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
- JANUARY 1, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Article 32 of the Constitution provides
Article 32 of the Constitution provides
DECEMBER 7, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR 3 HUJI MILITANTS OVER 2004 GRENADE ATTACK ON UK ENVOY
Bangladesh's highest court upheld the death sentence handed down to a top militant and two of his followers
DECEMBER 5, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: GAZI IDRIS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WAR CRIMES
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed death sentence to Idris Ali Sardar alias Gazi Idris of Shariatpur
NOVEMBER 29, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 6 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING FACTORY WORKER IN NARSINGDI
A Narsingdi court sentenced six people to death for killing an ice factory worker in the district town in 2008.
NOVEMBER 22, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO TO WALK GALLOWS FOR DOUBLE MURDER
Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced two people to death for killing a woman and her domestic help in the city’s Jatrabari area in 2015.
NOVEMBER 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER IN DHAKA'S PALLABI
A Dhaka court has sentenced two persons to death for the murder of a 22-year-old man.
- OCTOBER 25, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE GET DEATH SENTENCE OVER HABIGANJ FARMER MURDER
A court in Habiganj sentenced five people to death and 27 others to different terms of imprisonment for
- OCTOBER 24, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING CLASSMATE
A Dhaka court has ordered death sentence for two students of Ah
OCTOBER 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: JHALAKATHI JUDGE KILLER JMB MAN EXECUTED
JMB member Asadul Islam Arif, who was given death penalty in Jhalakathi judges Jagannath Pare and Sohel Ahmed killing case, has been hanged in Khulna district jail.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: GAZIPUR COURT ORDERS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FIVE PERSONS IN 2008 MURDER
A Gazipur court found six people guilty in the 2008 murder of a man at the district’s Joydebpur.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ISLAMIST MIR QUASEM ALI HANGED FOR 1971 WAR CRIMES
A leader and financial backer of the biggest Islamist party in Bangladesh was executed for war crimes committed during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
AUGUST 30, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 11 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING JUBO DAL ACTIVIST IN LAXIPUR
A Laxipur court ordered death penalty to 11 for murdering Maolana Babor, who was an activist of Laxipur Jubo Dal.