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
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 PENALTY
BANGLADESH - 1 SENTENCE
FOR KILLING WIFE
JUNE 11, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH - 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.
MAY 14, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MADARIPUR TRADER
A Madaripur court has sentenced four people to death for the murder of trader Sohel Mollik.
MAY 8, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO ISLAMISTS ORDERED HANGED FOR MACHETE MURDER OF PROFESSOR
Two Islamists were sentenced to be hanged for the murder of a Bangladesh university professor who was hacked to death with a machete two years ago, a prosecutor said.
MAY 8, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MICROBUS DRIVER
A Netrakona court sentenced four people to death for killing a microbus driver in 2013, reports UNB.
MAY 7, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 GET DEATH FOR KILLING A-LEVEL STUDENT IN DHAKA
The High Court handed down death penalty to two people and life-term jail to two others for the killing of Ashikur Rahman Khan Apu, an A-level student, in Dhaka’s Wari area in 2008.
APRIL 23, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 13 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING IN GAZIPUR
A Gazipur court sentenced 13 people to death for killing a man named Billal alias Bilu in Kaliganj upazila of the district.