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 10, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: EX-MP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WAR CRIMES IN 1971
A special tribunal dealing with war crimes committed during Bangladesh's independence war
AUGUST 9, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 6 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDERING IN CHANDPUR
A court in Chittagong convicted six people and sentenced them to death for killing a man in Kachua of
JULY 28, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR SIX MILITANTS
A Bangladesh court upheld the death sentence for six Islamist militants convicted over a suicide bombing in
JULY 19, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JESSORE PHYSICIAN
A court in Jessore sentenced two persons to death in the sensational Dr Shafiqul Islam murder case.
JULY 12, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO PEOPLE CONVICTED OF KILLING AN AUTORICKSHAW DRIVER HAVE BEEN HANGED
Md Shahidul and Saiful Islam walked the gallows a minute after midnight, jailor Mahubul Islam confirmed to bdnews24.com.
JULY 12, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE HANGED FOR MURDER IN SYLHET JAIL
Death-row convict Maku Rabi Das was executed inside Sylhet Central Jail by hangman Raju who was
JULY 9, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING MINOR BOY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced two persons to death for murdering a minor boy in Pirgachha upazila of the Rangpur district in 2011, reports BSS.
JUNE 30, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 10 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR 2006 MURDERS OF TRUCK DRIVER, ASSISTANT IN RANGPUR
The District and Sessions Judges Court of Rangpur sentenced 10 accused to death for the murder of a
- JUNE 29, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH, THREE TO LIFE TERM FOR MURDER
A man was sentenced to death and three others were handed life term imprisonment for killing a woman in Bogra.
JUNE 25, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: COUPLE KILLER GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MYMENSINGH
A Mymensingh court sentenced a youth to death for killing a couple in 2014.
- JUNE 15, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SIX TO HANG FOR AHSANULLAH MASTER MURDER
The High Court upheld death penalty for six people and life term for two accused on charge of killing former
- JUNE 6, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND
A court in Bangladesh awarded death sentence to a woman for killing her husband.