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 17, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO TO DIE, THREE TO SERVE LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR KILLING HOUSEWIFE IN JHALOKATI
A court on 23 September 2019 sentenced two people to death, and three others to life term imprisonment, for killing a housewife in 2002.
OCTOBER 16, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE MUGGERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF ANSAR MEMBER IN DHAKA
A Dhaka court on 9 October 2019 sentenced three men to death for the murder of an Ansar member in Dhaka 17 years ago.
OCTOBER 15, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WAR CRIME
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on 15 October 2019 sentenced five war criminals to death for their crimes against humanity during the liberation war in 1971, reports UNB.
OCTOBER 14, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN FARIDPUR
A Faridpur court on 10 October 2019 sentenced seven people to death for killing a truck driver in 2014.
OCTOBER 1, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OVER CARD GAME IN FARIDPUR
A Faridpur court on 29 September 2019 handed the death sentence to five men for murdering a man in a dispute over a card game five years ago.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 TO DIE FOR KILLING MANIKGANJ SCHOOLGIRL AFTER GANG RAPE
A court in Manikganj on 24 September 2019 convicted four people and sentenced them to death for killing a schoolgirl after gang rape in 2008.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING MOTHER, SON IN RAJSHASHAI
A tribunal in Rajshahi gave death penalty to three people for killing a woman and her son in 2014, bangladeshpost.net reported on 18 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: RAJSHAHI JAMAAT MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on 3 September 2019 sentenced a Jamaat-e-Islami man from Rajshahi to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
- AUGUST 8, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 5 GET DEATH, 6 LIFE TERM IN MURDER CASE
A court in Kushtia on 31 July 2019 sentenced five people to death, six others to life imprisonment and six more people to different jail terms in the sensational Nurul Islam murder case.
JULY 4, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 1994 ATTACK ON PM HASINA
A Bangladesh court on 3 July 2019 sentenced nine members of the main opposition party to death and handed life terms to another 25 for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago, a government lawyer said.
- JUNE 27, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO TO WALK THE GALLOWS FOR GANG RAPE IN SHARIATPUR
A Shariatpur tribunal sentenced two men to death for gang-raping a girl at Mahmud Shikdar Kandi village in Zajira upazila in 2015.
JUNE 26, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 7 AWARDED LIFETIME IMPRISONMENT
A Kishoreganj court on 19 June 2019 awarded death sentence to three convict and lifetime imprisonment to seven in a murder case.