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
JANUARY 26, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER AFTER RAPE
A Chattogram court on 20 January 2022 sentenced a man to death for killing a woman after rape at Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram in 2017.
JANUARY 25, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN IN MADARIPUR
A Madaripur court on 24 January 2022 sentenced five people to death for killing a housewife at the Rajoir upazila of the district in 2002.
DECEMBER 27, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 13 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF BRAHMANBARIA AWAMI LEAGUE LEADER
A Dhaka court on 26 December 2021 sentenced 13 people to death in a case filed over the murder of a local Awami League leader in 2016.
DECEMBER 15, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 8 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF SOLDIER IN JHENAIDAH
A Khulna tribunal on 15 december 2021 sentenced eight people to death for the murder of a soldier in Jhenaidah.
DECEMBER 13, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SATKHIRA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A Satkhira court on 12 December 2021 awarded the death penalty to a man for murdering his wife eleven years ago.
DECEMBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 20 STUDENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Bangladesh sentenced 20 university students to death on 8 December 2021 for the brutal 2019 murder of a young man who criticised the government on social media.
DECEMBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: RAJSHAHI COURT SENTENCES 9 TO DEATH, 22 TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER OF CHHATRA LEAGUE LEADER
A Rajshahi court has sentenced nine people, including a former Rajshahi city councillor, to death and 22 others to life in prison for the murder of Chhatra League leader and apprentice lawyer Shahin Alam aka Shahin Shah.
DECEMBER 2, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 13 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING SIX STUDENTS AT AMINBAZAR
A Dhaka court on 2 December 2021 awarded death sentence to 13 people and life imprisonment to 19 others on charges of killing six students at Aminbazar on the outskirts of capital Dhaka 10 years ago.
NOVEMBER 28, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER OF TEEN EASY BIKE DRIVER IN GOPALGANJ
A Gopalganj court on 25 November 2021 sentenced five people to death for the murder of 16-year-old Easy Bike driver Jahidul Islam Babu in 2013.
NOVEMBER 24, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: APEX COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF JMB MILITANT SALEHIN
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 23 November 2021 upheld the death penalty of Salauddin Salehin, a dreaded militant from the banned JMB, who was convicted in the killing of Goni Gomez of Jamalpur 17 years ago.
NOVEMBER 17, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SISTER IN NARAIL
A Narail court on 15 November 2021 sentenced a man to death for killing his sister in 2019.
NOVEMBER 2, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN KHULNA
A court in Khulna on 31 October 2021 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2020.