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
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 PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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 PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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.
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 PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 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.