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 4, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER IN CTG
A tribunal in Chittagong sentenced a youth to death for killing a businessman in 2013, reports UNB.
- OCTOBER 25, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2014.
OCTOBER 19, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING BUSINESSMAN
A Bogra court handed down death penalty to one Belal Hossain Bilu for hacking a businessman to death.
AUGUST 3, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF CHILD RAPIST
In a rare instance, the Supreme Court commuted a “teenage boy's” death sentence to jail until death for
JULY 16, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SPECIAL COURT ORDERS NEW WAR CRIMES DEATH SENTENCE
A Bangladeshi special court handed down the latest in a line of death sentences to a former political
JUNE 16, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HIGHEST COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF TOP ISLAMIST
Bangladesh`s highest court upheld the death sentence against the country`s second highest ranked Islamist
JUNE 7, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE KIDNAPPERS TO WALK GALLOWS IN COX'S BAZAR
A court in Bangladesh sentenced three people to death for killing a schoolboy after abduction in 2013.
- MAY 12, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR DOUBLE-MURDER
A Dhaka court awarded death penalty to two persons and life-term jail to one for killing an elderly couple in
- MAY 5, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court declared the mandatory death penalty provisions
the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court declared the mandatory death penalty provisions
MAY 4, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TRADER
A Mymensingh court sentenced four men to death for killing chicken trader Abdur Razzak Fakir of Tarakanda, Madhupur.
- APRIL 22, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ACID THROWING
A Rangpur court sentenced a youth to death for throwing acid on a schoolgirl.
APRIL 21, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: BAGERHAT COURT ORDERS FIVE TO THE GALLOWS FOR MURDERING YOUTH
A Bagerhat court has sentenced five to death for the murder of a 25-year-old in Sadar Upazila six years ago.