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 26, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 4 MILITANTS IN JAPANESE NATIONAL KUNIO HOSHI'S MUDER
The High Court has affirmed the death sentences for four militants of the outlawed Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, or JMB, for the murder of a Japanese national in Rangpur in 2015.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE GET DEATH FOR MURDER IN BRAHMANBARIA
A Brahmanbaria court on 12 September 2022 sentenced three people to death and jailed another for life over the murder of Sharif Khan, a native of Akhaura's Chanpur village, in 2015.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER IN CHANDPUR
Four men were sentenced to death on 23 August 2022 for the murder of a woman in Chandpur’s Matlab South Upazila in 2013.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING TEENAGER IN KHULNA
A Khulna tribunal on 7 September 2022 sentenced five persons to death in addition to fining Tk20,000 to each for raping a teenage girl in Khalishpur of the district in 2011.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 JMB MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on 17 August 2022 sentenced five Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants to death in a case filed for bombings at two mosques inside Bangladesh Navy’s Issa Khan Base in Chattogram in 2015.
AUGUST 4, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX MEMBERS OF 'RAZAKAR BAHINI' SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY DURING THE 1971 LIBERATION WAR
Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on 28 July 2022 sentenced six members of the paramilitary force 'Razakar Bahini' to death for collaborating with the Pakistani Army for "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 Liberation War.
JULY 18, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE FOR RAPING DAUGHTER BEFORE MOTHER IN FENI
A court in Feni on 14 July 2022 sentenced three people to death for raping a daughter in front of her mother at Sonagazi back in 2003.
JULY 5, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ROHINGYA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Earlier this month, a lower court in the district of Cox’s Bazar sentenced a 28-year-old Rohingya refugee to death for the possession and smuggling of methamphetamine tablets.
- JUNE 26, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 6 JMB MEMBERS GET DEATH FOR KILLING FF
A Kurigram District and Sessions Judge Court on 23 June 2022 sentenced six members of banned extremist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh to death in a case filed over the murder of a freedom fighter.
- JUNE 8, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER IN NARAYANGANJ
A Narayanganj tribunal on 6 June 2022 sentenced six people to death for killing a couple in 2009.
MAY 23, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 1971 WAR CRIMES IN MOULVIBAZAR
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced three people to death for murder, rape and other crimes against humanity in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha during the 1971 Liberation War, bdnews24 reported on 19 May 2022.
MAY 18, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TODDLER IN CHITTAGONG
A Chittagong court on 18 May 2022 sentenced three people to death for killing a two-year-old boy in 2020.