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 1, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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.
APRIL 13, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: BANGABANDHU’S KILLER MAJED HANGED
The self-confessed and convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Abdul Majed was hanged on 12 April 2020 at Keraniganj Dhaka Central Jail amid tight security.
- APRIL 9, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MERCY PLEA OF MAN WHO KILLED FOUNDING PRESIDENT REJECTED
The mercy petition of a man who has been sentenced to death for the killing of Bangladesh's founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was rejected on 8 April 2020 by incumbent President Md Abdul Hamid, a media report said.
MARCH 18, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FATHER, UNCLE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR THE MURDER OF FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
A Sunamganj court on 16 March 2020 handed down the death sentence to two people in connection with the murder of five-year-old child Tuhin Hasan last year.
MARCH 16, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 JMB MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HINDU PRIEST IN PANCHAGARH
Four members of banned militant group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were sentenced to death on 15 March 2020 for killing a Hindu priest in Panchagarh in 2016.
- MARCH 11, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHILD AFTER RAPE IN WARI
A Dhaka court on 9 March 2020 sentenced a man to death for murdering six-year-old Samia Afrin after raping her in Wari a year ago.
- MARCH 10, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TOYON MURDER IN KHULNA
Five people were sentenced to death and two others acquitted on 8 March 2020 over the murder of Kazi Tasfin Hossain Toyon, 32, in Khalishpur area of Khulna city in 2018.