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
FEBRUARY 15, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: EX-MP AMONG SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ASHULIA CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CASE
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on February 5, 2025 sentenced six people, including former Dhaka-19 lawmaker Md Saiful Islam, to death
FEBRUARY 1, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NASHIT MURDER CASE
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Feni on January 29, 2026 sentenced three persons to death for murder of 10-year-old boy Ahnaf Al Main alias Nashit and hiding his body.
- JANUARY 28, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 5 TO DIE FOR MURDER OF GOPALGANJ TRANSPORT UNION LEADER BASU
A Dhaka court on January 28, 2026 sentenced five people to death for the 2016 murder of Saidur Rahman Basu, a former president of the Gopalganj Motor Workers Union.
JANUARY 26, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: EX-DMP CHIEF, TWO OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER CHANKHARPUL KILLINGS
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on January 26, 2026 sentenced former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman and two others to death for crimes against humanity over the killing of six people
DECEMBER 4, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A Dhaka court on December 1st, 2025 sentenced a man to death for murdering his wife in the Dakshin Keraniganj area of the capital after she failed to fulfil his dowry demand.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: OUSTED PM HASINA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STUDENTS CRACKDOWN
A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on November 17, 2025, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.
NOVEMBER 10, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COP OVER 'EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR' IN MYMENSINGH
A Mymensingh court on November 6, 2024 sentenced a policeman and his wife to death for killing another policeman over "extramarital affairs" in 2014.
NOVEMBER 8, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE PERPETRATORS
Bangladesh's interim government on November 6, 2025 approved a draft ordinance prescribing the death penalty for perpetrators of “enforced disappearance”
NOVEMBER 2, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 YOUTHS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE IN KHULNA
A Khulna court on October 28, 2025 sentenced seven youths to death for killing Parvez Hawlader and Suprana Saha in the city's Daulatpur Paabla area on January 3, 2009.
- OCTOBER 29, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BARISHAL GANG RAPE CASE
A Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on 26 October 2025 sentenced four individuals to death for their involvement in a gang rape case.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING FATHER IN SIRAJGANJ
A Sirajganj court on September 14, 2025 sentenced a man to death for killing his father in 2020 over a family feud.
- AUGUST 28, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING CHILD
A Cox's Bazar court on August 26, 2025 sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl in Moheshkhali upazila in 2022.