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
MAY 5, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI HEAD
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of top Islamist party leader Motiur Rahman Nizami
MAY 4, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MAKING FAKE NOTES
Additional district and session judge court in Nilphamari sentenced one person to death for making fake
MARCH 31, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SIBLINGS TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING BCL MAN IN BOGRA
A Bogra court sentenced three brothers to death and three people, including two siblings, to life
MARCH 23, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 12 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR NOAKHALI DOUBLE MURDER
A court in Bangladesh convicted 12 people and sentenced them to death for killing two people in 2007.
MARCH 21, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING STREET BOY
A Dhaka court sentenced two people to death for brutally killing a street boy 13 years ago.
MARCH 9, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 13 TO BE HANGED FOR MURDERS IN 4 DISTS
Thirteen people were sentenced to death in separate murder cases in Chittagong, Rangpur, Gazipur and
MARCH 8, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR JAMAAT LEADER FOR 1971 WAR CRIMES
Bangladesh Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for one of the top leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami
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