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
FEBRUARY 29, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: PARLIAMENT PASSES COAST GUARD BILL WITH DEATH SENTENCE FOR MUTINY
Parliament passed a bill that allows death sentence for coast guards for mutiny in the force.
FEBRUARY 24, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO KILLERS OF RU PROFESSOR MOHAMMAD YUNUS GET DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO LIFE TERM FOLLOWING RETRIAL
The death sentence handed down to two militants of banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)
FEBRUARY 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS
A Chittagong court convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his two younger brothers in 2013
FEBRUARY 11, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD OVER 2004 ATTACK ON BRITISH ENVOY
A Bangladesh court upheld death sentences for three members of an outlawed Islamist militant group in
- FEBRUARY 2, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 MORE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 1971 WAR CRIMES
A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced two more men to death after finding them guilty of
JANUARY 7, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE KILLERS OF JASAD LEADER KAZI AREF HANGED
Three condemned killers of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal founding president Kazi Aref Ahmed and four other
JANUARY 6, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR TOP ISLAMIST LEADER
Bangladesh's top court upheld the death sentence on the leader of the largest Islamist party for crimes during
- JANUARY 1, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Article 32 of the Constitution provides
Article 32 of the Constitution provides
NOVEMBER 30, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 11 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING JUBO LEAGUE LEADER
A Gazipur court has sentenced 11 persons to death for killing Jubo League leader Jalal Uddin Sarkar in 2004.
NOVEMBER 30, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: COURTS IN SIX DISTRICTS SENTENCE 29 TO DEATH IN SEVEN SEPARATE MURDER CASES
Altogether twenty-nine people were sentenced to death in seven separate murder cases in six districts in Bangladesh.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 OPPOSITION LEADERS EXECUTED DESPITE CONCERNS
Bangladesh executed two influential opposition leaders on charges of war crimes during the country's 1971 independence war, a senior jail official said, despite concerns that the legal proceedings against them were flawed and threats of violence by their
- NOVEMBER 8, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRUTAL CHILD MURDERS
A Bangladesh court handed four men the death sentence over the brutal killing of a 13-year-old boy that