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 25, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a pair of murderers who beat a man to death with an iron bar
a pair of murderers who beat a man to death with an iron bar
- NOVEMBER 24, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
the High Court in Bangladesh revised the death sentence
the High Court in Bangladesh revised the death sentence
- NOVEMBER 18, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a speedy trial tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh...
a speedy trial tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh...
- NOVEMBER 18, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
the Dhaka High Court, in Bangladesh...
the Dhaka High Court, in Bangladesh...
NOVEMBER 6, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 1,102 ON DEATH ROW AFTER BDR SENTENCES
The number of convicts on death row in Bangladesh rose to 1,102 after a court on Tuesday
NOVEMBER 4, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 152 SOLDIERS HANDED DEATH PENALTY FOR CRIMES IN MUTINY
A Bangladeshi court handed down death penalty to 152 former paramilitary soldiers after
NOVEMBER 3, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR WAR CRIMES
A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced to death two Bangladeshis now living abroad
- OCTOBER 3, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
In Bangladesh, the Nilphamari Women and Children Repression Control Court sentenced Babul
OCTOBER 1, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7TH OPPOSITION LAWMAKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Bangladesh's war crimes tribunal sentenced a senior opposition leader and lawmaker to death in the seventh such verdict by the body set up to probe abuses during the country's bloody struggle for independence.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ABDUL KADER MULLAH GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR WAR CRIMES
Bangladesh's highest court has sentenced to death a leader of the main Islamist party convicted of crimes against humanity during the war for independence from Pakistan in 1971.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 TO HANG FOR MURDER
In Bangladesh, Madaripur District and Sessions Judge Bimal Chandra Sikdar said three convicts
JULY 17, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ISLAMIST LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Bangladesh court sentenced a senior leader of the country's largest Islamic party to death