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
OCTOBER 14, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: PRESIDENT ABDUL HAMID SIGNS ORDINANCE ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN RAPE CASES
Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid on 13 October 2020 signed an ordinance approving the death penalty for rapists, amid nationwide protests after a series of recent sexual assaults in the country.
OCTOBER 13, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILD AFTER ABDUCTION
A tribunal in Joypurhat on 12 October 2020 sentenced five people to death for killing a two and a half years old girl after abduction in 2015.
OCTOBER 12, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CABINET APPROVES INCLUSION OF DEATH PENALTY IN ANTI-RAPE LAW
The cabinet on 12 October 2020 gave its approval for the amendment of the Prevention of Women & Children Repression Act-2000 to include death penalty for rapists.
OCTOBER 6, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF 3 CONVICTS
The Supreme Court on 6 October 2020 commuted the death penalties of three convicts to imprisonment till natural death in the Gopal Krishna Muhuri murder case.
OCTOBER 5, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO HOUSEMAIDS GET DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING EX-EDEN COLLEGE PRINCIPAL
A Dhaka court on 4 October 2020 handed down the death sentence to two housemaids for the murder of former Eden College principal Mahfuza Chowdhury Parveen in 2019.
OCTOBER 5, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
In Rangpur, a court on 29 September 2020 sentenced Mossarraf Hossain to death for burning his wife to death after failing to realise dowry from her, about 14 years back in Monthona area of Rangpur city.
- OCTOBER 1, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN KURIGRAM
A Court in Bangladesh on 29 September 2020 sentenced Abdus Sattar, 55, to death for murder, Kurigram correspondent Ariful Islam reported citing Public Prosecutor Abraham Lincon.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE, DAUGHTER IN BHOLA
A Bhola court on 29 September 2020 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and minor daughter in Daulatkhan upazila in 2017.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE IN BARISHAL
A Barishal court on 24 September 2020 convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in Hijla upazila in 2013 over dowry.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KHULNA MADRASA STUDENT
A Khulna court on 2 September 2020 sentenced four persons to death for killing a Madrasa student -- Musa Sikder.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 6 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING COUPLE FOR LAND PROPERTY IN TANGAIL
A tribunal in Dhaka on 13 September 2020 sentenced six people to death for killing a couple -- a retired government primary school teacher and his wife -- in a bid to grab land property in Sadar upazila of Tangail in 2017.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RAJBARI FOR GANGRAPE OF FEMALE DOCTOR
A court in Rajbari district on 2 September 2020 sentenced three accused to death in a gang rape case filed by a female doctor.