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
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 PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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 PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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.
APRIL 11, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SENIOR LEADER OF ISLAMIC PARTY HANGED
Bangladeshi authorities executed a top Islamic party official for crimes against humanity committed during the nation’s war of independence more than four decades ago, a senior police official said.
- APRIL 6, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN HANGED FOR DOUBLE MURDER
a murder convict was executed at the Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur district.
- MARCH 30, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Dhaka court sentenced to death seven people, including a listed criminal, and life term imprisonment to one for killing a Swechhchhasebak League leader in capital's Mirpur area in 2006.
- MARCH 23, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO WALK THE GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE
A tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2008.
MARCH 1, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 1 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
A Dhaka court has sentenced a man to death in a case filed for raping and murdering his sister-in-law nine