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, 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 PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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
JULY 15, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: GHULAM AZAM FOUND GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES
A 91-year-old top leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami was sentenced to 90 years in jail
- JULY 9, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO DIE IN COLLEGE GIRL RAPE, MURDER CASE
In Bangladesh, a Lalmonirhat court sentenced four youths to death for killing a college
JUNE 29, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG-RAPE
A court in the port city of Chittagong sentenced five men to death for rape after abducting an adolescent
JUNE 20, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH FOR 10 JMB ACTIVISTS
Ten Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) men were sentenced to death for involvement
JUNE 16, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW WITH DEATH SENTENCE FOR USING CHILDREN IN VIOLENCE
Bangladesh Parliament passed a law with provisions allowing the death penalty as the maximum punishment