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
MARCH 21, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 TO DIE FOR DOUBLE MURDER IN MYMENSINGH
A court in Mymensingh on 20 March 2019 sentenced four people to death for killing two siblings in Tarakanda upazila in 2001.
MARCH 20, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: COURT ORDERS TO HANG 15 FOR MURDER IN 2008
Fifteen people on 20 March 2019 were sentenced to the gallows for killing a garments businessman in Dohar 10 years ago.
MARCH 14, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MYMENSINGH MURDER
A court in Mymensingh on 10 March 2019 sentenced three people to death for killing an auto-rickshaw driver in a bid to snatch away the vehicle in 2011, reports UNB.
MARCH 11, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: KHALAF MURDER CONVICT MAMUN HANGED
A condemned killer of Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali was hanged at Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur on 3 March 2019 night.
FEBRUARY 22, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF A CHILD IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on 10 February 2019 sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old child in Chattogram’s Hathazari.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING NURSERY SCHOOL STUDENT EMON IN SYLHET
Four people have been sentenced to death for abducting and murdering a nursery school student in Sunamganj’s Chhatak Upazila.
JANUARY 31, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER
A Sirajganj court on 22 January 2019 sentenced four people to death for killing a woman over dowry in 2001.
JANUARY 10, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COLLEGE TEACHER KRISHNA KABERI
A man was sentenced to death for killing a college teacher, Krishna Kaberi Biswas, in the capital’s Mohammadpur area in 2015, Star Online reported on 3 January 2019.
- JANUARY 1, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Article 32 of the Constitution provides
Article 32 of the Constitution provides
- NOVEMBER 28, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SCHOOLBOY
A Manikganj court on 27 November 2018 sentenced four people to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing a schoolboy at Khashrchar village in Singair, Manikganj in 2014, reports UNB.
NOVEMBER 19, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2007 MURDER IN CUMILLA
A Cumilla court on 14 November 2018 sentenced five people to death for killing three traders 11 years ago.
NOVEMBER 6, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO MORE AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR WAR CRIMES
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on 5 November 2018 sentenced two people to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.