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
DECEMBER 2, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH-ROW CONVICT HANGED AT KASHIMPUR JAIL
A death-row convict was hanged on 30 November 2022 at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in a case filed for the murder of freedom fighter Gias Uddin in Narayanganj.
DECEMBER 1, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CONDEMNED CONVICT EXECUTED IN RAJSHAHI JAIL
A condemned convicted was executed in Rajshahi Central jail on 30 November 2022 night, official sources said.
NOVEMBER 22, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO MILITANTS CONVICTED TO DEATH IN DIPAN MURDER CASE FLEE DHAKA COURT LOCK-UP
Two members of the banned militant group Ansar al-Islam, who were sentenced to death in Jagriti Publications publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder case, escaped from the lock-up of Dhaka court on November 20, 2022.
NOVEMBER 17, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CUMILLA FOR 2018 RAPE FOLLOWED BY MURDER
A tribunal in Cumilla on 8 November 2022 sentenced two men to death for killing a 10-year-old girl after rape in Monohargonj upazila in 2018.
NOVEMBER 16, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DRUGS CASE IN GOPALGANJ
A Gopalganj court on 13 November 2022 has given death sentence to four people in a drugs scase.
OCTOBER 27, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MADARIPUR MURDER CASE
A court in Madaripur on 19 October 2022 sentenced three people to death and six others to life imprisonment for killing a trader at Sadar upazila in the district in 2003.
OCTOBER 25, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 10 GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING THREE CATTLE TRADERS IN BANDARBAN
A court in Bangladesh sentenced 10 defendants to death on October 24, 2022 in the case of the murders of three cattle traders among four people on the Alikadam-Thanchi route in the Bandarban hill district.
OCTOBER 20, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: GIRL STRANGLED TO DEATH AFTER RAPE, FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Bangladesh on 18 October 2022 sentenced four people to death in the case of strangulation of a girl after rape in Narayanganj. Meanwhile, one person has been sentenced to life and one person has been acquitted.
OCTOBER 10, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 MEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING A MYMENSINGH AL LEADER
A Dhaka court on 10 October 2022 issued the death penalty to seven persons, including a union parishad chairman, for killing a local Awami League leader in Mymensingh’s Gauripur upazila in 2020.
OCTOBER 4, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A NARAYANGANJ FACTORY WORKER OVER TK 500
A court has sentenced a man to death and two others to life in prison for the murder of Mizan Sikdar Mishor, a worker at a dyeing factory at the Narayanganj Port.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES TRIBUNAL SENTENCES KHALILUR TO DEATH
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on September 13, 2022 sentenced Mohammad Khalilur Rahman from Durgapur Upazilla of Netrakona to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 2-YR-OLD AFTER ABDUCTION IN SIRAJGANJ
A Sirajganj court on September 27, 2022 sentenced a man to death in a case filed for killing a two-year-old boy after an abduction.