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 25, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
Five men were sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court for gang raping a teenaged girl in 2002, media
FEBRUARY 24, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 TO WALK TO GALLOWS FOR TOFAZZAL MURDER
A court in Comilla awarded death penalty to three people and life term to five others for murder of Tofazzal
FEBRUARY 18, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCE FOR SUBHAN OVER 1971 GENOCIDE, ARSON
A special war crimes tribunal sentenced one of the top leaders of an Islamic party to death for crimes during
- FEBRUARY 8, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 5 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING JU STUDENT ZUBAIR
A Dhaka court condemned five persons to death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing
- FEBRUARY 2, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UAE: 2 BANGLADESHIS TO RELIEVE FROM DEATH SENTENCE IN DUBAI
JANUARY 19, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR N'GANJ MURDER
A court in Narayanganj (Bangladesh) awarded a man death sentenced in absentia for killing a woman in
- JANUARY 5, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING CTG HEALTH WORKER
A Chittagong court awarded death sentence to three persons for raping a health worker in Banshkhali
- 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 PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 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