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
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 PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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 PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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 PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT CONFIRMS DEATH FOR JAMAAT MEDIA BARON
Bangladesh's Supreme Court released its judgement confirming capital punishment for a top Islamist leader
- 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.
JUNE 1, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH, TWO TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR WAR CRIMES
A special tribunal sentenced a person to death while two others to life in prison for crimes committed during
MAY 31, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 6 MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BANK ROBBERY
Six militants of banned outfits Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Ansarullah Bangla Team have
- MAY 21, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING
A Gazipur court sentenced four to death for murdering a businessman in 2006. The verdict was handed
MAY 10, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MATIUR RAHMAN NIZAMI HANGED
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami was hanged inside the Dhaka Central Jail after he was found guilty of genocide by International Crimes Tribunal.