of the killers of Bangabandhu
- JULY 5, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Billal Hossain, 35, was given the death penalty for...
Billal Hossain, 35, was given the death penalty for murdering his wife in 1997
- JULY 5, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two men found guilty of killing a minor were condemned...
Two men found guilty of killing a minor were condemned to death
- JUNE 28, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The death reference of Bangabandhu murder case came...
The death reference of Bangabandhu murder case came up for hearing in the Supreme Court
- JUNE 27, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Radkhantapur man [identified only as] Tazemul was...
A Radkhantapur man [identified only as] Tazemul was given the death penalty for burning his pregnant wife to death
- JUNE 25, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man, Zahid [no first name given] of Nazirhat village...
A man, Zahid [no first name given] of Nazirhat village in Sonandanga upazila, was condemned to death for strangling his wife Rahima and daughter Reshma to death, on September 5, 1997
- JUNE 1, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shamsul...
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shamsul Arefin condemned to death Ershad Ali Sikder, a notorious terrorist, for the killing of a murder witness