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
- JANUARY 1, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Article 32 of the Constitution provides
Article 32 of the Constitution provides
NOVEMBER 13, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FUGITIVE ZAHID HOSSAIN SENTENCED TO DEATH
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) 1 sentenced fugitive MA Zahid Hossain to death on six charges of
NOVEMBER 6, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN BOGRA
A tribunal in Bogra, Bangladesh, convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in 1997 for
OCTOBER 29, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: NIZAMI TO BE HANGED FOR WAR CRIMES
Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Motiur Rahman Nizami was awarded death sentence for committing crimes against
- OCTOBER 27, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO WALK THE GALLOWS IN NATORE
In Bangladesh, a Natore court has sentenced one person to death for killing a class nine student in broad
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TOP ISLAMIST PREACHER'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
Bangladesh's Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a top Islamist
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE, 5 TO LIFE TERM IN MURDER CASE
A Dhaka court awarded death sentence to one person and life term to five people for killing a student in
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN PATUAKHALI
In Bangladesh, a Patuakhali district court sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Galachipa upazila
JUNE 24, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NTV EMPLOYEE MURDER CASE
The Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 2 sentenced to death one Shakil Shikder for killing ntv video editor Atiqul
- JUNE 23, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 8 TO DIE FOR RAMNA KILLING
A Dhaka court has sentenced to death eight accused including Huji chief Mufti Hannan in the sensational
JUNE 16, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SEVEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A district Court in Bangladesh awarded death penalty to seven people and jailed two others for life in over
JUNE 8, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 1071 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
A total of 1071 inmates are on death row in jails across the country, State Minister for Home Affairs