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 8, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR KHALAF MURDER CONVICT
The Supreme Court on 7 October 2018 upheld the death penalty for Saiful Islam rejecting his review plea in Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al-Ali murder case.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DOUBLE MURDER
A court on September 19, 2018 sentenced five people to death for their involvement in killing a father and his son near Barishur Bazar area in Keraniganj, Dhaka in 1993, reports UNB.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER HOUSEWIFE MURDER
Three people were sentenced to death on September 12, 2018 for killing a housewife at Bhanuka village in Shariatpur Sadar upazila in 2014, reports UNB.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MAN
A Gazipur court has sentenced seven people to death for the 2011 murder of businessman Milon Bhuiyan
AUGUST 7, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF 3 IN SAMI MURDER CASE
The High Court upheld the death sentence of three convicts over the killing of minor boy Salman Sami in Dhaka in 2011.
AUGUST 5, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 2 GIRLS
A court sentenced a woman to death for killing two girls in 2017 in Chapainawabganj.
JULY 18, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR 4 WAR CRIMINALS
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 found four Moulvibazar men guilty of committing genocide during the Liberation War and handed down death penalty on all of them.
JUNE 12, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH - 1 SENTENCE
FOR KILLING WIFE
- JUNE 11, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH - 4 DEATH SENTENCES
FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF GIRL
- JUNE 11, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH - 2 GO TO GALLOWS
FOR HEROIN
- MAY 28, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WOMAN AFTER RAPE
A tribunal in Narayanganj awarded capital punishment to three people for killing a garment worker after rape.
MAY 20, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 TO DIE, 7 GET LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING KERANIGANJ BUSINESSMAN
A court awarded death penalty to three people and life imprisonment to seven others for killing a businessman for extortion in Keraniganj in 2006.